England skipper Paul Collingwood won the toss and decided to bat in the sixth one-day international against India at the Oval in London on Wednesday.
Indian team, sticking to their seven batsmen strategy, made one change in their side as Robin Uthappa replaced Dinesh Karthik.
For England, Sussex batsman Luke Wright makes his debut and allrounder Andrew Flintoff once again sat out due to injury. Ravi Bopara, who fractured his thumb, has been replaced by allrounder Dimitri Mascarenhas.
Teams:
England: A Cook, M Prior, I Bell, K Pietersen, P Collingwood (capt), O Shah, L Wright, D Mascarenhas, S Broad, M Panesar, J Anderson.
India: S Tendulkar, S Ganguly, R Uthappa, G Gambhir, R Dravid (capt), Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, A Agarkar, R Powar, Piyush Chawla, Zaheer Khan.