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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat first in the opening tri-series final against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Australia made one change to the side that lost to Sri Lanka in Melbourne on Friday in the last preliminary match with opener Matthew Hayden returning at the expense of Brad Haddin.
India made one change to their team that beat Sri Lanka in Hobart on Tuesday with Piyush Chawla replacing Munaf Patel.
Teams:
Australia - Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, James Hopes, Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Bracken.
India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Piyush Chawla, Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma.
(Reporting by Julian Linden; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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