KANPUR: England captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and elected to bat in the third one-day international against India at the Green Park stadium here on Thursday.

The match was shortened to 49 overs-a-side after the start was delayed by 45 minutes due to morning haze.

The hosts made one change to the team that won the second one-dayer in Indore, bringing in paceman Ishant Sharma in place of Rudra Pratap Singh.

England brought in off-spinner Graeme Swann for fast bowler Stephen Harmison. India lead the seven-match series 2-0 after winning in Rajkot and Indore.

England: Kevin Pietersen (capt), Ian Bell, Matt Prior, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Owais Shah, Ravi Bopara, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Samit Patel.

India: Mahendra Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma.