Anil Kumble won the toss and decided to bat first against Australia in the third Test of the four-match Test series at Kotla on Wednesday

Team India is in the drivers seat at the moment as they are leading the Test series 1-0. The hosts, who have a great chance of clinching the series have a great record at this very stadium, have won their last seven Test outings played at Kotla.

Australia, who are trailing 0-1 in the series, are in a must win situation to keep alive their chances of winning the series while India will leave no stone unturned to seal the fate of the series in their favour.

Australia were relieved at having pacer Stuart Clark back in the squad after the bowler missed the Mohali game due to a sore elbow while India were jolted by the news after off-spinner Harbhajan Singh failed to prove match fitness for the Kotla Test.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (capt), Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Cameron White, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark and Jason Krejza.

India: Anil Kumble (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Venkatsai Laxman, Mahendra Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Amit Mishra.