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Australia captain Ricky Ponting [Images] won the toss and elected to bat in the third One-Day International against India in Hyderabad on Friday.

Back after missing the first two ODI because of injury, Ponting replaces the in-form Brad Haddin, who scored half-centuries in the first two matches.

India made one change, bringing in Rohit Sharma for Ramesh Powar.

Sourav Ganguly [Images], who was expected to play after sitting out of the second ODI because of a hamstring injury, was ruled unfit.

Teams:

India: Gautam Gambhir [Images], Sachin Tendulkar [Images], Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh [Images],  Rahul Dravid [Images],  M S Dhoni [Images], Irfan Pathan [Images], Harbhajan Singh [Images], Zaheer Khan [Images], Rohit Sharma, S Sreesanth [Images].

Australia: Adam Gilchrist [Images], Matthew Hayden [Images], Brad Hodge, Michael Clarke [Images],  Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds [Images], Brad Hogg [Images], Stuart Clark, James Hopes, Brett Lee [Images], Mitchell Johnson.