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Pune ODI: Team India find uninformed start underneath Virat Kohli vs England
- Updated: January 14, 2017
Virat Kohli – Indian Team Captain
Pune: A assured India underneath new skipper Virat Kohli will aim to start a new year with a array win in a limited-overs format, when a men-in-blue take a margin opposite a rejuvenated England side in a initial of a three-match One-day International (ODI) array here on Sunday.
The series, also comprising 3 T20 Internationals, will symbol Kohli’s initial assignment during a helm, given Mahendra Singh Dhoni relinquished a post progressing this month. The array also binds significance from third-ranked India’s viewpoint as it is a usually event for a singular overs specialists to make a symbol before a International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy in England from Jun 1 to 18. In between, India will play 5 Tests — one opposite Bangladesh and 4 opposite Australia — before a domestic T20 joining (Indian Premier League) to be played from Apr 3 to May 26.
Going into Sunday’s encounter, India will have a psychological advantage of thrashing a visitors 4-0 in a longest format while fifth-placed England will aim to win their initial ODI array in a subcontinent given 1984-85. On paper, both sides seem to be a challenging force with England winning a initial debate compare opposite a clever India A side led by Dhoni. India A returned a enrich underneath Ajinkya Rahane’s captaincy when they beaten a visitors in a second diversion during a Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
In a deficiency of unchanging opener Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul is many expected to partner Shikhar Dhawan during a tip with Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rahane and Dhoni doing a middle-order. After blank a singular overs array opposite New Zealand, all-rounders Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are set to lapse to a personification XI opposite England. Seasoned pacer Umesh Yadav is expected to spearhead a gait bowling dialect along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah.
On a other hand, after opting out of a Bangladesh tour, Eoin Morgan has returned to a helm for a visiting side that will have Jason Roy and Alex Hales opening a batting. The center sequence is expected to contain Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Morgan, wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali and an additional batsman in Sam Billings. The bowling dialect will be headed by leg-spinner Adil Rashid, who is expected to have Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett and a toss-up between a dual all-rounders Ben Stokes and David Willey for company. Moeen Ali can double adult as a part-time off spin choice if a representation during a Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium offers assistance.
After Pune, both sides will transport to Cuttack for a second ODI on Jan 19 and afterwards to Kolkata for a final diversion on Jan 22.
The T20Is will be hold in Kanpur on Jan 26, Nagpur on Jan 29 and Bengaluru on Feb 1.
Squads:
India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Lokesh Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Umesh Yadav.
England: Eoin Morgan (Captain), Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Jake Ball, Chris Woakes, Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, David Willey.