India won the toss & elect to bat first against Australia in the second of the best-of-three finals at Brisbane on Tuesday. IIshant Sharma is not playing today. Sreesanth is playing in place of him today. India, just one match away from claiming the historic feat after they won the first match of the best-of-three finals at SCG on Sunday, will be looking to carry the momentum in what promises to be another thrilling day-night encounter. India scored 258 for nine in 50 overs against Australia today.

Brief Scores: India 258/9 in 50 overs (Sachin Tendulkar 91, Yuvraj Singh 38, M.S. Dhoni 36; N. Bracken 3/31 Michael Clarke 3/52).

Squads:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Andrew Symonds, James Hopes, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Mitchell Johnson and Stuart Clark.