Things have slowed down for England after three quick wickets and now Joe Root and Jos Buttler are trying to repair the loss with slow and steady moves. ENG 105/3 in 17 overs

15 runs off the 8th over and still there is no chance of a breakthrough for India. England batters are dominating the game now. Three bowlers have been used so far. Hardik is with the ball now for India.

Phil Salt has shift to top gear as the opener hit 26 off 6 balls in the 6th over. Harshit Rana was attacked with sixes and fours! England 50 up for no wicket.

England openers Phil Salt and Ben Duckett are taking their time at the middle and Indian bowlers are in search of the first wicket. Both Shami and Harshit are trying hard to provide India with the first breakthrough. ENG 17/0 in 4 overs

England’s Phil Salt and Ben Duckett are at the middle to open innings. Mohd Shami is with the ball for India. The ODI expert is making a long-due comeback to the side after T20I games.

The Rohit Sharma-led side handed debuts to young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and seamer Harshit Rana. This is India’s first ODI since August 2024, when they lost a three-match series 0-2 to Sri Lanka.

We wanted to bowl first, but it doesn’t matter a lot. Need to be aggressive with the ball at the start and then need to do well later. Nice to get some time off, it’s a fresh start and this is a great chance to do well. It’s very important to get some gametime, try and maximize whatever opportunity we have. Jaiswal and Harshit are making his debut, unfortunately Virat isn’t playing, he had a knee problem last night.

It’s rock hard, there’s a bit of grass, but there’s no moisture and it’s dry. Not a lot in it for the bowlers, but this being a red soil pitch, spin will come into play later on. It’s a good cricket pitch and a high score can be expected.

India have made an interesting addition of Varun Chakaravarthy to their ODI setup given his stellar showing in the shorter format. Arshdeep will also be shouldering responsibility in the absence of Bumrah.

“How is it relevant that I talk about my future plans here when we have three ODIs and the Champions Trophy coming up? The reports have been going on for a number of years,” Rohit told reporters on Wednesday. “I’m not here to clarify them. For me right now, these three games and then the Champions Trophy are very important. My focus is on these games, we’ll see what happens after that.”