India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] won the toss and decided to bat first in the tri-series opener against Australia in Brisbane on Sunday.

India handed Bengal middle order batsman Manoj Tiwary his one-day international debut while leaving out Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik [Images], Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel [Images] and the injured Yuvraj Singh [Images].

Matthew Hayden [Images] also missed out because of injury but skipper Ricky Ponting [Images] was declared fit for the match. The hosts included all-rounder James Hopes, with Ashley Noffke making his debut.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir [Images], Harbhajan Singh [Images], Irfan Pathan [Images], Virender Sehwag [Images], Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, S Sreesanth [Images], Sachin Tendulkar [Images], Manoj Tiwary, Robin Uthappa.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist [Images], Nathan Bracken [Images], Michael Clarke [Images], Brad Haddin, James Hopes, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee [Images], Andrew Symonds [Images], Ashley Noffke.