England will lock horns against India in the second ODI, which will take place at the iconic Lord’s on Thursday. The visitors had drawn first blood in the series as they comprehensively defeated the hosts by 10 wickets and with 31.2 overs to spare.
Jasprit had obliterated England’s batting as he had returned with figures of 6-19 as he made the opposition dance to his tunes.
We take a look at the Current form, head to head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form for India: W W W W L
India has so far ticked the right boxes in the white-ball leg against a potent England team. The tourists were able to carry their T20I form into the 50-overs format and Rohit Sharma will want another convincing performance from his lads.
Current form for England: L W W W
England’s batting looked insipid in front of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, who both got the ball to swing and seam in the first ODI. The home team will want to come up with a better batting show in the upcoming match against the tourists.
Head to Head: Matches: 104, Won by India: 56, Won by England: 43, NR: 3, Tied: 2.
India clearly holds the wood on England in the head-to-head battle.
Players to look out for: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, and Yuzvendra Chahal will be the key players for India.
Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, and Ben Stokes will be the crucial players for England.
India’s squad for ODIs: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, J Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
England’s ODI squad: Jos Buttler (C), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Craig Overton, Matthew Parkinson, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey.