After a spectacular victory in the T20 series, the Indian team will now take on England under the leadership of Rohit Sharma for the ODI series. This series between the two teams is considered very important in view of the preparations for the Champions Trophy to be held from February 19. It will also test the form of star batsmen like Rohit and Virat Kohli, who have been flopping for some time now.

Eyes will be on Rohit-Kohli.

With this series, the Indian team management will also try to find the right combination for the Champions Trophy. Players like captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been struggling to score runs for some time now and everyone will be watching their performance. Both these star players also played in the Ranji Trophy last month, but they failed in that too. Now he will return to the format in which he dominated for years.

Both these players performed well in the ODI World Cup 2023. While Kohli scored 765 runs in this tournament, Rohit contributed 597 runs. After losing to Australia in the World Cup final, both of these players played in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. Rohit scored two half-centuries in this series, while Kohli could not perform well.

Who will take over the wicketkeeping responsibility?

The Indian team will have to think a lot about who will play the role of wicketkeeper between Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul. Rohit and vice-captain Shubman Gill will start the innings. Kohli and Shreyas Iyer will come after them, while the wicketkeeper-batsman can be fielded at number five. After this comes Hardik Pandya.

In the absence of Pant, Rahul took over the wicketkeeping responsibility in the ODI World Cup 2023 and scored 452 runs. His presence created a good balance in the team but his failure to consistently rotate the strike in the middle overs is a matter of concern.

Shami will return to the ODI team.
Shami was in great form in the ODI World Cup 2023 and after playing in the final against Australia, he will now play in this format. In the T20 series, the team came with two fast bowlers, but in ODIs, it is important to have three specialist fast bowlers. In such a situation, Shami can get a chance. Wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav is making a comeback from injury, but Varun Chakraborty impressed a lot in the T20 series. Spinner Varun Chakraborty has been included in the Indian team due to his excellent performance in the T20 series against England. He may get a chance to debut in ODIs and by continuing his good performance, he can make a strong claim to be included in the team for the Champions Trophy.

The teams of India and England for the first ODI match are as follows...
India's probable playing 11: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.

England's declared playing-11: Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Brad Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood.

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