New Delhi: England won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the third Test match at Mohali.



Karun Nair makes his debut as KL Rahul misses out again after suffering an injury during a practice session on Friday. Parthiv patel comes back into the side to replace Wriddhiman Saha as a wicket-keeper batsman.



Three changes for the visitors as Chris Woakes will replace injured Stuart Broad, Ben Duckett makes way for Jos Butler and Gareth Batty comes in for Zafar Ansari



IND XI: Nair, Vijay, Pujara, Kohli, Rahane, Ashwin, P Patel, Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Shami, Umesh Yadav.



ENG XI: A Cook, H Hameed, J Root, J Butler, M Ali, B Stokes, J Bairstow, G Batty, A Rashid, C Woakes, J Anderson