England vs India, 2nd ODI: Morgan wins toss, England elect to bat at Lord's

London: Will India’s wristspin, with Kuldeep Yadav being the chief damage maker, once again rankle England batsmen? Or will Eoin Morgan and co. find a way to tackle the Kulcha threat and level the series? This and a little more will be watched keenly by the cricket fans as Virat Kohli’s men take on the hosts in the second ODI of the series at the Lord’s here on Saturday.

Having clinched the three-match Twenty20 series, India will be eager to continue their dominance in the limited-overs cricket, pocketing another ODI series away from home. England, meanwhile, have an uphill task at hand as they will be eager to level the series. For England, the only highlight from the first ODI was Jos Buttler extending his fine run of form and managing to tackle Kuldeep. However, England will need to make sure he gets to bat longer and he bats higher up in the batting order. England, though will be concerned with the form of skipper Morgan and their Test skipper Joe Root.

The two have failed to get going and with Ben Stokes shown the signs being rusty in the first ODI, England batting will need their top two – Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy – to bat big and bat long. India, meanwhile, will want their pacers to up their game. The experience of Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been sorely missed and while Bumrah is missing the ODI series due to injury, Kohli will be tempted to pick Bhuvneshwar if he is fit. India’s batting though seems to be in a good shape with the top three – Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Kohli – enjoying a good run in the middle during the first ODI.

Squads:
England: Eoin Morgan (Captain), Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Jake Ball, Tom Curran, Dawid Malan, Liam Plunkett, Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Mark Wood.

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

Match-timings:
The match is scheduled to start at 3.30 PM IST.

Live telecast and live streaming:
The match will be broadcast on SonySIX, SonySIX HD, Sony Ten 3 SD and HD. The live streaming of the match will be available on SonyLiv.com or the SonyLiv app.