ENG vs IND 3rd ODI preview: India hoping to bounce back and win series

Jolted by a thumping defeat in its last game the Indian team is expected to tweak its batting template from cautious to a more fearless one in the seriesdeciding third ODI against England here on SundayThe team under Rohit Sharma did put up an ultraaggressive batting show with a great degree of success during the recently concluded T20 International series but the manner in which it chased a belowpar target of 247 in the second ODI has left a lot to be desiredRohit would put his hand up and admit that he and other veteran Shikhar Dhawan were a bit on the defensive in the wake of some fine swing and seam bowling from Reece Topley and David WilleyThat Virat Kohlis endless saga of failures has only compounded the problems is also a big factor but senior openers playing out two maiden overs at the start didnt indicate a positive mindset eitherTherefore a change in approach is required and for that a paradigm shift in the mindset while going for the tricky runchases unlike the first game at the Oval where the game was singlehandedly won by Jasprit Bumrahs sixwicket haulI want these guys to take the game on and see if they can find something different about their own game rather than looking at the teams role If they get the team out of that situation imagine the confidence they are going to get from that Rohit had said after the second gameThe approach of going for leather from the word go worked wonderfully in T20 Internationals and there is no reason that it cant work in the 50over format which many teams see as an extension of two T20 inningsIn fact even Englands starstudded batting lineup has looked complete outofsorts in the two games and suddenly it seemed that hosts with power hitters of the calibre of Jos Buttler Jonny Bairstow Jason Roy Ben Stokes and Liam Livingstone are playing an archaic one day gameDhawan Kohli and concerns in ODIBut India wont mind as long as these formidable men are being kept under tight leash but the visitors would have to alter their playbook And it will be a challenge in a morning ODI at the Old Trafford where the ball moves appreciably and India have their 2019 World Cup semifinal defeat in mind at this venueRohits approach in most of the games isnt a problem but Indian team management led by head coach Rahul Dravid will have its own set of issues if 37yearold Dhawan is their choice going into next years 2023 ODI World CupThe lefthander apart from Rohit and Kohli has been the most prolific scorer partly because he opens the batting but also because two supremely talented players in their prime in the last decade gave him a chance to play his natural gameBut with volume of bilateral ODIs shrinking considerably most teams play threematch series and Dhawan playing only one format he is always having these forced breaks which is certainly affecting his rhythm While ODI World Cup is still 15 months away it needs to be deliberated upon seriously whether Rohit Dhawan and Kohli will be Indias Nos 1 2 and 3 going forwardComing to Kohli possibly he would be looking forward for this more than a monthlong break after this game as he is expected to get back to the nets and to the drawing board to seek a solution to his problem of frontfoot press and jabbing and poking at deliveries moving away from lengthAlso Read Bazball devalues Englands Test efforts Rob KeyThe weakness is well documented but now the solution is needed as far as whiteball game is concerned In red ball a particular shot can be avoided and runs can still be scored but in a format where time is of essence a solution is needed as runs can be scored off particular deliveries like it happened at his peakJadejas everchanging roleAs far as Indias bowling attack is concerned it has performed as per expectations in at least four of the five whiteball games so farBumrah has hit the straps and Mohammed Shami more often than not produces those unplayable wickettaking deliveries Yuzvendra Chahal has altered his technique as he is bowling a tad slower and letting the ball hang in the air to create deceptionPrasidh Krishna with his ability to get bounce even from length will only get better and Hardik Pandyas bowling rhythm has certainly brought smiles back in the Indian campThe only worrying aspect will be Ravindra Jadejas sharp decline as a potent leftarm spinner which probably has gone unnoticed and papered over by impressive performance by the othersJadeja has transformed into a batting allrounder and only time will tell if that will work for India in subcontinental conditions where at least two spinners will need to bowl 20 overs and the Saurashtra man is expected to be one among those twoTeamsEngland Jos Buttler C Moeen Ali Jonny Bairstow Brydon Carse Sam Curran Liam Livingstone Craig Overton Joe Root Jason Roy Ben Stokes Reece Topley David WilleyIndia Rohit Sharma C Shikhar Dhawan Ishan Kishan Virat Kohli Suryakumar Yadav Shreyas Iyer Rishabh Pant wk Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Shardul Thakur Yuzvendra Chahal Axar Patel Jasprit Bumrah Prasidh Krishna Mohd Shami Mohd Siraj Arshdeep SinghThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever