England elect to bat against India in 3rd Test

Southampton (England), July 27 (IANS) England captain Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to bat against India in the third cricket Test of their five-match series at the Ageas Bowl here Sunday.

Squads:

England: Alastair Cook (captain), Sam Robson, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.

India: Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Pankaj Singh.