India vs England 1st Odi Predict Xis: Fight between KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant; Varun Chakaravarthy will debut? | Mint

Reaching the correct combinations will be the main approach of India in the ODI series of three games against England, the first of which begins on Thursday (February 6) in Nagpur. Blue men come after beating England 4-1 in a very entertaining T20i series. The Odi series will mark a return of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Kl Rahul, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadaja, who were not in T20is.

The ODI series against England will serve as the only tournament for tuning India before the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, which will be held in Pakistan and Dubai as of February 19. Incidentally, India has played only three hate in 2024 in July-August.

With only three opportunities in the hand, the group of Indian experts will address the areas they need to repair before the Mega ICC event.

Focus on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma

The approach will focus on both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who have endured a difficult way from the Odi World Cup in 2023. In fact, the duo was the best corridor in India in the World Cup. While Virat Kohli went home with the series of the series player with 765 races, Rohit Sharma broke 597 races in addition to taking India to the final.

However, since then, the unconditional batting have been a great failure at the upper level and will take the ICC champions trophy as a platform to close all critics. ViceCapitán Shubman Gill will open the batting for India with Virat Kohli at number 3.

Kl rahul vs rishabh pant

With the ordered higher order, the average order is also configured with a position. Shreyas Iyer, who has acted magnificently for Mumbai in the domestic cricket, reaches number 4, while Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja are directed to the XI as the two all terrain.

The main fight will be between KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant for Wicktkeeper space. Karnataka’s batter has been reliable in the Indian medium order during the ODI 2023 World Cup, in addition to administering precise Wicktkeeping tasks.

The return of Rishabh Pant has complicated things since Delhi’s star offers a variety of left -handed in an Indian batting alignment dominated by the right. If at all India wants both KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, they will have to sacrifice Shreyas Iyer.

Mohammed Shami Boost for India

Without Jasprit Bumrah in the series, the return man Mohammed Shami will lead the attack of Indian bowling with Arshdeep Singh in company. Hardik Pandya joins the role of the third sailor. Among the spinners, Ravindra Jadaja will lead the herd with Kuldeep Yadav probably returns a long dismissal of injuries.

India could also deliver Varun Chakaravarthy her debut in Odi after Tamil’s star Nadu bambooed players like Bangladesh, South Africa and England with her art. India also has people like Axar Patel and Washington Slando and it will be interesting to see how India accumulates.

IND VS ENG 1ST ODI PREDICCHO PLAYING XI

India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Kl Rahul/Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadja, Washington Suandar/Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami

England : Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (WK), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (C), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overston, Brydon Crse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.