Hello guys today India won the three-match One-Day International series against England 2-0.But, as the teams go into the final ODI at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the match will be more than dead rubber for a few players in both sides.
In the last ODI there are few youngsters looking to make an impression and out of form seniors hoping to prove a point. The first two matches were pulsating encounters with at least 350 scored in each innings.In first ODI in Pune ,both indian batsman Virat Kholi and Kedar Jadhav scored centuries .In the second ODI M.S. Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh scored centuries with india sets a record of 381 for 6 for England.
This will be the last ODI before Champions Trophy.Eoin Morgan the captain of England Team will want to avoid going down 3-0 and instead build some momentum going into the three-match Twenty20
International series that follows.
The teams will have to do it with some personnel changes,however England will be without Alex Hales,the opener,who was ruled out of the tour due to a fractured hand.hales,who scored 9 and 14 in last two ODI.sustained the injury while attempting a catch in the
outfield last match.
The trend of high scores could be affected by the relaid pitch at Eden Gardens, which is expected to provide good bounce and carry. A fair amount of live grass is expected to aid the seamers, and dew could have a significant impact in the second innings.
Squads:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav.
England: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonathan Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes.
The trend of high scores could be affected by the relaid pitch at Eden Gardens, which is expected to provide good bounce and carry. A fair amount of live grass is expected to aid the seamers, and dew could have a significant impact in the second innings.
Squads:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav.
England: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonathan Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes.
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