Frist ODI India vs England the young star got a chance?

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 01:27 PM

Frist ODI India vs England the young star got a chance?

INDIA vs ENGLAND 1st ODI (PUNE),

Toss - England opt to field

Morgan has won the toss and England want to chase. Kohli says the weather is going to change drastically in the evening. We will keep an eye on that. KL Rahul will continue batting at number 5 for India in this format and keep wickets. So that means Pant misses out. Ben Stokes will be playing an ODI after 618 days. His last appearance in this format was the 2019 World Cup final.

Teams:

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna

England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Jos Buttler(w), Ben Stokes, Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Two debutants for India

India have handed ODI caps to Prasidh Krishna and Krunal Pandya ahead of the opener. Vijay Tagore & Akash Sarkar had confirmed this yesterday, here.


Prelude - 1st ODI

We have a World Test Championship final as well as a T20 World Cup this year. So what context does an ODI series offer? Not much for India, who as hosts have automatically qualified for the 2023 World Cup. But England need the Super League points to be eligible to defend their crown two years from now.

It's been a long and tough winter tour for the Three Lions but while the rotation policy may have been put under the wringer early on the tour, players will certainly begin to appreciate it at now with the IPL players expected to be in bio-bubbles for two more months now.

Virat Kohli has called for a more considerate approach to scheduling in these testing times. Read up on that as we build towards the toss in Pune.