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India elect to bat in decider

September 08, 2007 14:45 IST

India captain Rahul Dravid [Images] won the toss and elected to bat in the seventh and final one-day international against England [Images], who are boosted with all-rounder Andrew Flintoff [Images] being declared fit to play at the Lord's in London [Images] on Saturday.

Flintoff passed a late fitness test to be declared fit to play in the final.

The 29-year-old Flintoff will replace Alastair Cook [Images], while Luke Wright will retain his place in the team.

India made one change to their team, which won the series levelling sixth ODI at The Oval, by replacing paceman Ajit Agarkar [Images] with left-armer Rudra Pratap Singh.

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Sachin Tendulkar [Images], Sourav Ganguly [Images], Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir [Images], Yuvraj Singh [Images], Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] (w/k), Ramesh Powar, Piyush Chawla, Zaheer Khan [Images], Rudra Pratap Singh.

England: Paul Collingwood [Images] (captain), Matt Prior [Images], Luke Wright, Ian Bell [Images], Kevin Pietersen [Images], Owais Shah, Andrew Flintoff, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Stuart Broad, Monty Panesar [Images], James Anderson.



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