Makhaya Ntini and Chris Gayle have been left out of the 12-member World XI team for the first one-day international of the ICC Super Series against Australia at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne on October 5.
Australia have included Cameron White, the Victoria captain, in their team while Stuart Clark and James Hopes were left out. White will make his one-day debut in the first game of the Super Series. He had taken 2 for 49 for Victoria in the warm-up game against the World XI. Both teams decided to name their Supersubs before the toss.
Sunil Gavaskar, the World XI chairman of selectors, confirmed that Virender Sehwag and Kumar Sangakkara will open the batting for the World XI. Meanwhile, Ricky Ponting said that Simon Katich will replace Matthew Hayden as Adam Gilchrist's opening partner.
Teams
World XI
1 Shahid Afridi, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Rahul Dravid, 5 Jacques Kallis, 6 Brian Lara, 7 Kevin Pietersen, 8 Andrew Flintoff, 9 Shaun Pollock (capt), 10 Daniel Vettori, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan, 12 Shoaib Akhtar
Australia
1 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 2 Simon Katich, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Damien Martyn, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Michael Clarke, 7 Shane Watson, 8 Andrew Symonds, 9 Cameron White, 10 Brett Lee, 11 Glenn McGrath, 12 Nathan Bracken
