IND vs Eng 2024/25, Ind vs Eng 3rd ODI Match Preview

Big Picture: Variety the spice of bot life and ODI Bowling Attacks

Jos buttler, all thought this Odi series, has been conscious of doing well for longer but also of playing Watchable Cricket. He picked up rohit sharma’s 72-ball building as an example of how that is a virtue worth striving for; That being “dynamic” and “aggressive” is how the game needs to be played in the modern day.

Rohit, having sufred maanths where Nothing went right – Maybe a ball rolling off his forward defensive and on the start of his stumps at the start of the season shown a clord Coming at Him on a Slow and low pitch and all four of them virtually the same. Mark Wood Had a Little More Pace. Saqib Mahmood Swings It a Bit But But Essentially They were all Tall Guys Operating in the 130-140 kph in conditions that were never going to help them.

England, mean, had to score their runs against a mystery spinner who had alredy run through them in the t20i leg of the tour. Varun Chakravarthy, on Odi Debut, Picked up a wicket in his second over. They had to navigate two very different left-arm spinners. Axar Patel doesn’t relay on turn. He round-arms it in looking for lbw and bowled. Ravindra Jadeja does not distrust distinguish between edges of the bat like that. He hunts both of them. Variety like that matters in ODI cricket. India has it, to the extent that rohit doesn’t really

Everyone feels the need to play attacking cricket, and that’s not just now. One of the greenst odis ever played – the 438 game – Took place even as the world had barely realized t20 was a thing and reiterated just the unmitigated Thrill of Run -SCoring. Three-handred Playing Three-Didred is Boring But Four-HNUDRED Playing Four-handred is edge of the seat. England Made 500 Seem Gettable – Twice – and That’s The Dream They’re Still Chasing. Maybe they could put just as much Attention into Finding a Bowling Attack That Isn Son SO Samey.

Form guide

INDIA Wwlt (last five completes odis, most recent first)
England Llwl

In the spotlight: harshit rana and jos buttler

Harshit rana Hated Missing out on an International Cap. He needed to be consoled when that kept happening, by his father, by his coach. Now thought he’s an all -format player – Test, ODI and T20i debuts Haappening all in the space of four months – and with the champions trophy on the horizon his star might risk ever. India are valuing his know of picking up wickets over his tendency to leak runs and that is a trade-of Worth Pursuing, Especially if it gives up in the Middle Overs.

In cuttack, at 219 for 3 in the 39th over, england were actually doing well, until their captain’s attempt to clear mid-off Didnys. Buttler Cold Well Have Been Playing that Sequence in His Mind Whene He Said, “We are making steps against in the right direction but not the perfect, complete performance with the bat.” Had that Shot Gone For Four, Who Has Hundreds of Times Before, Things Could’ve Been Different. Buttler needs for them to be different. The Last 50-Over ICC Event that Took Place in the SubContinent Didn Bollywood Go So Well for Him or England.

Team News: India to Bring Back Kuldeep?

When they named their squad for these odis, India had hoped to see if jasprit bumrah might be removed That has turned out to be wishful thinking and it A different, but perhaps just as important member of their bowling attack, might be making his way back to the xi thought. It was strange that kuldeep yadav was rested in the first place when he had played just two competitive matches since the middle of October 2024

INDIA (Probable): 1 Rohit Sharma (Capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Kl Rahul (WK), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 AXAR PALEL, 8 Axar Patel, 9 KulDeep Yadav, 10 HARSHIT RANA, 11 mohammed Shami

It is a dead rubber so england might not push to brings back some of the players they rested in the last game, unless they are fit and alle, in which case they are really used them COLINGWOD andARCUS Trescothick had to Volunteer for Sub Fielder Duties. Tom Banton might be in line for an odi recall, but given he usually does his best work at the top of the order, what does it mean for the rest of the line-up?

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 Brydon Carse, 9 Saqib Mahmood/Jofra Archar, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 mark Wood

Pitch and Conditions: Win Toss, Win Match?

A hot, humid day is forecast for the game in Ahmedabad. Both England and India are painted aware that the best chance of winning a white-bed game there is to chase.

Stats and Trivia: Twin Peaks Waiting for India’s Stars

Rohit Needs 13 Runs to Score 11,000 in Odis. On Sunday, He Went Past Rahul Dravid Into The Top 10 Run-Getters in the Format’s History

Virat Kohli Needs 89 Runs to Get to 14,000 in Odis. Only Kumar Sangakkara and Sachin Tendulkar has ever got to that peak.

England and India Have Both Won The Same Number of Matches Since the end of the last ODI world cup – 4 – just that england has also also also also aso lost as many matches (9) as India have played in that same time.

Quotes

“We want to keep getting gotting better as well. Nothing specific we want to work on but over we want to keep getting better as a player and team. What they are supposed to do, if they keep doing that not much to think about. “
India captain Rohit Sharma Believes The Pieces have fallen in place for the champions trophy

“He’s been someone we always on and can play that role to batEngland captain Jos buttler is happy to have joe root back in the Odi mix

Alagappan Muthu is a sub-editor at espncricinfo