Scorecard

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the fifth one-day international in Vadodara on Thursday.

India, down 2-1, are hoping Sachin Tendulkar's [Images] 400th one-day appearance will inspire them to a series-levelling win.

Tendulkar hit a one-day record 84th half-century to lift the hosts to an eight-run victory on Monday as the hosts pulled back to a 2-1 deficit in the seven-match series.

The series opener was washed out.

Both teams retained the eleven that played in the previous game in Chandigarh.

Tendulkar, 34, who holds the one-day record for most runs (15,563), centuries (41) and fifties (84), becomes the second player after Sri Lanka's [Images] Sanath Jayasuriya to play in 400 one-dayers.

Teams:

India: Sourav Ganguly [Images], Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh [Images], Rahul Dravid [Images], Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Irfan Pathan [Images], Murali Kartik, Harbhajan Singh [Images], Zaheer Khan [Images], R P Singh.

Australia: Adam Gilchrist [Images], Matthew Hayden [Images], Brad Hodge, Michael Clarke [Images], Ricky Ponting [Images], Andrew Symonds [Images], Brad Hogg [Images], James Hopes, Brett Lee [Images], Nathan Bracken [Images], Mitchell Johnson.