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Trending news topics nov 201712/6/2023 ![]() While teams like England chop and change incessantly to break a rut and dig an even bigger hole for themselves, India seem complete - they can walk into this game with three seamers if they wanted, or three spinners if they wanted, or a batter less if they really wanted to test themselves, and either way seem dominant. Ashwin was the only bowler on view in the bowling nets, but it was a short stint. The lack of Hardik Pandya means India have to drop either Mohammed Shami - who took a fifer in the previous game against New Zealand in Dharamshala - or Mohammed Siraj to accommodate an extra spinner on this supposedly slow surface. This is the same pitch on which South Africa scored 311/7 batting first against Australia on October 12, so there are runs in it, though the Aussie batters couldn't get going later on. The square has been relaid since then, and India will be hoping the red soil surface, on which two World Cup games have already been placed, doesn't act up or have in consistent bounce. Ground staff subsequently were seen working on things till well past the team had finished its nets.Įarlier this year in January, after a low-scoring T20I game against New Zealand, Hardik Pandya had termed the Lucknow surface "a shocker of a pitch". Shubman Gill too carried out his own inspection later. India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed SirajĮngland: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (capt/wkt), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark WoodĬan the pitch here introduce an element of uncertainty in India's dominant run? Captain Rohit Sharma, coach Rahul Dravid, ace finger spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and bowling coach Paras Mhambrey spent quite a bit of time with the curator and ground staff on Saturday.Īt one point, the captain didn't look too happy with the state of things and pointed out certain areas of the pitch, even bending down and feeling some areas with his hands as local staff looked on. "Unfortunately, it's not worked out so well for us." "I've been wanting to come to India for a long time and the opportunity to see England play was a bonus," said Alex Piper, 32, on a two-week trip to the country with friends. Shaunauk said he came in the hope that Virat Kohli would equal all-time great Sachin Tendulkar's ODI record of 49 centuries and become "the best".Įngland's dismal campaign has left them bottom of the table behind even The Netherlands and one of their small coterie of supporters in Lucknow laughed when asked about their chances. ![]() "India is going to bash England today left, right and centre," Roi Shaunauk, 29, told AFP. Home fans at the stadium believe a win over England is a foregone conclusion. Rohit Sharma's India remain the team to beat with five wins in as many matches and come in with the same team that beat New Zealand last week. "We haven't done ourselves justice," admitted Buttler. ![]() The defending champions have lost four of their five matches and come in unchanged at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium in hunt of victory and cling on to their slim hopes of making the semi-finals.Įngland's last loss was a crushing-eight wicket defeat to Sri Lanka after they folded for 156. IND vs ENG World Cup 2023 Live Updates: England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bowl first against unbeaten India on Sunday in a must-win match of their faltering World Cup campaign.
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