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England win toss, opt to bat first against India

| @indiablooms | Sep 07, 2018, at 03:24 pm

London, Sept 7 (IBNS): England won the toss and opted to bat first against India in the fifth and final Test match of the series here on Friday.

Hanuma Vihari has been added to the Indian team.

He will be the 292nd player to represent India in Tests.

England are already leading the series 3-1.

India have lost the series and will just play this match with the hope of grabbing a consolation victory.

Two teams are given below:

ENG XI: A Cook, K Jennings, M Ali, J Root, J Bairstow, B Stokes, J Buttler, S Curran, A Rashid, S Broad, J Anderson

IND XI: S Dhawan, L Rahul, C Pujara, V Kohli, A Rahane, H Vihari, R Pant, R Jadeja, I Sharma, M Shami, J Bumrah

Image: BCCI Twitter page
 

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