England elect to bat, India play 3 spinners

December 13, 2012 09:07

England captain Alastair Cook has won the toss and elected to bat against India in the fourth and final Test.

The visitors are leading 2-1 in the series and will looking to continue their good run in the series.

The pitch looks completely dry and has a lot of cracks which means the spinners will get a lot of assistance.

India are playing three spinners in R Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha and Piyush Chawla. Ishant Sharma is the lone fast bowler as India leave out both Ashok Dinda and Parvinder Awana.

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who recently scored two triple centuries in Test cricket, makes his Test debut.

Chawla replaces Zaheer Khan, who was dropped after the third Test, while Jadeja comes in for Yuvraj Singh.

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