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England win toss, elect to bat against Mumbai A

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Press Trust of India Mumbai

The visitors rested captain Alastair Cook, pace bowlers Steven Finn and Tim Bresnan, batsman Kevin Pietersen, wicketkeeper Matt Prior and leading spinner Graeme Swann from the team that played in the first warm-up game at the Cricket Club of India against India A.

They included Stuart Broad, who will lead the side, wicketkeeper Jimmy Bairstow, Joe Root, Graham Onions, Eoin Morgan and Monty Panesar in their place.

The home team left out leg-spinner Sagar Gorivale, Neelkanth Parab, Bravish Shetty and Balwinder Singh Sandhu Jr. from the playing eleven.

The teams:

Mumbai A: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Cheteshwar Pujara, Shikhar Dhawan, Hiken Shah, Bhavin Thakkar, Sufiyan Shaikh, Nikhil Patil (Jr.), Shoaib Shaikh , Kshemal Waingankar, Javed Khan and Shardul Thakur.

 

England: Stuart Broad (Capt.), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Nick Compton, Samit Patel, Jonathan Trott, Joe Root, Jimmy Bairstow, Graham Onions, Eoin Morgan and Monty Panesar.

  

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First Published: Nov 03 2012 | 10:35 AM IST

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