Australia skipper Aaron Finch has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second limited-overs cricket international against India.
The Australians made two changes to the XI which lost the opening game by six wickets in Hyderabad, with veteran batsman Shaun Marsh returning at the expense of Ashton Turner and offspinner Nathan Lyon preferred to pace bowler Jason Behrendorff.
Lyon, a long-time fixture of Australia's test lineup, joins Adam Zampa as specialist spin options Tuesday in a reworked bowling attack.
Australia's Nathan Lyon bowls during practice session ahead of second one-day international cricket match between India and Australia in Nagpur, India, Monday, March 4, 2018. (AP PhotoRajanish Kakade)
India has retained an unchanged lineup, which already features two spinners in Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja as well as a part-time option in Kedar Jadhav.
The pitch in Nagpur is similar to the one in Hyderabad, and is expected to help spinners as the game progresses.
Australia won the Twenty20 International series in India last month but is already on the back foot in the five-match ODI series, which is a vital tune up for the World Cup in England starting in late May.
Lineups:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, M.S. Dhoni, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami.
Australia: Aaron Finch (captain), Usman Khawaja, Marcus Stoinis, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa, Nathan Lyon.
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