India bat against West Indies in fourth one-dayer

INDORE: India captain Virender Sehwag won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth one-day international against the West Indies in Indore on Thursday.

The West Indies, who trail 2-1 in the five-match series, suffered a blow when star batsman Darren Bravo was ruled out of the must-win game due to a hamstring strain.

Bravo was replaced by Kieran Powell.

India brought in debutant leg-spinner Rahul Sharma in place of fast bowler Umesh Yadav, the only change from the side that lost the third match in Ahmedabad on Monday.

West Indies: Darren Sammy (capt), Lendl Simmons, Danza Hyatt, Kieran Powell, Marlon Samuels, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Sunil Narine.

India: Virender Sehwag (capt), Parthiv Patel, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Abhimanyu Mithun.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011