India face a major challenge ahead of the ODI series against England at Lord’s, with pace leader Jasprit Bumrah also ruled out due to a knee injury. Captain Shubman Gill made sure of this as England won and elected to bat first.“We should have bowled. Boom misses out with a knee injury. KL, Prince and Arshdeep will come. We wanted to play four seamers. We were in a good position and lost a lot of wickets,” Gill said during the toss. While Bumrah’s absence is a big blow for the visitors, KL Rahul will return to the playing XI having missed the last ODI due to illness. India have brought back Prince Yadav and Arshdeep Singh as they opt for a four-man attack in the win-win format.England make one change, Josh Tongue replaces Saqib Mahmood. Skipper Harry Brook, after opting to bat first, said that Joe Root’s knock in the previous ODI gave his team a positive outlook.”Today we will have a bat. It looks like a good surface. The tongue goes back to Saqib Mahmood. The way Rooty batted sets a good template. Hopefully we’ll see the situation quickly,” Harry Brook said during the launch.
Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.England: Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue.
