England will be aiming to end their tour of India on a high as they prepare for the fifth and final Test this week. 

Ben Stokes’ side have already lost the series after tasting defeat for the third straight Test last month to go 3-1 down. 

The visitors are only going to be playing for pride in Dharamsala, being beaten in a series for the first time with Stokes as captain. 

Brendon McCullum won’t want to see his squad admit defeat though, and they will be aiming to come out on top in the final Test. 

India vs England: talkSPORT coverage 

The fifth Test between India and England will begin on Thursday, March 7 and will run to Monday, March 11. 

It will be held at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala and the action is scheduled to get underway at 4am UK time each day.

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talkSPORT 2 will have ball-by-ball coverage of each day of the Test from 4am.

Our expert commentary team consists of England legends David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd, Steve Harmison, Darren Gough, and Kevin Pietersen.

They will be joined by Alex Tudor, Gareth Batty and Phoebe Graham, with CricViz providing statistical analysis.

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India vs England: Teams

KL Rahul has been ruled out of the fifth Test for India, but bowler Jasprit Bumrah has rejoined the squad after missing the last match.

Virat Kohli remains out due to personal reasons. 

India squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Devdutt Padikkal, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep. 

As for England, Ollie Robinson suffered a back issue that affected his bowling in the last Test and there are question marks over his fitness. 

Dan Lawrence and Gus Atkinson could both feature after not playing at all in this series. 

England squad: Ben Stokes (C), James Anderson, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Shoib Bashir, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes (WK), Dan Lawrence, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood.

India vs England: What has been said? 

Speaking after defeat in the fourth Test, England captain Stokes insisted he was proud of his team despite already losing the series. 

He said: “3-1 doesn’t look great but the way in which we’ve come at India is what I’m most proud of. 

“Coming to India is a completely different beast, something that this team has not been exposed to [before]. 

“The way we have reacted to everything, even being on the wrong end of three results, is something I’m incredibly proud of.

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“[There was a view that] we didn’t have a chance in hell of even competing with India but even today that wasn’t an easy win and I think they would admit that. 

“I’m very proud of the way every player has thrown ­everything at India. No one has taken a backwards step.”