West Indies captain Brian Lara won the toss and elected to field in the third One-Day International against India, at the M A Chidambaram stadium, in Chennai, on Saturday.
India made five changes to the team that won in Cuttack to take a 2-0 lead in the four-match series. Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, S Sreesanth and Anil Kumble came in for Sourav Ganguly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Joginder Sharma, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh.
For the West Indies, Lara returned to the team after missing the last game due to a knee injury while Rayad Emrit makes his debut.
Lendl Simmons also finds a place in the team, which had no room for in-form left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Devon Smith and Ian Bradshaw.
Teams:
India: Rahul Dravid (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Kaarthick, Suresh Raina, Ajit Agarkar, Ramesh Powar, S Sreeshanth, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh and Anil Kumble.
West Indies: Brian Lara (capt), Chris Gayle, Runako Morton, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Denesh Ramdin, Lendl Simmons, Rayad Emrit, Darren Powell and Jerome Taylor.
The key is improving on your mistakes: Suresh Raina