3rd ODI: Bumrah out with niggle, Siraj in for India, vs England

Mohammed Siraj replaced Jasprit Bumrah in the Indian playing 11 for the third ODI vs England at the Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester on Sunday. The series is tied at 1-1. 

Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl vs England. 

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Sharma at the toss said that the Men in Blue would want to end the England tour on a high. Bumrah is out with a niggle. 

“We are gonna bowl first. It looks like a good track and won’t change for the course of 100 overs. It is the series decider and we have played some good cricket on the tour, we took the learning from the last game and hopefully will rectify the mistakes. We have bowled well in the limited overs leg, the T20 series as well. Hopefully we can restrict them today to a reasonable target. Bumrah has a niggle and we don’t want to risk him, so Siraj comes in,” Rohit Sharma said at the toss. 

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England will go in with the same playing 11. Jos Buttler and co won the second T20I by 100 runs. 

“We would have looked to bat. It is a little muggy and there might be some swing early on, but will get better for batting as the game progresses. It is great for the series as it is 1-1 coming into this game. Lots of positives, we scrapped with the bat to get a defendable total in the last game. We are going with the same team,” Buttler said. 

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India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna

England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Craig Overton, David Willey, Brydon Carse, Reece Topley