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India captain Rahul Dravid [Images] won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against the West Indies [Images] at the Beausejour stadium in St Lucia on Saturday.
Irfan Pathan [Images], who was rested for first Test, returned to the team in place of the injured S Sreesanth [Images] in the only change effected by India.
The West Indies made two changes as they opted for an all out pace attack.
Pedro Collins came in for his half-brother Fidel Edwards, who suffered a hamstring injury in the drawn first Test at Antigua, while chinaman bowler Dave Mohammed made way for Jerome Taylor [Images].
Teams:
India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag [Images], Wasim Jaffer [Images], VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh [Images], Mohammad Kaif, Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images], Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble [Images], Munaf Patel [Images] and Vikram Rajvir Singh.
West Indies: Brian Lara [Images] (captain), Chris Gayle, Daren Ganga [Images], Ramnaresh Sarwan [Images], Shivnarine Chanderpaul [Images], Dwayne Bravo [Images], Denesh Ramdin, Pedro Collins, Jerome Taylor, Ian Bradshaw and Corey Collymore.
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Third umpire: Steve Bucknor [Images] (WI)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ).
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