Rajkot, Feb 15 (Reporter) India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first in the third Test against England at Niranjan Shah Stadium here on Thursday. India has made a couple of changes to their playing XI with two debutants – Sarfaraz Khan and wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel, while Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj have returned. Axar Patel and Mukesh Kumar missed out. For England, Mark Wood returns to the playing XI. The Test series is poised evenly after India won the second Test at Visakhapatnam and England the first in Hyderabad. England have made their presence felt in the series with Bazball by shattering the conventional perception that India dominated their rivals in home conditions for the last 12 years. India, however, will be looking for a 2-1 lead on the back of Jasprit Bumrah who picked 9 wickets in the Visakhapatnam Test by exploiting the reverse-friendly conditions. The home side also will depend on double-centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal and centurion Shubman Gill to give India a good start. Meanwhile, England will continue to go at India with Bazball, and their spinners licking their fingers to repeat their Hyderabad performance here...////...