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India vs England 1st ODI LIVE: After the absence of Virat Kohli from the first ODI, India hunt for wickets against England in Nagpur. Ben Duckett and Phil Salt have started the proceedings for the visitors as they aim for a solid partnership.
India vs England 1st ODI, LIVE Streaming: After claiming a brilliant win in the five-match T20I series, India are all set to face England in the three-match ODI series, with the first match to be played on Thursday in Nagpur. Led by Suryakumar Yadav, Team India thrashed England 4-1 in the T20Is and will now look to repeat the heroics under Rohit Sharma's captaincy in the ODIs. The ODI series against England is India's only tune-up tournament for the Champions Trophy, to be held in Pakistan and Dubai from February 19.
Barring any late changes, India's Champions Trophy squad is final, though there remain a few ifs and buts over the selection of the playing XI. The wicket-keeper's spot remains one of the most fiercely contested in the team, as there seems to be no clear winner between Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul for the role at the moment. There remain different schools of thought for the two wicket-keepers. While some feel Pant's presence in the playing XI helps the team strike balance as he is a left-hander, others feel KL Rahul hasn't done anything wrong to be snubbed.
India's Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma has struggled with the bat and captaincy in recent times. During this phase, the right-handed batter failed to play any noticeable knock and the team's results also landed against him, especially in Test cricket. Be it India's Test series against New Zealand at home or the marquee Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, none of the contests saw Rohit living up the expectations in both the departments. Given he is nearing 38, there is uncertainity about Rohit's future in international cricket as well. He called time on his T20I career last year, but remains active in ODIs and Tests.
Team India's mainstay across all formats, Rishabh Pant, has decided to contribute 10% of all his commercial earnings towards the Rishabh Pant Foundation moving forward. The star wicket-keeper batter envisions playing a strategic role in furthering cricketing and non-cricketing causes through this endeavour. Pant, who is gearing up to don an important role for the Men in Blue in the forthcoming Champions Trophy, considers this project close to his heart and will enumerate upon the finer details of the initiative in the coming couple of months.
Rishabh Pant's game-changing audacity or KL Rahul's quiet dependability? It is a tough call that head coach Gautam Gambhir and skipper Rohit Sharma will have to take when they zero-in on the batter-keeper's slot for the Champions Trophy during the ODI series against England starting Thursday. The first training session on Tuesday provided intriguing clues as to which of the two might find a place in the playing eleven. Both players spent significant time honing their skills, but it was Rahul who had the more extensive session in which he not only batted but also underwent wicket-keeping drills.
Former and current Indian cricketers Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Irfan Pathan, and Cheteshwar Pujara shared a heartfelt message for former wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha as he announced his retirement from all formats of cricket. Saha played his last match against Punjab with Bengal in the Ranji Trophy Elite 2024-25 Group C encounter. The wicketkeeper-batter failed to shine in the final game of his illustrious career. He was dismissed for a seven-ball duck by Gurnoor Brar of Punjab. However, Saha's performance did not affect Bengal much as they clinched a victory by an innings and 13 runs over Punjab.
While the return of India stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, among others, to the domestic circuit has grabbed the eyeballs of cricket experts and fans alike, former India cricketer-turned-pundit Aakash Chopra has drawn out a major talking point. Chopra stated that all the senior players have played only one Ranji game, as stars who played in the first week of games (from January 23) are skipping the second week (from January 30). Only those India stars who missed the first week games are playing in the ongoing week.