India captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to have a bat in the second one-day international against England in Bristol on Friday.
Openers Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar started on a strong note after seeing off the initial overs without losing a wicket, bringing up their 100-run partnership in the 17th over.
Tendulkar was the more aggressive of the duo, bringing his half-century up from 56 balls. Ganguly picked up the tempo when he slammed a six and a four off consecutive balls off Chris Tremlett in the 17th over.
India lost the opening match of the seven-match series by 104 runs on Tuesday. Left-arm Indian pacer Zaheer Khan was left out of the side because of flu, while England retained side that beat the Indians at Southampton on Tuesday. India also replaced Gautam Gambhir with off-spinner Ramesh Powar, the fifth bowler for the visitors.
Teams:
India: Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Dinesh Karthik, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Ajit Agarkar, Munaf Patel, R P Singh.
England: Alistair Cook, Matt Prior, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood (captain), Ravi Bopara, Dimitri Mascarenas, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Chris Tremlett.
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