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Third ODI: England win toss, opt to bowl first

| @indiablooms | Mar 28, 2021, at 08:37 pm

Pune/UNI: England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and opted to bowl against Virat Kohli-led India in the third and final ODI at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, here on Sunday.

England left out Tom Curran as Mark Wood returned into the playing XI.

Meanwhile, India dropped spinner Kuldeep Yadav and brought back left-arm pacer T Natarajan.

Playing XI:

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan

England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Dawid Malan, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Mark Wood

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