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Melbourne – Australian captain George Bailey won the toss and chose to bat in the second Twenty20 international against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.

India are still without a win on their Australian tour after going down in the opening T20 game by 31 runs in Sydney and losing the Test series 4-0.

India named the same side, while Australia made three changes with Aaron Finch coming in at the top of the order, Shaun Marsh at number three and paceman Clint McKay.

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Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, George Bailey (capt), Matthew Wade, Mitchell Marsh, Brett Lee, Brad Hogg, Clint McKay, Xavier Doherty.

India: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, M.S. Dhoni (capt), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Pravin Kumar.

Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus), Simon Fry (Aus)

TV umpire: Paul Reiffel (Aus)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zim) – Sapa-AFP

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