India captain Anil Kumble [Images] won the toss and elected to bat on the opening day of the fourth and final Test match against Australia at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.

India went in with a five-bowler attack as they included off spinner Harbhajan Singh [Images] in the side leaving out struggling opener Wasim Jaffer [Images].

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All-rounder Irfan Pathan [Images] was handed the job of opening the batting with Virender Sehwag [Images].

Australia made two changes in their team as opener Matthew Hayden [Images] returned to the team in place of Chris Rogers and paceman Shuan Tait making way for spinner Brad Hogg [Images].

Australia lead the series 2-1 after victories in the first two Tests at Melbourne and Sydney. India won the third Test at Perth by 72 runs.

Teams:

Australia: Ricky Ponting [Images] (captain), Phil Jaques, Matthew Hayden, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke [Images], Andrew Symonds [Images], Adam Gilchrist [Images], Brad Hogg, Brett Lee [Images], Mitchell Johnson and Stuart Clark.

India: Anil Kumble (captain), Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid [Images], Sachin Tendulkar [Images], Sourav Ganguly [Images], VVS Laxman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images], Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh and Harbhajan Singh.