SportPosted at: Mar 20 2021 7:04PM

5th T20I: England win toss, opt to bowl; Natarajan replaces Rahul for India

Ahmedabad, Mar 20 (UNI) England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bowl against Virat Kohli led India in the fifth and final T20I, here on Saturday.

At the toss, India captain Virat Kohli announced that he will be opening today in place of KL Rahul, who has been replaced by pacer T Natarajan.

On the other hand, England did not make any change in their playing XI.

With the series currently poised at 2-2, both India and England will fancy their chances and back themselves to win the series-decider in Ahmedabad.

Playing XI:

India: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Chahar, T Natarajan

England: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

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