IND vs ENG: Team India has not been able to beat England in the tournament for 20 years

IND vs ENG: Team India has not been able to beat England in the tournament for 20 years.

The teams of India and England will clash for the 9th time in the history of the World Cup. The match will be held at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow from 2 pm. Team India would like to secure its place in the semi-finals by defeating England today. At the same time, England would like to keep their hopes alive by defeating India in the World Cup.

But, there are some records that can be broken in today's match. For example, Team India has been waiting for victory against England in the ODI World Cup for 20 years. The team last won in 2003. After that there were two matches between the two. The 2011 match was tied and in 2019 the Indian team lost.

Ekana pitch helpful for bowlers

Talking about Ekana Stadium and its typical pitch, only low scoring matches have been taking place here. A total of 4 matches have taken place here so far. So far, in 8 innings the score has been more than 300 only once. That too in the first match held here, South Africa had scored 315 runs against Australia.

Grass removed from the pitch, batting will be easier

The grass has been removed from the Ekana pitch. In such a situation, batting will be easy here. However, the spinner can also get help from the pitch. Team India will have a chance to play its experienced spinner R. Ashwin. Mohd. Siraj and Mohd. Selecting a fast bowler in Shami will also be difficult for the management. In this match, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja of Kanpur will show amazing spin bowling. Kuldeep has taken eight wickets in the last five matches.

The match will be held on pitch number - 4

The match will be held on pitch number four of Ekana Stadium. This is a pitch prepared from red soil. There will be good bounce in the wicket, which will make it easier for the batsmen to play shots. The first hour can be helpful for the fast bowlers, the rest of the pitch is expected to be dominated by the batsmen. If the spinners are successful in bowling the ball in the right direction then they can become a cause of trouble for the batsmen.

There is a record between the two teams, which run machine Virat Kohli will not like. In fact, from the first match in 1975 to the eighth match in 2019, there have been 6 centuries scored by both the teams. But every time the century has been scored by the opening batsman. In this, DL Amiss in 1975, Graham Gooch in 1987, Strauss in 2011 and Jonny Bairstow in 2019 have scored centuries for England.

Whereas for India, Sachin Tendulkar scored centuries in 2011 and Rohit Sharma scored centuries in 2019. For the last two times, one opener from both the teams is scoring a century. In such a situation, let us see whether this record remains intact or changes this time.

Possible playing 11 of both teams

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami/Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Siraj.

England: Jos Buttler (captain and wicketkeeper), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Liam Livingston/Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes/Gus Atkinson, David Willey/Sam Curran, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.