Toss England chose to bowl vs India
England will bowl first in the third ODI in Ahmedabad, after Jos Buttler won his third consecutive toss of the series.
The visitors are looking to secure a consolation win to sign off what has been a chastening tour of India ahead of this month’s Champions Trophy.
As such, experimentation is the name of the game, starting with Buttler’s decision to chase, citing the fact England chose to bat first in the previous two games. Similarly, Rohit Sharma says he would have batted first anyway, having chased successfully on both occasions.
Conditions in Ahmedabad are set to be typically hot and dry. There is moisture in the black-soil pitch, which is not likely to last long, putting the onus on England’s attack to make use of that early juice. Dew is also expected later in the day.
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 KL Rahul (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Harshit Rana
England: 1 Ben Duckett, 2 Phil Salt (wk), 3 Tom Banton, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Jos Buttler (capt), 7 Liam Livingstone, 8 Gus Atkinson, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Mark Wood, 11 Saqib Mahmood