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's Test captain has been forced to withdraw from the decisive fifth match against India at the Kia Oval following a severe shoulder injury. Medical assessments have confirmed Ben Stokes suffered a grade three muscle tear in his right shoulder,