India look to continue winning run in the ODI vs England

IND vs ENG: After a win in the T20I series, India will hope they can start the ODI series against England with a win at The Oval.

The 1st ODI between England and India will start tomorrow at 5:30 pm, IST. Whilst Ben Stokes missed the T20 series, he’ll be back for the ODI’s.

The inclusion of Ben Stokes will definitely help the English middle order that struggled against the Indian bowling attack in the T20I series.

England won the dead-rubber game against India yesterday, to avoid a humiliating white wash at home. Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone powered England to 215/7 in their 20 overs. In reply, India managed 198 runs, thanks to the splendid Suryakumar Yadav innings.

The Indian number 4 batsman scored 117 off just 55 balls to bring India as close as possible to the target. Unfortunately, the other batsmen failed to contribute much and SKY was left with a herculean task at his hands.

Read more about the 3rd T20I here: https://www.sportstrumpet.com/india-vs-england-live-updates-of-the-3rd-t20-match/

Pitch Report

The deck at the Kennington Oval is flat so we can expect a high scoring thriller tomorrow. With both teams getting their star players back, we are in for an entertaining clash. Captain winning the toss will look to bat first under daylight, when the pitch is hard and the ball will come on to the bat well. Dew might play a role, later on.

Head to Head

India have the edge over England in this criteria. Whilst England have won 43 times the 2 teams have met, India have won 55. There have been 2 ties, 1 of them the 2011 World Cup thriller in Benagluru at the Chinnaswamy stadium.

Playing XI

India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma(C), Virat Kohli/ Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant(wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal.

England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Jos Buttler(C & wk), Liam Livingstone, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, David Willey, Matt Parkinson, Reece Topley.