IND VS ENG
All eyes will be on the star-studded batting lineup of both teams when India and England face each other for the series deciding 3rd ODI match. The team winning this match will win the series too.
IND VS ENG MATCH DETAILS:
The two teams will face each other at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium on 28 March. The match will start from 1:30 p.m. IST.
MATCH PREVIEW:
The ODI series is now levelled at 1-1 as both the teams have won one match each. India defeated England in the first match by 66 runs whereas in the 2nd ODI England beat India by 6 wickets.
So the third match will be the match deciding who will win the series.
WEATHER REPORT:
We can expect dry and sunny weather today and there is no chance of precipitation during the game. The average temperature will be around 37 degree Celsius with humidity level of 11%
PITCH REPORT:
the pitch at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium is a heaven for the batsman. We have seen 300 plus scores in three innings out of four. We can expect another high scoring match today. The pacers will mainly get help from this pitch. But the spinners will also be crucial during the middle overs.
AVERAGE FIRST INNINGS SCORE:
320-340
RECORD OF CHASING TEAM:
50% of the matches have been won while chasing.
IND VS ENG PROBABLE PLAYING XI:
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav
Bench: Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav
England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley
Bench: Mark Wood, Jake Ball
INJURY AND AVAILABILITY NEWS:
Shreyas Iyer and Eoin Morgan has been ruled out of the series for injuries.
IND VS ENG TOP PICKS FOR DREAM TEAM:
Jonny Baistrow
This opener from the England side using grid from in this series. He scored 218 runs the last two matches including a century and a half century. He is also that top scorer of the series. Jonny Bairstow will be an obvious choice for the batting lineup of the dream team.
Lokesh Rahul
The right handed wicket keeper batsman from the Indian side is the top scorer for the Indian team. He scored 170 runs in two matches including a century and half century. Will be a choice for the wicketkeeper position of the dream team.
Ben Stokes
This left handed batsman and right arm medium bowler impressed with his explosive performance in the last match. He scored 99 runs in the last match and played a crucial role in the victory. He will be my choice for the vice captain of the dream team.
P Krishna
This right arm medium fast bowler impressed with his performance in the last two matches taking a total of 6 wickets. one of the best performing bowlers from the Indian side he will be a choice for the bowling line up.
Virat Kohli
The Indian captain continued his good form in the ODI series also scoring half centuries in two matches. He scored a total of 122 runs in this series so far. He will be a choice for the captain of the dream team.
CAPTAIN AND VICE CAPTAIN SELECTION:
Captain: Virat Kohli/ Jonny Baistrow
Vice captain: Ben Stokes
IND VS ENG DREAM TEAM:
WINNER PREDICTION:
Looking at the current performance of the teams it is hard to predict the winner of this match. Both the teams are in excellent form.
But according to me India will win this match.
NOTE: All the predictions of the dream11 team, captain and vice captain selection and winner prediction is completely based on my individual research.