Teams:
Australia (Playing XI): Shaun Marsh, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting(c), Cameron White, Mike Hussey, Adam Voges, Graham Manou(w), Clint McKay, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, Doug Bollinger

India (Playing XI): Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(w/c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel

Dhoni: I would have batted first, the wicket will not change much, it will not break up. It is a big game, it is now a 3 game series, raring to go. Munaf replaces a rested Ishant and Gautam comes back in for Kohli.

Ponting: The wicket looks pretty dry, we are actually batting quite well up front so it was an easy decision. Our cricket has been pretty good in spite of all the injuries. Adam Voges comes in for Henriques. Hilfenhaus comes in for Siddle and Johnson has been dropped, Clint McKay makes his debut..

Australia have won the toss and elected to bat

Pitch: Little tinge of green, but nicely rolled in. This is a 600 run pitch, bat first pitch, belter of a pitch says Sunny Gavaskar. If a batsman fails he only has himself to blame reckons Sunny. He wants to come back out of retirement and bat on this.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the 5th ODI between India and Australia at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium in Hyderabad. India will be cursing themselves after letting go off a golden opportunity to put the series beyond the Aussies by fluffing a manageable chase the other night at Mohali. The Aussies are known for their resilience and in spite of so many injuries they have plugged away and the result is a 2-2 score in the series...