England win toss, decide to bowl in final ODI

Oct 25, 2011 |

Kolkata

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England skipper Alastair Cook opted to bowl against India after winning the toss in the fifth and concluding one-dayer of the five-match series here at Eden Gardens on Tuesday.

India brought in stylish Bengal batsman and skipper Manoj Tiwary in place of Parthiv Patel in their only change to their playing XI.

England will have to do without Kevin Pietersen who has a broken thumb as Ian Bell got a chance finally to play his first match in the series.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c & wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Manoj Tiwary, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, R Vinay Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Varun Aaron.

England: Alastair Cook (c), Craig Kieswetter (wk), Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Jonathan Bairstow, Samit Patel, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Stuart Meaker and Steven Finn.

Field Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZC), Sudhir Asnani; Third

Umpire: S. Ravi;

Fourth Umpire: Vineet Kulkarni.

Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama (SLC).

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