India [ Images ] captain Anil Kumble [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat on the opening day of the fourth and final Test match against Australia [ Images ] at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.

India went in with a five-bowler attack as they included off spinner Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] in the side leaving out struggling opener Wasim Jaffer [ Images ].

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All-rounder Irfan Pathan [ Images ] was handed the job of opening the batting with Virender Sehwag [ Images ].

Australia made two changes in their team as opener Matthew Hayden [ Images ] returned to the team in place of Chris Rogers and paceman Shuan Tait making way for spinner Brad Hogg [ Images ].

Australia lead the series 2-1 after victories in the first two Tests at Melbourne [ Images ] and Sydney [ Images ]. India won the third Test at Perth by 72 runs.

Teams:

Australia: Ricky Ponting [ Images ] (captain), Phil Jaques, Matthew Hayden, Mike Hussey [ Images ], Michael Clarke [ Images ], Andrew Symonds [ Images ], Adam Gilchrist [ Images ], Brad Hogg, Brett Lee [ Images ], Mitchell Johnson [ Images ] and Stuart Clark.

India: Anil Kumble (captain), Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid [ Images ], Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Sourav Ganguly [ Images ], VVS Laxman [ Images ], Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ], Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma [ Images ], RP Singh [ Images ] and Harbhajan Singh.