Australia's stand-in captain Ricky Ponting chose to bat against India in the triangular series match at the Gabba. Having lost their previous two games, the hosts are seeking a change of fortunes, starting with runs for Ponting and David Warner in the top three.
Only one change was made to the XI that lost to Sri Lanka in Sydney, an ill Clint McKay dropping out, to be replaced by Ben Hilfenhaus.
Virender Sehwag did not recover in time from back spasms to resume his place in India's XI, and the tourists included the pace and swing of Zaheer Khan at the expense of R Ashwin, meaning they have a quartet of fast men for the Gabba.
A hard, white-looking pitch and a hot day offered the prospect of plenty of runs, though also bounce for the pace men.
Australia: 1 David Warner, 2 Matthew Wade (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Peter Forrest, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 David Hussey, 7 Daniel Christian, 8 Brett Lee, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Ben Hilfenhaus, 11 Xavier Doherty.
India: 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Irfan Pathan, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Vinay Kumar, 11 Praveen Kumar.
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