Strauss opts to bat in 4th Test against India

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England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth and final cricket Test against India at the Oval here on Thursday.

India, trailing the series 0-3, have replaced injured Praven Kumar with left-arm paceman R.P. Singh. Praveen had suffered a thumb injury during the third Test at Edgbaston.

England have named an unchanged side that won the third Test.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Amit Mishra, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh and S Sreesanth.

England: Andrew Strauss (C), Alastair Cook, KP Pietersen, Matt Prior, Ian Bell, Eoin Moragn, Ravi Bopara, James Anderson, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann.

Umpires: Simon Taufel and R Tucker

TV umpire: Steve Davis

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle.