India will look to seal the series in today's decider ODI against England after losing the last test match even after making a huge score and with every batsman performing in the match. Fans are eagerly waiting for Virat Kohli and Dhawan to break the jinx and get the century and of course, all eyes will be on the bowlers as strategists have commented that India needs to plan the bowling attack more efficiently.The match will once again take place in Pune amid empty stands.
Chasing a mammoth 337, Jos Buttler-led England made a mockery of the run-chase riding on Jason Roy (55), Jonny Bairstow (124), and Ben Stokes' 99. Eventually, Eoin Morgan-less England won the clash by 6 wickets with more than six overs to spare to level the series. Thus, momentum will be on the visitors' side but they won't take the home side lightly given how they came back to win the series opener from a losing position.
From India's perspective, Virat Kohli & Co. will be eager to see their bowlers' progress after the hammering they received at the hands of England's top-order in the second and penultimate ODI. It will be interesting to see if Kuldeep Yadav retains his place for the series decider after returning with figures of 10-0-84-0 in the previous game.
India have made one change and quite on the expected lines. Kuldeep Yadav has been dropped but interestingly, it is not Yuzvendra Chahal who has replaced him but it is left-arm seamer T Natarajan. So India have gone in with only spin option in that of Krunal Pandya.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Dawid Malan, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Mark Wood