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Wed, 08/10/2011 - 22:25
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England win toss, elect to field against India in 3rd Test

Birmingham, Aug 10 (PTI) England captain Andrew Strauss
won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the third
cricket Test here on Wednesday.
For India, fit-again openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam
Gambhir returned to the side in place of Abhinav Mukund and
Yuvraj Singh.
In the bowling department, leg-spinner Amit Mishra
replaced off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who is out with an
abdominal strain.
England made just one change to the side which won the
first two Tests with Ravi Bopara coming in place of an injured
Jonathan Trott.
England lead the series 2-0 and if they win this match,
they will take over India as the new world number ones in Test
cricket.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Virender sehwag, Gautam
Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh
Raina, Amit Mishra, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth.
England: Andrew Strauss (c), Alastair Cook, Ian Bell,
Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Matt Prior, Tim
Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson.

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