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| - England skipper Eoin Morgan won a crucial toss and elected to bowl in the deciding fifth Twenty20 international against India on Saturday. With the series level at 2-2, England were unchanged but India captain Virat Kohli will open his side's batting and bowler T. Natarajan came into the 11 in place of batsman K.L. Rahul. Morgan has won the toss in four of the five games but his decision to chase the total backfired in the fourth match in Ahmedabad when India levelled the series. "We're still striving to improve -- one area is bowling in powerplay -- and having clarity of roles moving into the World Cup," said Morgan. Kohli said his aim was to "solidify" the team's batting before the World Cup, which will be held in India in October and November. Teams India: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Chahar, T Natarajan England: Eoin Morgan (capt), Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (IND), Nitin Menon (IND) TV umpire: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (IND) Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND) fk/tw/bsp
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