26 November,Mohali (CRICKETNMORE): England won the toss and elected to bat in the third Test against India at the Punjab cricket Association I.S. Bindra Stadium on Saturday.
For India, promising Karnataka batsman Karun Nair will make his Test debut replacing injured opener Lokesh Rahul while stumper Parthiv Patel has been included in place of injured Wriddhiman Saha.
After losing the second Test by 246 runs, the visitors have made three changes in their playing XI by including middle order batsman Jos Butler, pacer Chris Woakes and off-spinner Gareth Batty in place of Ben Duckett, injured Stuart Broad and Zafar Ansari respectively.
Live Score,3rd Test: India vs England
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Toss: England have won the toss and have opted to bat
Teams:
India (Playing XI): Murali Vijay, Parthiv Patel(w), Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami
England (Playing XI): Alastair Cook(c), Haseeb Hameed, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow(w), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Gareth Batty, James Anderson