Quote Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
fielded first and two went off injured, they weren't allowed to bat below 7 or something.

Have I got this wrong?

It can't be fair that the toss gives you such an advantage.
it doesn't affect whether you can use a replacement or the batting order. Similarly Rahul didn't field for most of the England innings (allowing India's best fielder to come on as a replacement). But as it was ruled an external injury he was allowed to open the batting - not that it did him much good