ANOTHER SERIES DECIDER
INDIA AND ENGLAND LOCK HORNS AGAINST EACH OTHER IN A SERIES DECIDER FOR THE SECOND TIME ON THE TOUR FIRST IN THE T20Is AND NOW IN THE ODIs WITH BOTH TEAMS LOOKING FOR A WIN AND BE FAVORITES FOR THE WORLD CUP NEXT YEAR IT IS LIKELY TO BE A COMPETITIVE MATCH. ENGLAND BOUNCED BACK PRETTY WELL IN THE 2nd ODI TO BEAT INDIA COMPREHENSIVELY AFTER THE LOSS IN THE 1st ODI THEY HAVE SHOWN GOOD FIGHTING SPIRIT IN THEM. INDIA HAVE NOT LOST ANY BILATERAL SERIES AGAINST ENGLAND SINCE 2011 AND THEY HAVE NOT LOST A BILATERAL SERIES AGAINST ANY OPPOSITION FROM 2016. INDIA'S MIDDLE ORDER WAS TESTED IN THE SECOND ODI AND AGAIN IT SHOWED THAT THEY NEED ONE OF THEIR TOP THREE TO SCORE BIG TO REACH BIGGER TOTALS WHILE THE QUALITY IN THE DEATH BOWLING ALSO LACKED IN THE ABSENCE OF BUMRAH AND BHUVNESHWAR.
RAINA COULD BE DROPPED
LOOKING AT THE PERFORMANCES BY SURESH RAINA HE COULD WELL BE DROPPED FROM THE ODI SIDE AS KARTHIK AND IYER ANE IN WAITING LIST TO HAVE THIER CHANCES AND IT COULD ALSO BE THE PRESSURE OF KARTHIK's RECENT FORM HE HAS PROVED HIMSELF TO BE IN THE TEAM.
BAIRSTOW COULD BE THE HERO
JONNY BAIRSTOW HAS BEEN IN SUPREME FORM IN THE RECENT PAST AND HAS BEEN BATTING VERY WELL WITH A STRIKE RATE OF WELL OVER 100. HE HAS GOT THE START IN BOTH THE ODIs BUT HAS NOT CONVERTED IT INTO A BIG INNINGS THIS COULD WELL BE THE GAME IN WHICH HE SCORES BIG.
MATCH INFO:
DATE: TUE, JULY 17
TIME: 5:00 PM (IST), 12:30 (LOCAL)
VENUE: HEADINGLEY, LEEDS
AVG 1st INNS SCORE: 222
AVG 2nd INNS SCORE: 203
Probable XI (ENGLAND): Jason Roy/James Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood,
Probable XI (INDIA): Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Siddarth Kaul
STAT: ENGLAND HAVE WON THEIR LAST FOUR GAMES AT LEEDS.
PREDICTION: STAY WITH THE TEAM BATTING 2ND
TEAM: ENGLAND
INDIA AND ENGLAND LOCK HORNS AGAINST EACH OTHER IN A SERIES DECIDER FOR THE SECOND TIME ON THE TOUR FIRST IN THE T20Is AND NOW IN THE ODIs WITH BOTH TEAMS LOOKING FOR A WIN AND BE FAVORITES FOR THE WORLD CUP NEXT YEAR IT IS LIKELY TO BE A COMPETITIVE MATCH. ENGLAND BOUNCED BACK PRETTY WELL IN THE 2nd ODI TO BEAT INDIA COMPREHENSIVELY AFTER THE LOSS IN THE 1st ODI THEY HAVE SHOWN GOOD FIGHTING SPIRIT IN THEM. INDIA HAVE NOT LOST ANY BILATERAL SERIES AGAINST ENGLAND SINCE 2011 AND THEY HAVE NOT LOST A BILATERAL SERIES AGAINST ANY OPPOSITION FROM 2016. INDIA'S MIDDLE ORDER WAS TESTED IN THE SECOND ODI AND AGAIN IT SHOWED THAT THEY NEED ONE OF THEIR TOP THREE TO SCORE BIG TO REACH BIGGER TOTALS WHILE THE QUALITY IN THE DEATH BOWLING ALSO LACKED IN THE ABSENCE OF BUMRAH AND BHUVNESHWAR.
RAINA COULD BE DROPPED
LOOKING AT THE PERFORMANCES BY SURESH RAINA HE COULD WELL BE DROPPED FROM THE ODI SIDE AS KARTHIK AND IYER ANE IN WAITING LIST TO HAVE THIER CHANCES AND IT COULD ALSO BE THE PRESSURE OF KARTHIK's RECENT FORM HE HAS PROVED HIMSELF TO BE IN THE TEAM.
BAIRSTOW COULD BE THE HERO
JONNY BAIRSTOW HAS BEEN IN SUPREME FORM IN THE RECENT PAST AND HAS BEEN BATTING VERY WELL WITH A STRIKE RATE OF WELL OVER 100. HE HAS GOT THE START IN BOTH THE ODIs BUT HAS NOT CONVERTED IT INTO A BIG INNINGS THIS COULD WELL BE THE GAME IN WHICH HE SCORES BIG.
MATCH INFO:
DATE: TUE, JULY 17
TIME: 5:00 PM (IST), 12:30 (LOCAL)
VENUE: HEADINGLEY, LEEDS
AVG 1st INNS SCORE: 222
AVG 2nd INNS SCORE: 203
Probable XI (ENGLAND): Jason Roy/James Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood,
Probable XI (INDIA): Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Siddarth Kaul
STAT: ENGLAND HAVE WON THEIR LAST FOUR GAMES AT LEEDS.
PREDICTION: STAY WITH THE TEAM BATTING 2ND
TEAM: ENGLAND












