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Kolkata, Jan 22 (IBNS) India won the toss and skipper Virat Kohli, captaining national side at Eden Gardens for the first time, decided to field in the third one day against England here on Sunday.

There has been two changes in Indian squad  where Opener Ajinkya Rahane replaced Sikhar Dhawan while speed star Bhubaneswar Kumar came in place of  Umesh Yadav.

The visiting side also made one change  bringing in Sam Billings in place of Joe Root.

Following  are the teams :
England : Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Jonathan Bairstow,  Eoin Morgan ( Capt),Ben Stokes, Josbuttler, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Liam  Plunkett,David Willey and jake Ball.
India : Ajinkya Rahane,   KLRahul, Virat Kohli( Capt) M S Dhoni, Yubaraj Singh, Kedar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhubaneswar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah.
Umpires :  A K Chaudhary ( India) &  H D P K  Dharmasena ( Sri Lanka)
TV Umpire : R S A Pallyaguruge ( Sri Lanka )
Match Refere :  A J Pycroft  ( Jimbabwe )

(Reporting by Manik Banerjee)

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