India will be hoping that the spotlight shifts to the cricketing action after being shaken by one controversy after another. With the first match in Bristol being washed out without a ball being bowled, India will be itching to perform in a format where Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men have shown their prowess over the years, PTI reported. Read preview of the India-England 2nd ODI here
Some on-field action will also mean that skipper Dhoni will be able to focus on cricket, after his comments supporting chief coach Duncan Fletcher did not got down well with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) bigwigs. A notable thing during this tour has been Dhoni expressing his firm point-of-views quite explicitly.
Squads:
England: Alastair Cook (c), Alex Hales, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Gary Ballance, Eoin Morgan, Ian Bell, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, James Anderson, Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, James Tredwell, Jos Buttler (wk).
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