England’s Jonny Bairstow makes significant gains, enters top 10 in the latest
MRF ICC Men’s ODI Rankings for batting.
England’s Jonny Bairstow makes significant gains, enters top 10 in the latest
MRF ICC Men’s ODI Rankings for batting.
After India won the first ODI by 66 runs, England will need to keep their chances in the three-match series alive with a win.
The second and third ODIs of the series will also be played in Pune. The second match will be played today, beginning at 1:30 pm IST.
Both the sides will see forced changes in the second match owing to injuries.
Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the remainder of the series due to a dislocated shoulder.
Rohit Sharma also took a blow on the right elbow and didn’t take the field in the second innings but wasn’t deemed serious. In case India want to give Rohit a short break, then Shubman Gill can open alongside Shikhar Dhawan with KL Rahul coming in at his usual middle order slot.
Virat Kohli in limited-overs cricket since Nov 2020:
56, 80*, 1, 77*, 73*, 0, 85, 40, 9, 63, 89, 21
7 fifty-plus scores in 11 innings
Most ODI centuries since 2018:
Rohit Sharma -13
Virat Kohli - 11
Shai Hope - 9
Aaron Finch - 9
Indians to got out in 90s
Sachin - 27 times
Dravid - 12 times
Sehwag - 10 times
Dhawan - 9 times*
Ganguly - 9 times
England wins the toss and elects to bowl first.
Three changes for England
Malan, Livingstone, Topley
Morgan, Billings, Wood
Rishabh Pant replaces injured Shreyas Iyer for India
Eoin Morgan ruled out of the final two ODIs against India after hand injury.
India have only suffered three defeats in their last 22 completed men’s ODI games played at home versus England (W18, T1); they have registered five victories in their last six men’s ODI matches in India (L1). Fortress.
J Roy, J Bairstow, B Stokes, D Malan, J Buttler, L Livingstone, M Ali, S Curran, T Curran, A Rashid, R Topley
R Sharma, S Dhawan, V Kohli, KL Rahul, R Pant, H Pandya, K Pandya, S Thakur, B Kumar, K Yadav, P Krishna
India are 66/2 after 15 overs with Virat Kohli and KL Rahul at the crease.
What target will they set for England?
FIFTY!
Captain Virat kohli brings up his 62nd ODI half-century off 62 deliveries.
for KL Rahul
Watchful innings by the Indian keeper!
India at 147/2(30.4) with a 100-run partnership between the duo.
10: Tim Southee
09: Adil Rashid*
08: Ben Stokes
08: James Anderson
08: Moeen Ali
08: Graeme Swann
5 out of 6 are English bowlers.
IND🇮🇳173/3 (35 Over)
KL Rahul (69) Rishabh Pant (6)
9: Virat Kohli
7: Steven Smith
7: Marcus Stoinis
6: Aaron Finch
Adil Rashid - 100*
Rashid Khan - 85
Kuldeep Yadav - 83