Port of Spain, Trinidad:India captain Rahul Dravid elected to bat after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the World Cup Group-B match at the Queen's Park Oval here on Saturday.
Both the teams are playing their first match, while Sri Lanka posted a 243-run victory over debutants Bermuda in their opening game here on Thursday.
The top two sides will make it to the next Super Eight stage.
Both India and Bangladesh had a light workout in bright sunshine before the toss.
India: Rahul Dravid (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Mahendra Dhoni, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel.
Bangladesh: Habibul Bashar (capt), Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Rasel.
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Steve Davis (AUS)
TV umpire: Ian Howell (RSA)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)
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