Overview:
India Vs England might look like a one-sided affair but its worth remembering that England are the defending champions and capable of making a comeback anytime. While India will be playing to regain their Top Spot of the Points Table from South Africa, England would be desperate to win this to keep their campaign alive even with minimum hopes
India: Whether Batting, Bowling or Fielding, they have outplayed their opponents in all the departments without any trouble. Even the injury for Hardik Pandya has not affected their winning streak. They have checked all the boxes but are yet to defend a total, which is an area that they would like to experiment. Otherwise they have dominated the World Cup so far.
England: Contrary to India, they have failed in every department and are on the verge of becoming the first side to be out of the Semi-Final Race with a solitary win in their 5 matches. They must now win all their remaining matches, which would still not make sure their qualification to the Top 4 but any loss from here would only dent their chances, which are already very less.
Probable XI:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
England: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (c)(wk), Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
Interesting Facts and Stats
England (49) needs 1 more win to complete 50 World Cup Wins. So far, Australia, New Zealand and India have reached the milestone.
If India wins the match, they would complete 59 World Cup wins and would overtake New Zealand as the team with 2nd Most Wins in Wolrd Cup.
Jos Buttler needs 82 Runs to complete 5000 ODI Runs.
Joe Root Needs 67 Runs to complete 1000 World Cup Runs.
Shreyas Iyer needs 69 Runs to complete 2000 ODI Runs.
Both these sides, apart from Sri Lanka, are the only 3 sides to have played all the 15 players from their squad.
Match Details:
Date: 29 October 2023
Time: 02:00 PM Local Time (8:30 AM GMT)
Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Pitch and Weather Report:
Expect a high scoring game at the Ekana Stadium though spinner might get some support from the surface
Teams winning toss would prefer to bat first, put a huge total on the board and put the chasing side in immense pressure.
Dream XI:
