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India [ Images ] captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat against Australia [ Images ] in the fifth one-day international in Vadodara on Thursday.

India, down 2-1, are hoping Sachin Tendulkar's [ Images ] 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 [ Images ] Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ] to play in 400 one-dayers.

Teams:

India: Sourav Ganguly [ Images ], Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Rahul Dravid [ Images ], Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Irfan Pathan [ Images ], Murali Kartik [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Zaheer Khan [ Images ], R P Singh.

Australia: Adam Gilchrist [ Images ], Matthew Hayden [ Images ], Brad Hodge [ Images ], Michael Clarke [ Images ], Ricky Ponting [ Images ], Andrew Symonds [ Images ], Brad Hogg [ Images ], James Hopes [ Images ], Brett Lee [ Images ], Nathan Bracken [ Images ], Mitchell Johnson [ Images ].