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Riding on an impressive Twenty20 International series win, an upbeat India will eye another dominant performance against hosts England in the three-match One-day International (ODI) series, which begins at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Thursday. With the 50-over World Cup scheduled to be held in the UK next year, the ODI series will give Virat Kohli an ideal opportunity to get a fair idea of the conditions that his team are expected to encounter around the same time next year. While India will be buoyed by their 2-1 T20I series win, England, the top-ranked ODI team, come into the series having crushed a below-par Australia 6-0 in their recent bilateral engagement.
India must address their conundrum of whom to bat at number four. The T20 series showed that skipper Kohli looks like the best bet with KL Rahul at four. One aspect that may worry the think tank is the form of Shikhar Dhawan, who has so far struggled to make a mark on the tour. Wrist spinners, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal will continue to be the main threat after troubling the Englishmen in the T20s. India have a well-rounded side and if they can carry their form from the T20s into the ODIs then there is no reason why they can’t eke out another series win.
While the ground at Trent Bridge does not boast of high average first and second innings scores. The last time an ODI was played on this ground England notched up 481/6 against Australia. The highest chased total on this ground was also by England when they scored 350/3 against the Kiwis. With the game being an afternoon fixture, temperatures are expected to hover around 23 degree Celsius. There is no forecast of rain.