England will look to secure a series victory against India this week as the decisive final Test match takes place at The Oval.Ben Stokes made history at the crease before his side were held to a draw at Old Trafford in the fourth Test, keeping the series alive with one to play. Stokes hit a century and took five wickets in the fourth TestGettyIndia remain 2-1 down but have given themselves a chance to deny England success after what has been a drama-filled few weeks.Should the home side come out on top, they will claim their first series win over India since 2018, after drawing one and losing two of the last three meetings.But they will have to do so without captain and talisman Stokes, who has been ruled out of the series decider.England vs India Fifth Test: Start time and how to followThe fifth and final Test match of the series will begin on Thursday, July 31 and run through to Monday, August 4. It is being played at The Oval in London, with play beginning at 11am each day. For the first time, talkSPORT overseas listeners can tune into coverage of an England home Test series via the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube channel.Our expert team taking you through ball-by-ball consists of England legend Steve Harmison, ex-New Zealand star Jeremy Coney and fans’ favourite David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd.Sam Ellard will provide updates on talkSPORT too, with talkSPORT.com keeping you up to date with the latest.To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.Sky Sports will broadcast each day of the Test live on Sky Sports Cricket too. England still need to wrap up the series after India kept it aliveGettyEngland vs India Fifth Test: Team newsEngland captain Stokes has been ruled out with a right shoulder injury.Stokes, whose deputy Ollie Pope will lead the team in his absence, has been battling a variety of issues over the course of the series and has finally been laid low with a problem that reared its head at Old Trafford.He has been replaced by Jacob Bethell who is making his first Test appearance of the year in one of four changes to the England XI.Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton and Josh Tongue have come into the side with Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer and Brydon Carse rested.As for India, Rishabh Pant has dropped out of the squad after fracturing his foot, with Dhruv Jurel replacing in the side as wicketkeeper.India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is not involved at The Oval. EnglandBen DuckettZak CrawleyOllie Pope (c)Joe RootHarry BrookJacob BethellJamie Smith (wk)Jamie OvertonChris WoakesGus AtkinsonJosh TongueIndiaYashasvi JaiswalKL RahulSai SudharsanShubman Gill (c)Karun NairRavindra JadejaDhruv Jurel (wk)Washington SundarAkash DeepMohammed SirajPrasidh KrishnaToss: England won the toss and decided to fieldOfficials: Ahsan Raza, Kumar Dharmasena, Rod Tucker, Jeff Crowe, Russell WarrenScorecard: The latest scores from The Oval can be found hereEngland vs India: Series results and scheduleEngland lead Test series 2-1First Test – England won by five wickets (Headingley)Second Test – India won by 336 runs (Edgbaston)Third Test – England won by 22 runs (Lord’s)Fourth Test – Draw (Old Trafford)Fifth Test – July 31-August 4 (The Oval)England vs India Fifth Test: What has been said?Stokes was adamant that his injury would not get in the way of him playing at The Oval this week but that has now changed. “I am obviously disappointing to not be able to finish the series,” an emotional Stokes said as he addressed a press conference on Wednesday morning.“I have got a decent tear of one of the muscles I can’t pronounce, I don’t know how to say it, but we took as long as we could to make that decision around that.“A bit of emotion goes into this kind of stuff when you find out what you have done – bowling was ruled out as soon as we got the scan results.“But you need that time chatting with the medical team, Baz, then just 20 minutes to myself out there in the morning just to really be clear around the decision that we made.”Stokes added: “It was one of those where you were weighing up the risk-reward, and the risk was way too high for damaging us any further than it currently is.“I wouldn’t expect to put any one of my players at risk with an injury like this.“I will start rehabbing now and obviously focus on what we have got coming up in the winter.“Obviously I am very disappointed, but I needed a bit more time that I would give to these kind of things to make a decision and it helps that we have a really good strong squad to be able to select from to put a team out that we think can get us a win this week.”England vs India Fifth Test: talkSPORT BET OddsEngland – 11/10Draw – 11/5India – 5/2See all cricket betting odds and bet boosts over at talkSPORT BET*odds subject to change. 18+ gambleaware.org