India V England: 4th Test – Toss Report – Cook opts to bat on a dry VCA pitch – Live Match Score and Update
England skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vidarbha-c860 Cricket Association Stadium in Jamtha, Nagpur.
Both India and England have made a couple of changes to their squads from the Kolkata Test, which the latter had won by seven wickets.
The tourists have handed a Test cap to Yorkshireman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 flew home on a short paternity leave.
The other change the Poms have been forced to make is Tim Bresnan coming in for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harold-William-Stephenson-c61707 Finn, who has been left out due to a disc injury in his lower back.
India have also made two changes to the XI that lost at Eden Gardens. Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla has been called up as spearhead pace bowler Zaheer Khan’s replacement. They also gave Test debut to left-arm spinning all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who has scored two triple-centuries in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy this season.
Piyush Chawla replacing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028’s armoury, a decision that could backfire on the hosts, especially under circumstances when they are bowling first.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 for the first time since 1984-5. However, skipper Cook, who has had an emphatic run on the tour so far, having scored centuries in all the three Tests of the series, said at the toss that being on the verge of a historic series victory was not on their mind.
Cook’s Indian counterpart MS Dhoni said that his side has a history of doing well when pushed against the wall, and hoped to win the Nagpur Test and square the series.
India (Playing XI): 1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566.
England (Playing XI): 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Nick Compton, 3 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Monty-Panesar-c2024.
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