IND vs ENG 3rd ODI Playing 11: Rohit Sharma-led and Jos Buttler-led England will square off in the final ODI of the three-match series played on February 12 at Ahmedabad.
After Rohit Sharma’s heroics at Cuttack, the hosts secured a four-wicket win to clinch the series. Both India and England will be aiming for the win at the final ODI to gain winning momentum before starting their Champions Trophy campaign.
England won the toss and opted to bowl. While speaking at the toss, Jos Buttler said, “We are gonna bowl first today.”
England have won the toss and elect to bowl first in the 3rd and final ODI of the series.
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“(On whether the expected dew has influenced his decision to bowl first) Little bit maybe, it may spin a bit later. We have batted first in the first two games so it will be a different experience today ahead of the Champions Trophy.”
“It’s a decent wicket, we played New Zealand in the World Cup a few years ago, it was a black soil pitch and it played better in the second half. We have one change – Tom Banton comes in for Jamie Overton into the side.
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma said, “I wanted to bat first and put runs on the board because we bowled first in the last two games. It was important for us to get a win in the last game.”
“The fielders portrayed themselves well in the last two games, a lot of young blood. We want to continue to do well in the field.”
(On Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy) They are pretty new in their careers so we want to keep the pressure away from them, let them do their own and they have got a lot of potential.”
“We have made some changes – Jadeja and Shami have been rested, unfortunately Varun has a sore calf. So, Washi, Kuldeep and Arshdeep come into the side,” concluded Rohit Sharma.
IND vs ENG 3rd ODI Playing 11
India Playing 11: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh
England Playing 11: Philip Salt(w), Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(c), Tom Banton, Liam Livingstone, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood
