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Fifth ODI: Australia win toss, elect to bat

| @indiablooms | Mar 13, 2019, at 02:02 pm

New Delhi, Mar 13 (IBNS): Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to bat first in the fifth and final One Day International (ODI) match against India at Feroz Shah Kotla here on Wednesday.

Australia made two changes in their sides. While Marcus Stoinis replaced Shaun Marsh, Nathan Lyon came in for Jason Behrendorff.

India also made two changes. Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami came in for Yuzvendra Chahal and KL Rahul.

The series is presently balanced at 2-2.

This is the last ODI series for India ahead of 50-over Cricket World Cup, which is just months away.

India XI: R Sharma, S Dhawan, V Kohli (c), R Pant, K Jadhav, V Shankar, R Jadeja, B Kumar, K Yadav, M Shami, J Bumrah.

Australia XI: A Finch (c), U Khawaja, M Stoinis, P Handscomb, G Maxwell, A Turner, A Carey, J Richardson, P Cummins, N Lyon, A Zampa.

Image Credit: BCCI Twitter

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