England Bat First In One Day International

England win toss, choose to bat

Kochi" England captain Andrew Flintoff won the toss and opted to bat in the fourth one-day international against India at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here Thursday.

India made one change in the XI that won the last match in Goa, bringing in local lad S. Sreesanth in place of Munaf Patel.

England made three changes by bringing in Kevin Pieterson, Gareth Batty and Mathew Hoggard in place of Owais Shah, Liam Plunkett and Sajid Mahmood.

Teams:

India:

Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag (vice-captain), Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar and Ramesh Powar.

England:

Andrew Flintoff (captain), James Anderson, Ian Blackwell, Paul Collingwood, Geraint Jones (wicketkeeper), Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss, Mathew Hoggard, Gareth Batty, Vikram Solanki and Matt Prior.

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