Team India To Hand Another Star A Debut In The Second 50-Over Match Against England?

Update On Team India- After an entertaining first match, India will take on the world champions on Thursday, 25th March at the MCA Stadium in Pune. India snatched the victory from the jaws of defeat when Johnny Bairstow and Jason Roy were batting brilliantly. This will give the host enough confidence for the 2nd ODI.

Talking about the debutants, Krunal Pandya and Prasidh Krishna showcased their talent. Whenever these two lads got the opportunity, they pulled their sleeves up and showed why they are such a good talent.

England missed the services of Joe Root in the first ODI, who has been clinical in the past. He is someone who holds the batting together in tough times.

The visitors have suffered the latest injury as Sam Billings is not likely to play in the second ODI. England though has the options to replace Billings. One of Liam Livingstone and Dawid Malan can replace him.

Date-25 March 2021 (Thursday).

Time: 01:30 PM (IST)

Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.

Pitch and Weather Report:-

The wicket at MCA will be good for batting, and there will be some assistance to the seamers as this is open ground. Spinners are expected to get a lot less assistance from the wicket.

The weather at Pune will be sunny and there are no chances of rain. The temperature is expected to be around 36 degree Celsius.

India-W,W,L,L,L

England-L,L,W,L,L

Total Matches-101

India-51

England-42

NR-03

Tie-02

*Surya Kumar Yadav is expected to make his debut in 2nd Odi, as he will replace Shreyas Iyer.

*Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan will open the innings. Both are very experienced and attacking

batsmen.

*Skipper Virat Kohli will bat at one down. He is one of the greatest batsmen across all formats and currently in red hot form.

*Surya Kumar Yadav and Kl Rahul (wk) will take care of the middle order.

*Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya will bat at no. 6 and no. 7.Both are good all-rounder and very effective in the lower order.

*Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur and Prasidh Krishna will lead the pace attack along with Hardik Pandya.

*Kuldeep Yadav will take care of the spin bowling along with Krunal Pandya.

*England lost their last ODI series against Australia by the margin of 2-1. If they lose this match they will again lose the series.

*Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the ODI series due to his elbow injury. England will be without the services of Joe Root, who was injured during the Test match series.

*Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow will open the innings for the England team.

*Ben Stokes will bat at one down. He is a very good all-rounder and is equally good with both bat and ball.

*Eoin Morgan(C), Liam Livingstone/Dawid Malan and Jos Buttler(WK) will take care of the middle order.

*Moeen Ali and Sam Curran will look to finish the innings. Both of them are very good all-rounders.

*Adil Rashid will take care of the spin bowling along with Moeen Ali.

*Mark Wood and Tom Curran will take care of the pace attack along with Ben Stokes and Sam Curran.

Team India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (C), Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav.

Team England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Eoin Morgan, Liam Livingstone, Jos Buttler (WK), Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Mark Wood, and Adil Rashid.

Though visitors didn’t play at their best in the first ODI, they are the world champions and know how to fight back. They love this format and the brand of Cricket they play can trouble this inexperienced Indian bowling line up.