India elect to field against Ireland

India captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field in their one-off one-day international match against Ireland in Belfast on Saturday.

India are without injured wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni and paceman Zaheer Khan.

Mumbai youngster Rohit Sharma was handed his international debut.

India opted to play pace bowlers in S Sreesanth, R P Singh and Ajit Agarkar, while Piyush Chawla was preferred as the lone spinner ahead of Ramesh Powar. Dinesh Karthik will don the gloves in Dhoni's absence.

Team:

India: Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthik (w/k), Rohit Sharma, Ajit Agarkar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Piyush Chawla, S Sreesanth.

Ireland: William Porterfield, Kenny Carroll, Dominick Joyce, Niall O'Brien (wk), Gary Wilson, Andrew White, Kevin O'Brien, Thinus Fourie, Trent Johnston (captain), Roger Whelan, Kyle McCallan.