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Jaiswal Out, Kohli In! Chakravarthy Set To Debut As Buttler Forces Rohit's India To Bowl

Muskaan Bhatt

IND vs ENG Toss [Source: JioCinema]IND vs ENG Toss [Source: JioCinema]

India lost the toss as England opted to bat again in the second ODI match at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. As revealed, Virat Kohli has returned to the playing XI along with Varun Chakravarthy, who would be making his ODI debut for India.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kuldeep Yadav will be missing out this match as Rohit Sharma revealed during the toss. Jaiswal, who had an un-impressive debut in the first ODI has been excluded to bring in Kohli, who sustained a knee injury in the previous match. 

On the other side, England has also made three changes in their line-up with Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson and Mark Wood coming in as Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse and Jofra Archer have been dropped.

IND vs ENG 2nd ODI: Playing XIs

England Playing XI : Ben Duckett, Philip Salt (wk), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood

India Playing XI : Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy

IND vs ENG 2nd ODI: Pitch Report

Pitch Report by Deep Dasgupta & Graeme Swann: "It is a hot and humid afternoon here in Cuttack. This has been a high-scoring venue and it's a smallish venue as well. 63m to my right and to my left it is 64m, the staright hit is also not that long, it is 73m.

Swann: What England would want to think here is they batted first in the first game and failed to manage to post a 300-plus total. This surface is not as hard as the last pitch we played on. There are a lot of cracks. I think, if the seam hits these cracks, it will move either way. 

While the sun is out, I think this pitch will skid on but there won't be much bounce. But when the spinners come on in the last 30 overs of the first innings, I think this will turn. There is dew as well later on in the evening that might make it better to bat. A pretty good pitch. You have to get a lot of runs in the first innings, to have a chance of winning this game. 

Dasgupta: It feels a bit abrasive. Which makes me feel, under the sun, it will turn and it might slow down a little in the second half of the first innings. Especially from the three spinners they played in the last game, you might want to bowl first here at Barabati Stadium. "