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India elect to field in final ODI

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India captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field in the fifth and final one-day international against South Africa at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Monday.

India left out Suresh Raina, S Sreesanth and Jai Prakash Yadav from the 15 while making Gautam Gambhir the supersub.

The tourists omitted Justin Ontong, Albie Morkel and A B De Villers and opted for Robin Peterson as supersub.

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virendra Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, M S Dhoni (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, R P Singh, Mohammad Kaif. Supersub: Gautam Gambhir.

South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, Justin Kemp, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall, Johan Botha, Charl Langeveldt, Makhaya Ntini, Andre Nel. Supersub: Robin Peterson.

Umpires: Daryl Harper and K Hariharan.

Third umpire: I Shivram.

Fourth umpire: Ravi Subramaniam

Match Referee: Jeff Crowe.