ENG vs IND: India’s Predicted Playing XI Against England, 1st ODI

India is set to square off with England in the ODI series. The ENG vs IND 1st ODI is set to take place on July 12 (Tuesday). The series will witness three ODI games. Kennington Oval Stadium in London is the venue of the clash.

India is led by Rohit Sharma in ENG vs IND ODI series while England is led by Jos Buttler. Recently, India defeated England in the T20I series 2-1. Now, they will look to outplay the hosts in the ODI series as well. Ahead of ENG vs IND 1st ODI, here we talk about India’s predicted playing XI against England in the match.

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ENG vs IND: India’s Predicted Playing XI Against England, 1st ODI

Rohit Sharma (C)

Rohit Sharma is the skipper of India in ENG vs IND ODI series and will lead the team in the first ODI as well. Sharma will take up the opening slot in the match. In the recent T20I series against England, the right-handed batsman slammed 66 runs in 3 games. He started with quickfire knocks but lost his wicket before reaching a big score.

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Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan might be another opener for the team in ENG vs IND 1st ODI. The left-handed batsman is a regular member of the ODI series. Dhawan is a powerful opening batsman for India in ODIs. The left-handed batsman played a knock of 10 runs in his last ODI against West Indies. Prior to that, Dhawan slammed 2 fifties during the South Africa tour.

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli might be the one-down batsman for the team in ENG vs IND 1st ODI. Although Kohli is battling poor batting form currently, the team will give him an opportunity to get his form back against England. Kohli played 2 T20I games against England and scored just 12 runs, losing his wicket cheaply in both games.

Suryakumar Yadav

Suraykumar Yadav might be a middle-order batsman for the team in the match. The right-handed batsman grabbed the eyeballs of everyone with a marvellous century in the recent 3rd T20I against England. Yadav also came up with an outstading performance in the series, smashing 171 runs in 3 games at an average of 57.0. After his good performance in the T20I series, Yadav might be given chance in the ODI series as well.

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Rishabh Pant (WK)

Rishabh Pant will be another middle-order batsman and the wicketkeeper for the team during the match. The left-handed batsman could only score 27 runs in 2 T20I games against England. However, Pant came up with an outstading performance in the one-off Test earlier, slamming a century and fifty in both innings.

Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya might be an all-rounder for India in ENG vs IND 1st ODI. The right-handed batsman gave a fabulous performance in the 1st T20I against England, where he slammed a fifty and picked a 4-wicket haul. Pandya scored 63 runs in 2 games and picked 5 wickets in the series.

Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja might be another all-rounder for the team in the 1st ODI match against England. The left-handed batsman played a crucial knock of 46 runs in one T20I game. Overall, Jadeja scored 53 runs in 2 games. Jadeja looks in good form and will be a useful all-rounder for the team.

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Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah might be one of the pacers for the team in ENG vs IND 1st ODI. The right-arm pacer played only 1 T20I match against England. Bumrah picked 2 wickets in the match at an average of 5.0. He will aim to come up with a similar bowling show in the ODI series.

Mohammed Shami

Mohammed Shami will be back to the team in the ENG vs IND ODI series. Shami will be another pacer that India can pick in the match. Like Bumrah, Shami is also a powerful pacer for the team. Shami played an ODI series long back in November 2020 against Australia. In the series, he scalped 4 wickets in 2 games.

Prasidh Krishna

Prasidh Krishna might be another pacer for India in the 1st ODI. The right-arm pacer is an emerging pace bowler for India. In his short ODI career so far, Krishna has totally impressed with his bowling. Krishna has scalped 18 wickets in 7 ODIs at an average of 16.72 so far.

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Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal might be the primary spinner for India in the ENG vs IND 1st ODI. The right-arm spinner picked 4 wickets in 2 games in the T20I series against England, averaging just 10.50 in 2 games. Chahal is an amazing form and will be the top choice of spinner for the team.

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