India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the fifth one-day international in Vadodara on Thursday.
India, down 2-1, are hoping Sachin Tendulkar's 400th one-day appearance will inspire them to a series-levelling win.
Tendulkar hit a one-day record 84th half-century to lift the hosts to an eight-run victory on Monday as the hosts pulled back to a 2-1 deficit in the seven-match series.
The series opener was washed out.
Both teams retained the eleven that played in the previous game in Chandigarh.
Tendulkar, 34, who holds the one-day record for most runs (15,563), centuries (41) and fifties (84), becomes the second player after Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya to play in 400 one-dayers.
Teams:
India: Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Murali Kartik, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, R P Singh.
Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hodge, Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Brad Hogg, James Hopes, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Mitchell Johnson.
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