England vs India, India tour of England, 2021, Today Match Prediction 17 July 2022

eng vs ind Match Prediction & Analysis

The stage is all set for two of the top teams to face off for one last time in this tour. England first clawed their way back to win the final test and level the series 2-2 after which India stormed in the T20I series to win comprehensively by 2-1. Now, the ODI series is poised as 1-1 with the last match to be played. India will look to do a double in white ball formats and a drawn test series in the tour which is big positive for them. England will hope to win at least one format with a victory in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

England Preview

England openers Johnny Bairstow (38 runs) and Jason Roy (23 runs) weathered the early threat with new ball at the top but a mini-collapse in the middle overs took them to 148/6. Moeen Ali (47 runs), Liam Livingstone (33 runs) and David Willey (41 runs) chipped in with vital cameos in the middle overs to take them to a fightable target of 246 runs.  

Reece Topley and David Willey made the new ball dance to their tunes and bowled 4 maidens on a trot first up. Reece Topley registered his best figures of 6/24 to help their team win. Brydon Carse, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, and David Willey chipped in with a wicket each in this match.

Key players to bet on: Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Reece Topley

England Predicted Playing XI:

Jason Roy, Johnny Bairstow, Joe Root, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Ben Stokes, Brydon Carse, David Willey, Reece Topley, Matthew Parkinson

England Actual Playing XI:

Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Brydon Carse, Craig Overton, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey

India Preview

India`s top order imploded to 31/4 in the 11th over with their top-4 back in the hut. Suryakumar Yadav (29 runs), Hardik Pandya (28 runs), and Ravi Jadeja (27 runs) look to rebuild their innings but unable to put a big score on board. They never really troubled the chase big time in the last game as they were bundled out for just 146 runs.

Yuzi Chahal was the pick of the bowlers in the last game as he picked up 4 crucial wickets in the middle order. Hardik Chipped in with 2 vital wickets while Shami rattled Jos Buttler`s stumps. Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna ran through the lower order to bowl out England for 246 runs.

Key players to bet on: Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah

India Predicted Playing XI:

Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravi Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna

India Actual Playing XI:

Mohammed Siraj, YS Chahal, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Hardik Pandya

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Manchester is expected to have bright and sunny weather with just 10% chances of rain and weather interruptions are not expected in this game.

Venue Details

Manchester too will be a bowler friendly track in this series and the ball has dominated the bat so far in this series. We can expect a scores of 250-270 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

India were not happy with their decision to chase the target in last game and both teams will look to bat first if the pitch looks to aid the bowlers.