Tom Curran has been left out of England after Virat Kohli missed his third loss in a row.
Tilg England bowl selection vs. India
England won the toss in the third ODI and final series of the series, with standing captain Jos Buttler putting India in to bat for the third game in a row. The game in Pune is England’s last game on the India tour.
After the first of four Tests in early February, then five T20Is – the two series the guests won after losing the first game – England are looking at the move, after the ODIs reduced at 1-1 Friday behind brilliant innings. from Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes.
England made one change to the side they won, replacing fast-paced player Mark Wood, who was given a break for that game, replacing Tom Curran. That means Sam Billings, who injured his spine while playing in the first game, will remain on the sidelines.
India made one change, described by Captain Virat Kohli as “tactical”, replacing Kuldeep Yadav with T Natarajan. Yadav conceded 84 runs while going without a wicket from his 10 pets on Friday. This was the first time since the 2017 Champions Cup that India entered an ODI team without Kuldeep or Yuzvendra Chahal.
England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Jonny Bairstow, 3 Ben Stokes, 4 Dawid Malan, 5 Jos Buttler (capt, wk), 6 Liam Livingstone, 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Sam Curran, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Mark Wood, 11 Reece Topley
India: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 KL Rahul, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk) 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 T Natarajan, 11 Prasidh Krishna
Valkerie Baynes is general editor of ESPNcricinfo