AUSTRALIA IN INDIA - HYDERABAD 2009 5TH ODI
AIRTEL CUP

England arrived in Hyderabad to play the first ODI on 14-10-2011 of Airtel India v England Series in October 2011. They played 2 practice matches with Hyderabad XI before commencing the series with the first match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad.

Cook's team is fresh from a winning the series against India a few months earlier and India is looking to do well in the series and redeem themselves of disasterous show in England.

The England Team

Alastair Nathan Cook (Captain)
Gloucester, England
DOB: 25-12 1984
LHB

Craig Kieswetter
Somerset. England
DOB: 28-18 1987
Wicket Keeper.
RHB

Kevin Peter Pietersen
Surrey, England
DOB: 27-06-1980
RHB & RA-offspin
 Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott
Warwickshire, England
DOB: 22-04-1981
RHB & RA-Medium
Ravinder Singh Bopara
Essex, England
DOB: 05-06-1985
RHB &
RA-Medium		Jonathan Marc Bairstow
Yorkshire, England
DOB: 26-11-1989
RHB
Samit Rohit Patel
Nottinghamshire, England
DOB:30-11-1984
RHB & LA-Orthodx
Timothy Thomas Bresnan
Yorkshire, England
DOB: 28-02-1985
RHB & RA-Medium Fast
Graeme Peter Swann
Nottinghamshire, England
DOB:24-11-1979
RHB & RA-Offspin		Steven Thomas Finn
Middlesex, England
DOB:04-11-1989
RHB & RA-Fast Medium
Jade Winston Dernbach
Surrey, England
DOB: 03-03-1986
RHB & RA-Fast Medium		 Ian Ronald Bell
Warwickshire, England
DOB: 11-04-1982
RHB & RA-Medium
Christopher Roger Woakes
Warwickshire, England
DOB: 02-03-1989
RHB & RA-Medium		Stuart Christopher Meaker
Surrey, England
DOB: 21-01-1989
RHB & RA-Fast Medium
Joseph Charles Buttler
Somerset. England
DOB: 08-09 1990
WK. RHB		Scott George Borthwick)
Durham, England
DOB: 19-04-1990
RHB & RA-leg break
  

The Indian Team is overhauled. Many familiar faces have been dropped owing to injuriesduring the Test and ODI series in England. Fresh blood is inducted in the form of a few young players.

The Indian Team

Mahendra Dhoni Captain
Jhadkhand, India
DOB: 07-07-1981
Wicket Keeper.
RHB		Gautam Gambhir
Delhi, India
DOB: 14-10-1981
LHB, RA Legbreak
Parthiv Ajay Patel
Gujarat, India
DOB: 09-03-1985
Wicket Keeper.
LHB		Suresh Raina
Uttar Pradesh, India
DOB: 07-11-1986
LHB and
RA spin bowler
Virat Kohli
Delhi, India
DOB: 05-11-1988
RHB, RA Offspin		Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane
Mumbai, India
DOB: 06-06-1988
LHB and
RA medium
Ravindrasinh A. Jadeja
DOB: 06-12-1988, LHB and LA Slow Orthodox bowler		 Ravichandran Ashwin
Tamilnadu, India
DOB: 17-09-1986
RHB and RA Offspin
Praveenkumar Sakat Singh
UP, India
DOB: 02-10-1986
RHB and RA medium		Ranganath Vinay Kumar
Karnataka, India
DOB: 12-02-1984
RHB and
RA medium

Umeshkumar Tilak Yadav
Vidharba, India
DOB: 25-10-1987
RHB and
RA Fast medium

Manoj Kumar Tiwary
Bengal, India
DOB: 14-11-1985
RHB and
RA Googly
Varun Raymond Aaron
Jhadkhand, India
DOB: 29-10-1989
RHB and RA medium Bowler		Sreenath Aravind
Karnataka, India
DOB: 08-04-1984
LHB and
LA Fast medium
Rahul Sharma
Punjab, India
DOB: 30-11-1986
RHB and RA Legbreak googly