Earlier, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss for a fifth consecutive time and opted to bowl first, reverting to his original strategy deployed in the first three matches
तत्पूर्वी, भारताचा कर्णधार ढोणीने नाणेफेक जिंकून प्रथम क्षेत्ररक्षण केल्याने यजमान संघाने सलग तिस-या लढतीत पहिल्यांदा फलंदाजी केली.