Explainer: How will Team India forget the T20I defeat and counterattack in ODI? Know the surefire formula for victory on England’s soil

IND vs ENG: The Indian team has faced a clean sweep in T20I for the first time on English soil. Team India will not soon forget the 4-0 clean sweep against England in T20I. However, the Indian team can reduce this wound a bit by winning the ODI series. Now a series of 3 ODI matches will be played between India and England, which will start from July 14. So let us know how Team India can dominate the ODI series against England and win the series.

Players will have to forget T20I defeat

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul and Shubman Gill will return to Team India from the ODI series against England. However, some players who were part of the T20 series are also included in Team India’s ODI squad. In such a situation, they will have to remove the T20 defeat from their mind and reset themselves mentally. Players will have to avoid overly aggressive approach and adapt themselves to the ODI format.

Top order responsibility and strong start

In England the new ball has a lot of swing and seam. Indian openers will have to bat carefully in the first 10 overs. However, the players will also have to use the powerplay properly to give a good start to the team. Even if the run rate is a little slow in the beginning, India will have to save wickets so that a big score can be made later.

The top order batsmen of the Indian team will have to play big innings. Rohit Sharma’s ODI record on English soil has been excellent. Rohit takes full advantage of the extra bounce available on the English pitch. Everyone knows how much Hitman likes to play pull shots. In such a situation, he hits sixes and fours on the ball with extra bounce. The team will have a lot of expectations from Rohit Sharma in this series. Shubman Gill can be seen opening with Rohit. In such a situation, one batsman will have to stay for a long time and play a good innings to take the team to a strong score. Apart from this, everyone’s eyes will also be on Virat Kohli, who bats at number 3.

Strike rotation in middle overs

Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Akshar Patel and Shivam Dubey have been included in the ODI series against England. All these players were also part of the T20 series. Some of these players are sure to get a chance in Team India’s playing 11 in ODIs. In the T20 series, we saw how Indian batsmen kept losing their wickets while trying to hit shots. Although shots have to be taken to score runs in T20, these players will have to be patient in the ODI series. Indian batsmen will have to rotate their strike regularly against spinners and medium pace bowlers. This increases the pressure on the opposing team and their bowling keeps changing, which Indian batsmen can take advantage of. The Indian team will have to make one or two good partnerships in the middle order, which can change the course of the match.

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Indian spinners will have to play an important role

On English pitches, the role of spinners becomes decisive in the middle overs. In such a situation, instead of just stopping runs, Indian spinners will have to take wickets. If England’s middle order is given continuous shocks in the middle overs, then their run rate can be easily stopped. English batsmen have a habit of playing sweep and reverse sweep, in such a situation Indian spinners will have to constantly change their length.

Improvement in death overs batting and bowling

Be it T20 or ODI match, the last overs often decide the victory or defeat. All-rounder Hardik Pandya is not playing in the ODI series against England due to injury. In such a situation, the responsibility of finishing the match will be on Washington Sundar and Shivam Dubey. These batsmen will have to strengthen the team by batting well in the last overs. While bowling, Indian fast bowlers will have to show discipline in the death overs. England has aggressive batsmen till the lower order, who can score big by batting brilliantly. In such a situation, he can be stopped only with accurate yorkers, wide yorkers and slower balls.

Indian bowlers will have to take advantage of swing and seam conditions.

The ball swings and seams a lot on the English pitch. Indian fast bowlers will have to take advantage of this. Indian bowlers will have to take wickets with the new ball and England’s in-form openers will have to be sent to the pavilion soon. Jasprit Bumrah will be seen playing in this series. Prasidh Krishna and Prince Yadav may also get a chance in the playing 11, because Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami have not got a chance in this series. In such a situation, more responsibility is going to be on Jasprit Bumrah, because seeing the way the famous Krishna and Prince Yadav have given away runs in the T20 series, the tension of Team India must have increased. Instead of bowling very short balls on the pitches of England, swinging the ball on ‘good length’ and ‘full length’ proves to be more beneficial.

Team India will have to keep the right balance of all-rounders in the playing 11.

The role of all-rounder is considered important in ODI cricket. This gives balance to the team. In the ODI series against England, Team India would like to enter with a playing eleven which has at least 6 bowling options and batting depth up to number 8. Due to the absence of Hardik Pandya, Team India will definitely feel his absence. In such a situation, if Washington Sundar and Shivam Dubey get a chance in the playing 11, then they will have the responsibility of being all-rounders.

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