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13-Dec-2012 03:40:00 GMT
India v England, 4th Test, Nagpur, 1st day

England Bat, India Play Four Spinners

Nagpur: England skipper Alastair Cook won the toss and decided to bat against India in the fourth and final Test at VCA Stadium in Jamtha, Nagpur.

India have made couple of changes, bringing in Piyush Chawla to go with three spinners combination. Ravindra Jadeja will be making his Test debut as has been rewarded after becoming the first Indian batsman to hit three triple tons in domestic circuit.

For, England Tim Bresnan replaced Steven Finn while Joe Root replaced Samit Patel to get his first Test cap.

Trailing the buoyant visitors 1-2 in the rubber after being outplayed in the second and third encounters at Mumbai and Kolkata, the home players need to sort themselves out on several fronts to level the series.

Teams:

India:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Piyush Chawla, Ishant Sharma and Pragyan Ojha.

England: Alastair Cook (Captain), James Anderson, Tim Bresnan, Nick Compton, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior (wk), Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Monty Panesar.


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