India opts to bowl first against Pak in 'do-or-die' Kolkata ODI

Kolkata, Jan 3(ANI): India has won the toss and decided to bowl against Pakistan in the must win second one-day international at Eden Garden, Kolkata.

India had lost the first ODI in Chennai and needs to win this to stay alive in the three-match series.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said after winning the toss that it's a do-or-die match for India.

India has replaced out of form Rohit Sharma with all rounder Ravindra Jadeja, and Dhoni said the move was intended to strengthen Indian bowling.

Pakistan has the same team for the second ODI.

Teams:

India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (cand wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma.

Pakistan: Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Kamran Akmal (wk), Azhar Ali, Shoaib Malik, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan. (ANI)

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