Second ODI: England won the toss from Team India and chose bowling first, Pant got an opportunity in the playing-11 in place of injured Iyer.

Posted on 26th Mar 2021 by rohit kumar

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

 

Indian captain Virat Kohli made a change in the playing-11. The injured Shreyas Iyer was rested. Rishabh Pant got a chance in his place.

 

England team 3 changes, Livingstone debuts in ODIs

3 changes were made to England's playing-11. Captain ON Morgan and Sam Billings are injured. They were replaced by Liam Livingstone and David Malan. At the same time, Reece Topley was included in the team in place of fast bowler Mark Wood. This is the debut ODI of English batsman Livingstone. So far he has played only 2 T20 Internationals. He did not get a chance in the Test.

 

Both teams:

 

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Lokesh Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, and famous Krishna.

 

England: Jason Roy, Johnny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Jose Butler (captain/wicketkeeper), David Malan, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Karan, Tom Karan, Adil Rashid, and Reece Topley.

 

Indian team has a chance to win the sixth consecutive series away from England at home

 

The first match of the series was won by Team India by 66 runs. If the Indian team wins this match, then it will win the sixth consecutive bilateral series against England at home. Team India defeated England in the ODI series 5–1 in March 2006 at home. Since then, they have won 5 consecutive ODI series against the English team.

 

Indian team has not lost to England at home for 29 years

The last time Team India defeated England 2–1 in their ODI series in January 2017. Also, the Indian team has not lost to England in the bilateral ODI series for 29 years. With winning the current series, this record will also be maintained. The last time England won the series was 4–1 in December 1984.

 

Chance to win first ODI series of the year for the 5th time in a row

This is Team India's first ODI series of the year. If the team wins this match, it will win the first ODI series of the year for the 5th time in a row. The Indian team has been winning its first ODI series of the year continuously since 2017. The last time they beat Australia 2–1 was in their home country in January 2020. Team India last lost their first ODI series of the year in 2016. Australia then lost the series 4–1 to their home.

 

After two consecutive series defeats, the first victory will be

 

If the Indian team wins this match, then it will taste victory for the first time after the defeat in 2 consecutive ODI series. In the last two series, India was defeated by New Zealand in February 2020 and Australia in November. The Indian team has won the last two series at home. He defeated the West Indies in December 2019 and Australia in January 2020. This would be the third consecutive win at home.

 

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 101 T20s have been played between the two teams, in which India won 54 matches and the English team won 42 matches. There were 3 matches and a tie.

 

Team India played 49 ODIs against England at home, winning 32 of them. Defeated in 16 ODIs and tie for 1 match.

 

In the first ODI of the series, the top-3 batsmen of the Indian team together scored 182 runs. Shikhar Dhawan scored 98, Rohit Sharma 28, and Virat Kohli scored 56 runs. While England's top-3 batsmen could score only 141 runs. Jason Roy scored 46, Johnny Bairstow scored 94 and Ben Stokes scored 1.

 

Dhawan and Bairstow Nervous-90 Victim

 

Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan and English opener Johnny Bairstow were both victims of Nervous-90. Bairstow smashed 94 runs off 66 balls. At the same time, Dhawan scored 98 runs off 106 balls. After 95 runs to score a century, Dhawan played so slowly that he could only score 3 runs in his last 11 balls.

 

Pitch report

 

Pune's pitch is completely pitted, that is, like the first ODI here, the batsmen will get help. Fast bowlers can get swing. Here, the team will prefer to bowl first after winning the toss. However, England lost by chasing in the first ODI. Despite a good start, England had also lost the match won by losing consecutive wickets.