http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 – 1st ODI – Toss Report
England skipper, Alastair Cook, chose to bat first upon winning the first toss of the five-match ODI series against India, with play shortly commencing at the newly built http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saurashtra-c839 Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, on January 11, 2013.
The English skipper was happy to bat on a relatively dry surface, further confirming his combination which will see http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 batsman will slot in the middle-order as the team further welcomes back Kevin Pietersen
in the coloured Poms kit after a 11-month gap.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashley-Fraser-Giles-c46314, after the ECB decided to appoint him as Andy Flower’s
under study in the shorter versions.
The team will be aiming to emulate the success they achieved before the Christmas break, where they emphatically claimed victory in the four-match Test series, despite going 1-0 down. They further took the share of the spoils in the T20 arena. However, their
preparations have been below standards where they lost both the warm-up games.
India, on the other hand, is still searching for consistency following another home series loss, this time to arch-rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shami-Ahmed-c2496, who made his debut in
the third ODI, has been left out, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-Dinda-c1098 replacing him.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CA-Pujara-c1209 is also benched despite being in the form of his life. The top-order impressed in the Test series against England and has lit the domestic arena with some dazzling knocks. However, he is still not on the team’s roster, much to the dismay
of many observers.
This will be the first international played at Rajkot, and the pitch looks dry with plenty of runs on offer for the batters.
India: 1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566, 11 Ashok Dinda.
England: 1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566, 11 James Dernbach.
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