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England win toss, bowl first in 3rd Twenty20

Published February 1, 2017 Updated February 1, 2017 01:55pm

BANGALORE: England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the third and final Twenty20 international in Bangalore on Wednesday.

With the series tied at 1-1 the visitors made one change to their starting line-up after Sunday's loss in Nagpur, bringing in seam bowler Liam Plunkett for spinner Liam Dawson.

India gave left-handed batsman Rishabh Pant his international debut in place of Manish Pandey.

India: Virat Kohli (capt), Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Amit Mishra, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah

England: Eoin Morgan (capt), Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills

Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (IND) and Nitin Menon (IND)

TV umpire: Chettithody Shamshuddin (IND)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)

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