Second ODI: Kohli set for comeback as India look to wrap collection in Cuttack

There’s a main ODI landmark not far away for Kohli, who’s now 94 runs quick to be solely the third batter to achieve 14,000 runs after Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 runs) and Kumar Sangakkara (14, 234). Kohli can also be a certainty to be the quickest to take action as he has featured in 283 innings to this point in comparison with Tendulkar’s 350 innings and Sanga’s 378.    

Nonetheless, it’s time for private landmarks to take a backseat – at a time when somebody like Shreyas Iyer has to maintain proving himself regardless of being a supply of power at No.5 in the course of the 2023 World Cup or a resurgent Karun Nair fails to make the lower regardless of a superhuman kind in Vijay Hazare Trophy.

The scenario isn’t any much less thorny for Rohit, who received dismissed cheaply by taking part in a nothing shot in opposition to Liam Livingstone in Nagpur. The desperation to finish the barren run is now displaying within the Indian captain, whose solely Ranji outing in opposition to Jammu & Kahsmir additionally yielded poor returns. The truth that the Hitman’s final fifty in ODIs got here with a 64 in opposition to Sri Lanka in Colombo final August tells it’s personal story.      

Whom will Kohli exchange? 

There might be a variety conundrum if Kohli is available in – it’s most probably that Yashasvi Jaiswal might should make approach for him. This might imply a slight rejig of the batting order with Rohit and Gill, India’s opening pair within the final 50-overs World Cup, coming again collectively and Kohli again at No.3.

The bowling line-up appears to be like settled for now with Mohammed Shami displaying indicators of getting again into rhythm on his comeback whereas debutant Harshit Rana making amends after a poor begin. Nonetheless, it might effectively be Ravindra Jadeja & Co calling the photographs on what has been traditionally a sluggish turf.

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 India vs England

Second ODI, Cuttack

Begin: 1.30 pm