ENG vs IND 4th Test: Joe Root wins toss and opt to bowl first, Virat Kohli makes 2 changes but no room for R Ashwin

The fourth Test match saw Joe Root win the toss and put India to bat first at Kennington Oval, London. England makes three changes to the side while India makes two changes, however, still no room for R Ashwin.

Ollie Pope is in for Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes comes in for Sam Curran for the England side while India makes 2 changes in Ishant and Shami have niggles - Umesh and Shardul are back.

Toss & team news from The Oval

England have elected to bowl against #TeamIndia in the th #ENGvIND Test

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— BCCI (@BCCI) September 2, 2021

The five-match Test series is beautifully poised after England's formidable victory at Headingley. India had won the match at Lord's by 151 runs and etched their name on the board.  

While the match at Leeds was in favour of the host, India have been the better of the two teams and would have been 2-1 up if it had not rained during the first Test. They had one bad game in Leeds - and let's be clear, it was very bad indeed - but the quality they possess has already been on show in this series. A response at the Oval is very likely.

Teams:

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

England (Playing XI): Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root(c), Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow(w), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson.