Team England have sent a message to the blues in the very first over that today’s game will be an ultimate power pack performance of batting dominance while the last two ODIs owed their appreciation to the bowlers.
Jason Roy who seemed troubled throughout the series have overcome his “down phase” and initiated the 3rd ODI by smashing 3 classical shots which concluded in boundaries.
India former cricketer and live match commentary Vivek Razdan feels that Mohammad Shami has varied his bowling a lot in the very first over which is usually uncommon to see from the Indian pacer.
England at 12/0 in the first over.
Teams:
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Craig Overton, David Willey, Brydon Carse, Reece Topley
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna
Skipper’s say during the toss:
Jos Buttler: “We would have looked to bat. It is a little muggy and there might be some swing early on, but will get better for batting as the game progresses. It is great for the series as it is 1-1 coming into this game. Lots of positives, we scrapped with the bat to get a defendable total in the last game. We are going with the same team.”
Rohit Sharma: “We are gonna bowl first. It looks like a good track and won’t change for the course of 100 overs. It is the series decider and we have played some good cricket on the tour, we took the learning from the last game and hopefully will rectify the mistakes. We have bowled well in the limited overs leg, the T20 series as well. Hopefully we can restrict them today to a reasonable target. Bumrah has a niggle and we don’t want to risk him, so Siraj comes in.”
