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India vs England 2nd ODI Highlights: Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow power England to impressive six-wicket win

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 26, 2021, 21:42:25 IST

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India vs England 2nd ODI Highlights: Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow power England to impressive six-wicket win

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13:07 (IST) Mar 26

England XI

Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley

13:06 (IST) Mar 26

We wanted to bat first again. That's what development of team is all about. That's why we wanted to put ourselves in the same position. You have to be precise in your execution. We wanted to attack at all times. Pant replaces Shreyas Iyer and that's the only change.

Virat Kohli at the toss

13:05 (IST) Mar 26

We are gonna bowl first. Similar reasons to the other day. The wicket will be similar. Let ourselves at the end (in the first ODI), hopefully it's a complete performance today. We have to be smart, we'll continue to play in the fashion that we did. We'll miss him as a batsman and a leader. We have three changes. Dawid Malan comes in for Morgan, Livingstone for Billings and Reece Topley for Mark Wood.

Jos Buttler at the toss.

13:01 (IST) Mar 26

Toss News!

England stand-in skipper Jos Buttler wins the toss and opts to field first against India.

12:56 (IST) Mar 26

You would rather be a batsman here. It looks an even better pitch than what we had for the first game. Because there's a little bit of grass covering and it's a bit firm, there'll be some help for the seamers. As a seamer, you might get something out of it. It's firm and hard, that means the ball will carry-through. Try to bowl the hard length or the short of length balls because the extra bounce does trouble the batsmen. The pace and lengths are going to be important. This pitch looks flatter than the last one, maybe more runs scored, more boundaries hit.

Deep Dasgupta and Ajit Agarkar in Pitch Report

12:49 (IST) Mar 26

Milestone awaits Shikhar Dhawan

12:46 (IST) Mar 26

All set for the 2nd ODI

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12:38 (IST) Mar 26

India will also be mighty pleased with how two debutants, Krunal Pandya (58*) and Prasidh Krishna (4-54) played a key role in their convincing 66-run win in the first game, which gave them a 1-0 lead in the series

12:32 (IST) Mar 26

Successive series wins for India

12:27 (IST) Mar 26

If Rohit misses this game, KL Rahul, who played in the middle order in the first game, will go back to his original opening spot, partnering with Shikhar Dhawan, who slammed 98 in the opening game

12:26 (IST) Mar 26

Rested from the opener, Pant's return to the ODI fold will complete his resurgence from a point when he was dropped from all limited-overs teams due to fitness and form issues

12:22 (IST) Mar 26

Virat Kohli set for another milestone

12:20 (IST) Mar 26

Pant's stock has been rising steadily since he enjoyed a magnificent tour of Australia and was amplified by the match-winning hundred on a difficult surface in the fourth Test against England in Ahmedabad

12:10 (IST) Mar 26

Pant could earn an ODI comeback if India decide to rest vice-captain Rohit Sharma, who was struck by a Mark Wood 148 kph scorcher on Tuesday

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12:10 (IST) Mar 26

Suryakumar is likely to get a chance after Shreyas Iyer hurt his shoulder badly while fielding in the opening game

11:58 (IST) Mar 26

Expect another high-scoring match

11:51 (IST) Mar 26

Having already impressed in the T20Is with quickfire knocks of 57 and 32, Yadav will be keen to make an impactful start in his ODI career too

11:51 (IST) Mar 26

England have drafted in Dawid Malan, the world's No. 1 batsman in T20Is, in the ODI squad

11:51 (IST) Mar 26

With their captain Eoin Morgan (split webbing) and Sam Billings (bruised left collar bone) ruled out from the series, England will be led in the remaining two games by wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler

11:51 (IST) Mar 26

Concerned by a couple of injuries, an otherwise buoyant Team India will look to give a much-anticipated ODI debut to the exciting Suryakumar Yadav and may recall Rishabh Pant in the quest to clinch the ODI series against England