Rohit Sharma and Jose Butler
IND vs Eng, 2nd ODI: The 3 -match ODI series continues between India and England. India and England are face to face in the second ODI. In this second ODI played in Cuttack, England captain Jose Butler won the toss and decided to bat first. India made two changes in the playing XI and gave the opportunity to Virat Kohli and Varun Chakraborty in place of openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kuldeep Yadav. Kohli could not play in the first ODI match due to injury. Kuldeep has been rested, which gave Chakravarti a chance to debut. England also made three changes and included Mark Wood, Jamie Overton and Gas Atkinson in the playing XI.
The first ODI match was played in Nagpur in which Team India won by 4 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Now under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India has an opportunity to take an unbeatable lead in the series. Earlier, Rohit Sharma created history with the toss landing for the toss.
Rohit made a big record in ODIs
Actually, Rohit Sharma is playing his 50th match as a captain in ODI today i.e. February 9. He is the 8th Indian captain to captain India’s 50 or more matches in ODI cricket. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has a record of captaining the most ODIs from India. Dhoni captained the Indian team in 200 matches in ODIs. The second number is Mohammad Azharuddin. Azharuddin captained India in 174 ODIs. Sourav Ganguly is third with 147 ODIs.
The playing XI of both teams is as follows:-
Indian team playing 11: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty.
England’s playing 11: Philip Salt (wicketkeeper), Ben Docket, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jose Butler (Captain), Liam Livingston, Jamie Operton, Gas Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood.
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