India vs England, 3rd ODI: Familiar batting woes for Team India at venue of 'painful memories'

Three years after a painful exit from the World Cup, India return to Old Trafford with same set of batting worries in deciding ODI vs EnglandStung by England's raging comeback at Lord's, India return to Old Trafford in Manchester for the blockbuster decider of the ODI series on Sunday. For India, this is a venue which holds painful memories of their 2019 World Cup semifinal defeat to New Zealand in their previous outing here. Much water has flowed under the bridge since that 18-run loss to the Kiwis. The captaincy baton has been passed on to Rohit Sharma, with Virat Kohli, who was then ruling the batting charts, now in such a bad slump that his place in the team itself is under the scanner.

The coach was then the flamboyant Ravi Shastri, a position now taken up by batting legend Rahul Dravid, who is understated in comparison. July 10, 2019 was also the last time MS Dhoni, who scored 50 off 72 balls in that game before he was run out by Martin Guptill, played for India. It was also a match which saw allrounder Ravindra Jadeja respond to commentator Sanjay Manjrekar's jibe of him being a "bits and pieces player" with a magnificent 59-ball 77 that almost took India home. Since then, Jadeja has rapidly proved his batting credentials, though his bowling form is a bit of a concern.

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One weakness that India showed in that game, though, remains three years down the line - the inability to chase down a