India's [ Images ] captain Rahul Dravid [ Images ] won the toss and elected to field in the third and final Test against England [ Images ] at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai [ Images ] on Saturday.

The hosts, leading 1-0 in the series, made one change in their side, replacing leg-spinner Piyush Chawla [ Images ] with medium pacer S Sreesanth [ Images ].

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For England, the injury list continued to grow as young opener Alastair Cook [ Images ] was ruled out due to a stomach bug. His place in the team will be taken by Owais Shah [ Images ].

England also opted for an extra spinner in Shaun Udal [ Images ] to take advantage of the spin-friendly Mumbai track. He replaced all-rounder Liam Plunkett.

In another change, James Anderson [ Images ] replaced Steve Harmison [ Images ].

Dravid, who was earlier in the morning named India's captain till the 2007 World Cup, became the sixth Indian player to figure in 100 Tests, thus joining a select band, comprising Sunil Gavaskar [ Images ], Kapil Dev [ Images ], Dilip Vengsarkar, Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] and Anil Kumble [ Images ].

"The selectors met here last night and decided to appoint Dravid captain till the end of the 2007 World Cup," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said.

This will also be a special match for Tendulkar, who will surpass Dev as the most capped Indian Test player.

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Wasim Jaffer [ Images ], Virender Sehwag [ Images ], Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ], Irfan Pathan [ Images ], S Sreesanth, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] and Munaf Patel [ Images ].

England: Andrew Flintoff [ Images ] (captain), Andrew Strauss [ Images ], Owais Shah, Ian Bell [ Images ], Kevin Pietersen [ Images ], Paul Collingwood [ Images ], Geraint Jones, Shaun Udal, Matthew Hoggard [ Images ], James Anderson and Monty Panesar [ Images ].