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Toss India chose to bowl v England
Luck was with MS Dhoni in the first match in his hometown of Ranchi as he won the toss and decided to insert England, fearing that the evening dew would make gripping the ball difficult for the spinners. India were unchanged from their emphatic win in Kochi, while England brought back Tim Bresnan, after his recovery from a slight niggle.
Their was a palpable sense of anticipation in the 39,000-seater ground at the return of Dhoni, India's captain and their standard-bearer during a testing recent run in ODI cricket. "It's a big moment for me but it's important to be focused," Dhoni said.
The newly constructed Jharkhand State Cricket Association Stadium is hosting its first ODI and the curator had promised "sporting wicket", with the team batting first likely to make 350. Whether or not those two aims are mutually exclusive, the surface certainly looked hard and true under the glare of the international spotlight and Alastair Cook may not have minded having the decision taken out of his hands.
England had scrapped their way to a first ODI win in India since 2006 in a 600-run shootout in Rajkot before being brought back down to earth in the second match of the series, losing by 127 runs.
India 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Ajinkya Rahane, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Shami Ahmed.
England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Ian Bell, 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Joe Root, 6 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 7 Samit Patel, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 James Tredwell, 10 Jade Dernbach, 11 Steven Finn
Luck was with MS Dhoni in the first match in his hometown of Ranchi as he won the toss and decided to insert England, fearing that the evening dew would make gripping the ball difficult for the spinners. India were unchanged from their emphatic win in Kochi, while England brought back Tim Bresnan, after his recovery from a slight niggle.
Their was a palpable sense of anticipation in the 39,000-seater ground at the return of Dhoni, India's captain and their standard-bearer during a testing recent run in ODI cricket. "It's a big moment for me but it's important to be focused," Dhoni said.
The newly constructed Jharkhand State Cricket Association Stadium is hosting its first ODI and the curator had promised "sporting wicket", with the team batting first likely to make 350. Whether or not those two aims are mutually exclusive, the surface certainly looked hard and true under the glare of the international spotlight and Alastair Cook may not have minded having the decision taken out of his hands.
England had scrapped their way to a first ODI win in India since 2006 in a 600-run shootout in Rajkot before being brought back down to earth in the second match of the series, losing by 127 runs.
India 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Ajinkya Rahane, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Shami Ahmed.
England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Ian Bell, 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Joe Root, 6 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 7 Samit Patel, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 James Tredwell, 10 Jade Dernbach, 11 Steven Finn