Who Will Make the Lineup in Today’s Match? See the Predicted Squad List
India vs England, IND vs ENG 2nd ODI Predicted Playing 11 Today Match: India won the first ODI quite convincingly in Nagpur by four wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. For England, the second ODI at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack is a must-win to stay alive in the tournament.
England displayed the same issues that they had in the T20I leg of the series. The batters could not deal with Indian spinners and their own bowling attack was short of one more quality spinner to partner up with Adil Rashid. As per India a few boxes were tiked like Shubman Gill’s form after a poor Border Gavaskar Trophy and Ravindra Jadeja’s spell with the ball but Rohit Sharma’s form is still a cause of concern.
Here is a look at India’s predicted XI for the first ODI against England
Virat Kohli returns
The Indian talisman missed the first game due to an injury in the knee and hence he will return to the team for the second game if fit. Shreyas Iyer who managed to slam a half-century will be the player who will be out of the team as he was not in contention to make the XI in the first place.
Persist with two left-arm spinners?
India does have the option of Washington Sundar in the squad who is an off-spinner and when compared to Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja, Sundar provides a different angle. However, Axar’s performance with the bat in the first game might tempt India to pursue with him. Though both Jadeja and Axar are identical in the job they do Rohit and team management seem to have found a way to use them in diverse way.
No tweaker to add
England did have Rehan Ahmed in the T20I squad however, for the ODI series the leg-spinner has been sent back. Hence even if England wants to there is no other spinner to chose from. The only possible change they can bring is to get in Jamie Overton in place of Brydon Carse. The latter did have had a good T20I series but was put to the sword in the first ODI coming in as first change.
India predicted Playing XI for first ODI vs England: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy.
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England Playing XI for first ODI vs India: Ben Duckett, Philip Salt(w), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(c), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood
