England won the toss and chose to bowl first, with Krunal Pandya and famous Krishna getting a chance to debut

Posted on 23rd Mar 2021 by rohit kumar

The first day-night match of the 3 ODI series between India and England is being played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. The England team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Currently, Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are at the crease.

 

English captain ON Morgan has named Sam Billings, Tom Karan, and Moin Ali in the playing-11. A lot of changes were made in Team India. Kuldeep Yadav got the chance to replace Yuzvendra Chahal. At the same time, resting wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant included Lokesh Rahul in the playing-11.

 

Krunal and Krishna's debut

 

For the Indian team, Krunal Pandya and the famous Krishna are making their debut in this match. Both were handed a debut cap. Krunal was given a debut cap by his brother Hardik Pandya. During this, both brothers were emotional as well. At the same time, Lokesh Rahul is happy that a player from his state Karnataka is making a debut.

 

Both teams:

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Lokesh Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Eminent Krishna, and Kuldeep Yadav.

 

England: Jason Roy, Johnny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), ON Morgan (captain), Ben Stokes, Sam Billings, Sam Karan, Moin Ali, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, and Tom Karan.

 

First ODI between India and England after World Cup

 

The English team will play the first ODI against India after winning the 2019 World Cup title. The last time both teams came face to face in the World Cup. England then won by 31 runs. The Indian team would also like to avenge that defeat.

 

Talking about the last 5 ODIs played between the two teams, England is also heavy in that. During this time, he has defeated Team India 4 times. The Indian team has not won against England for the last 3 ODIs. The last time he defeated England by 8 wickets in Nottingham ODI on 12 July 2018.

 

India won the last ODI, while the England team lost.

The England team played the last ODI on 16 September 2020 in Manchester. Australia then defeated him by 3 wickets. At the same time, Team India defeated Australia by 13 runs in their last ODI. The match was played on 2 December in Canberra.

 

I played ODI in Pune 4 years ago, then only the fast bowlers were successful.

 

Team India played the last ODI against England in Pune in January 2017. Then captain Kohli had fed 2 fast bowlers Umesh Yadav and Jaspreet Bumrah in the team. The third place was hearty. In that day-night ODI, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Kedar Jadhav spinner were given a chance. Despite this, England had 6 wickets then, out of which the fast bowlers took 5 wickets. Hardik and Bumrah had got 2–2 wickets. Umesh had a breakthrough.

 

In the ODI played in January 2017, England had scored 350 runs after losing 7 wickets. In response, the Indian team won the match by scoring 356 runs for 7 wickets. Kohli scored 122 and Kedar Jadhav scored 120 runs.

 

Head to head

 

So far 18 bilateral ODI series have been played between England and Team India. India won 9, while England won 7. 2 series were drawn.

 

9 bilateral series were played between the two teams in India. In this, Team India has won 6 and England has won a series. Two series were drawn.

 

So far 100 T20s have been played between the two teams, in which India won 53 matches and the English team won 42 matches. 3 matches were not enough.

 

Team India played 48 ODIs against England at home, winning 31 of them. Defeated in 16 ODIs and tie for 1 match.