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England win toss, put India into bat in 2nd ODI

SOUTHAMPTON: England won the toss and put India in to bat in the shortened second one-day international here at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday.

The match was reduced to 23 overs a side after rain delayed the start by five hours from the planned 2pm local time.

England brought in Ravi Bopara for the injured Eoin Morgan - who will miss the rest of the series with a shoulder injury - and Graeme Swann returned after missing the first match at Durham with a virus.

With the match reduced to a near Twenty20 format Jonathan Trott was left out.

India made one change with Manoj Tiwary replacing Rohit Sharma who broke his hand on Saturday when he was hit by the first ball he faced from Stuart Broad.

Sharma was the eighth Indian player to leave the tour which has seen them beaten 4-0 in the Test series and Sachin Tendulkar stranded on 99 international centuries after aggravating an old toe injury.

The series stands at 0-0 after the first match was declared a no result - again because of rain.

Teams
England: Alastair Cook (captain), Craig Kieswetter (wkt), Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Ben Stokes, Samit Patel, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Jade Dernbach
India: MS Dhoni (captain, wk), Parthiv Patel, Ajinka Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Manoj Tiwary, Suresh Raina, Pravin Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, R Vinay Kumar, Munaf Patel

Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Rob Bailey (ENG), 3rd umpire: Marais Erasmus (SA)
Fourth umpire: Richard Illingworth (ENG)
Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ) (Th news pk)