England gained the toss and selected to bat vs India
They are going to be taking up an India aspect with two notable modifications, together with the return of Virat Kohli. He missed the primary ODI after sustaining a niggle, however has been recalled instead of Yashasvi Jaiswal – a incontrovertible fact that was greeted with an enormous roar by the spectators in Cuttack when it was introduced on the toss.
Varun Chakravarthy, the scourge of England of their latest 4-1 defeat within the T20I collection, can be again in India’s ranks, the place he might be making his debut within the format instead of the left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav, who has been rested.
Varun picked up 14 wickets at 9.85 within the T20Is, persistently bamboozling England’s batters together with his tight-lined overspinning legbreaks. He was handed his cap by Ravindra Jadeja earlier than the toss, and at 33 years and 164 days turns into the second oldest Indian to debut in ODIs, after Farokh Engineer (36y and 138d).
England, in the meantime, have made three modifications, one in every of them enforced, after Jacob Bethell was dominated out with a left hamstring harm that would jeopardise his involvement within the forthcoming Champions Trophy. Tom Banton, who has been in advantageous type within the ILT20 2025, has been drafted in as cowl, having not performed ODI cricket since 2020.
Jamie Overton steps into Bethell’s allrounder function at No. 7, with England calling on two extra of their quick bowling choices, with Gus Atkinson and Mark Wooden stepping in to exchange Brydon Carse and Jofra Archer, who’s rested after that includes in all six of England’s matches on the tour up to now.
“We’re pushing in the precise path, have to play higher for longer,” Buttler mentioned on the toss. “We have to play the way in which we wish to play, being dedicated and constructive, however watchable as effectively.”
Rohit Sharma, India’s captain, mentioned his crew have been able to go once more after a complete show within the opening match. “It was efficiency total, it is about persevering with the identical performances and taking every sport at a time,” he mentioned. “The vitality on the bottom was very good from ball one.”
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 KL Rahul (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 Harshit Rana, 10 Varun Chakravarthy 11 Mohammed Shami
England: 1 Ben Duckett, 2 Phil Salt (wk), 3 Joe Root, 4 Harry Brook, 5 Jos Buttler (capt), 6 Liam Livingstone, 7 Jamie Overton, 8 Gus Atkinson, 9 Mark Wooden, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Saqib Mahmood
