England vs India, 1st ODI: Men in Blue look for early wickets

Nottingham: Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow open the batting for England as Virat Kohli's men look for early wickets after winning the toss.

Preview:
After clinching the Twenty20 trophy, Team India will look forward to carrying on the same momentum when they face England in a three-match ODI series commencing on Thursday. This presents a fine opportunity for both sides to flex their muscles ahead of next year’s mega ICC Cricket World Cup. The hosts, ranked top of the ODI rankings have emerged winners in 10 of their previous 12 bilateral series and come into the format having handed a shoddy Australia side a 6-0 drubbing. And with a solid batting line-up consisting the likes of Jos Buttler, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, the visitors will once again be tested.

Led by Virat Kohli, India also boasts a formidable batting line-up and it will be interesting to see who comes out on top. The two sides last faced each other was in 2017 when the Men in Blue edged England 2-1 in a three-match ODI series at home. Both teams will also miss the presence of their finest pacers – Jasprit Bumrah and Chris Woakes – who have performed stupendously in the last few months. Eoin Morgan’s side has been dealt another blow with star batsman Alex Hales ruled out for the contest.

Toss:
India win the toss and they are going to have a bowl.

Virat Kohli: We are gonna bowl first now. It looks like a hard pitch and we have chased well so far. Our strengths are different. The two wrist spinners bowling 20 overs in the middle overs are out strengths. I don't think any team are focussing on the rankings right now.

Teams:
Here is how both the sides line-up for today -
England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Moeen Ali, David Willey, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shreyas Iyer, Siddarth Kaul, Axar Patel, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

England: Eoin Morgan (c), Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Jake Ball, Tom Curran, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Mark Wood.

Live telecast:
The match is scheduled to start at 5:00 PM (IST) and will be broadcast on SonySIX and SonySIX HD.

Live streaming:
Action can also be streamed on SonyLiv.com or the SonyLiv app.