Stand-in England captain Ollie Pope won the toss and put India into bat in the fifth and final cricket test at The Oval on Thursday. Pope is leading the England team in the absence of Ben Stokes, who is absent with a sore shoulder and has been replaced in the side by Jacob Bethell.

England have gone in without a specialist spinner for the fifth and final Test match against India at the KIA Oval in London.

Stand-in captain Ollie Pope hopes to finish job Ben Stokes started against India - A badly torn shoulder muscle meant Stokes had to admit defeat in his battle to be fit for the decider at the Kia Oval.