5th Test: England bat first, Ishant returns

December 16, 2016 09:30

England vs India

England have elected to bat first in the fifth and final Test match played in Chennai. India have already won the series 3-0 with the first Test in Rajkot drawn.

Pacer Ishant Sharma returns for the hosts with Bhuvneshwar Kumar missing out.

Jayant Yadav, who scored a century in the last match misses out owing to hamstring niggle. Amit Mishra gets a game.

For England, Broad returns from injury with Liam Dawson making his debut. Senior pacer James Anderson and Chris Woakes miss out.

India XI: Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, C Pujara, Virat Kohli*, Karun Nair, Parthiv Patel (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, UT Yadav

England XI: Alastair Cook*, K Jennings, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, J Ball

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