England are playing in their maiden final in their fourth appearance while Spain have featured as losing finalists on three earlier occasions in 1991, 2003 and 2007.
Brazil, who were seeking their fourth title, were finally outwitted and outplayed by a more tactical and resilient side and they bowed out of the tournament with a heart-break.
The semi-final was supposed to take place at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati but incessant rains forced FIFA to shift the game to Kolkata which will also host the final on Saturday.
The match, which was to be played at the Indira Gandhi stadium in the Assam capital, will be held as scheduled on October 25 but at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.
The medical staff revealed the seriousness of his lower back stress fracture which ruled Pattinson out of Australia's recent tour to Bangladesh.
Moeen, the man of the series in ODI series against West Indies, believes England can retain the Ashes even if Stokes doesn't feature in the five-Test series.
Bairstow's comments came after he struck a brilliant 141-run knock to help England thump the West Indies by nine wickets to seal a 4-0 win in the five-match ODI series.
Bairstow, who also got a ton in the first match, hit 17 boundaries in his 114-ball innings. Bairstow's innings was the highest ODI score by an England batsman against West Indies.
Mohammed will come in for Jason Holder, who returned home to Barbados to attend the funeral of his uncle, Derrick Garrett, a local sports administrator.
West Indies lost despite their best batting performance of the series, with opener Evin Lewis producing a brilliant 176 from 130 balls before he had to leave on a stretcher, retiring hurt.
Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler launched a stunning counter-attack. The duo added an unbeaten 77 runs in just 48 balls that took England just past the DLS score.
Three uncapped players - paceman Craig Overton, legspinner Mason Crane and wicketkeeper Ben Foakes - were called up to the squad that was announced on Wednesday.
Ali bludgeoned 102 off 57 balls, with seven fours and eight sixes, to get England to 369/9 batting first, their fifth-highest ODI total in the history.
England are in dire need of batsmen like Buttler or Hales to support England's Test skipper Joe Root and veteran batsman, Alastair Cook.
Jones could be a doubt for the Ashes series in Australia after sustaining a stress fracture in his lower back.
Bairstow was 100 not out, reaching three figures on the penultimate ball of the match. Next delivery, Ben Stokes launched a six over long-on to seal the win.
Chandigarh's left-handed batsman scripted history on this day as India walloped England with his six sixes.
Gayle's innings on Saturday against England during the one-off T20I was a reminder for the cricket fraternity across the world that the 37-year-old Jamaican has lost none of his power at the crease.
In the list of hitting the most number of maximums in T20Is, the sturdy Jamaican is followed by New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum (91 sixes) and Australia’s Shane Watson (83 sixes).
Lewis and Gayle smashed 72 runs off 39 balls for the opening wicket before West Indies lost its momentum. Lewis made 51 off 28 balls and Gayle 40 off 21 balls.
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