England sequence: 50-over format gives Virat, Rohit greatest probability to reboot

The skipper was additionally in superior kind in that World Cup, instrumental in giving the Males in Blue some blazing begins as they maintained an all-win file till the ultimate. The final ODI sequence in Sri Lanka, which noticed India shedding to the hosts after 27 years, additionally noticed the 2 yield modest returns, whereas their jousts within the Ranji Trophy have been forgettable, although they are going to be eager to grab the second once more.
Head coach Gautam Gambhir promised some ‘heavy metallic’ cricket within the challenges forward alright, although one feels each the white-ball giants needs to be able to play the state of affairs in opposition to the standard tempo assault of England, reasonably than a pre-meditated strategy.
The Hitman can be having new vice-captain Shubman Gill for firm on the prime of the order, and far is anticipated of the latter as a transitional part is definitely not far away in Indian cricket. Kohli and Shreyas Iyer are more likely to occupy the quantity three and 4 slots, whereas there could possibly be a query mark over the quantity 5 place, with Okay.L. Rahul and Rishabh Pant battling it out for the keeper-batter’s place.
Ready on Bumrah
The return of Hardik Pandya seals the quantity six spot as he offered the fitting stability to the staff in the course of the 2023 marketing campaign till a freak harm laid him low. Having the skilled allrounder as a back-up seamer might be essential, as each the staff’s main tempo bowlers are popping out of harm. The shortage of readability on Jasprit Bumrah, whose identify has been withdrawn from the revised ODI squad in opposition to England, means that the staff administration could possibly be in a race in opposition to time to get their tempo warhead match-fit for the ICC showpiece.
Mohammed Shami, in the meantime, was fielded in two of the 5 T20Is and didn’t present any indicators of discomfort. Nevertheless, it stays to be seen how he can keep the depth in sharing the workload with Arshdeep Singh in three ODIs over the following week.
The spin division, in the meantime, gives an issue of a lot with the foursome of Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav within the combine. The Chinaman bowler, popping out of a sports activities hernia harm, could possibly be the X-factor, however the selectors have dovetailed Varun Chakravarthy into the ODI squad in view of his 14-wicket haul and the impression he created within the final T20I sequence.
Catch the match
India vs England
First ODI at Nagpur, Thursday, 6 February
Begin: 1.30 pm IST