India elect to field against Windies

Kochi, Oct 8 (IANS) India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against the West Indies in the first One-Day International (ODI) at the Nehru Stadium here Wednesday.

The squads:

West Indies: Dwayne Smith, Marlon Samuels, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy (Captain), Andre Russell, Sulieman Benn, Ravi Rampaul, Jerome Taylor

India: Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma