Don't really agree with your team at all Skateboarder.
Yardy is a better bat than Read, Read may well be more unauthordox and possibly be able to hit it bigger, but Yardy is almost certainly a more competent batsman.
I can't see them leaving out Dalrymple after a good aggressive knock in the warmup game. Ricki Clarke I would hope to god is not going to play, and in your team you have only one spin option and two quicks that could go for a ton of runs on these slow, low tracks.
Personally I think, Anderson, Harmison and Lewis will make up three seamers, with Yardy and Dalrymple providing the spin, and Collingwood/Kp/Bell will offer the relief bowling if someone doesn't look like being able to complete their spell due to ineffectiveness.
The batting then still goes down to 8, and I would also expect to see Freddie and Kp split in the order so you don't run the risk of losing both big hitters in the space of an over or two.
They seem fairly intent on Freddie at 3, which is a far better position for him that it would be Collingwood, and hopefully they will fit KP in at 5 to give them inpetus at the start from Freddie and late on from Kp. I think it is at 5 that Kp averages somewhere around 100 for England.
That as a side looks pretty strong, and will only get stronger once Freddie returns as a bowler as well as a batsman.
To be honest, I can't see how Mahmood will have earned his place ahead of Lewis considering their recent performances, or how Clarke will have ahead of Dalrymple or Yardy. It is not even like Clarke has done the job in the domestic Od leagues this year, let alone internationally on pitches that will not suit him.
There is also no reason why Lewis can't be a success in India. The White ball will always swing early on, and also is likely to when their is due in the day/night games. Odi pitches are mostly the same around the world, so if Lewis carries on putting it in the right areas and getting some early swing he will do a good job.
