3rd Test: England elect to bat, Nair debuts

November 26, 2016 09:34

England vs India

England captain Alastair Cook has won the toss and elected to bat first in Mohali. Kohli says the wicket is dry and the toss will not hold any significance.

Karun Nair makes his debut in place of an injured KL Rahul.

Wicketkeper Parthiv Patel replaces W Saha.

Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes and Gareth Batty will play for England replacing B Duckett, Broad and Ansari.

India XI: Murali Vijay, Parthiv Patel (wk), C Pujara, Virat Kohli*, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.

England XI: Alastair Cook*, H Hameed, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Johnny Bairstow (wk), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, GJ Batty, James Anderson.

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