Team India reaches Pune as action shifts to ODI series against world champions England – WATCH

March 22, 2021

After a riveting and hard-fought five-match T20I series between India and England ended with the Virat Kohli-led hosts winning the series 3-2, the action now moves on to the three ODIs between the two powerhouses.
The first match, of the three-match ODI series, will be held on Tuesday (March 22) with Pune playing the host city for all the games. As England have already lost the four Tests and the five T20Is, Eoin Morgan & Co. will be desperate to stamp their authority over the daunting hosts in the upcoming three ODIs being the world champions in the format.
Prior to the ODI series opener, both Team India and England arrived in Pune on Sunday (March 21). The video of their journey from Ahmedabad to Pune was shared by BCCI’s official Twitter handle. It captioned the post, “Hello Pune, we’re here.”

Hello Pune, we're here 👋#TeamIndia #INDvENG @Paytm pic.twitter.com/JmP6EwoU3R

— BCCI (@BCCI) March 21, 2021

India and England last played an ODI during the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales. During the group stage encounter, Morgan & Co. triumphed over the Men in Blue by 31 runs in a high-scoring encounter after setting up a 337-run target for them.
On the other hand, the last bilateral series between both sides was also won by the English side, played in mid-2018 during India’s tour of England.
Thus, India will be on their toes against a desperate and challenging England side. The home side will like to start well after having already lost their previous ODI series, to Australia, since international cricket’s resumption in the post-COVID era.
India squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), KL Rahul (wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Md. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur.
England squad: Eoin Morgan (Captain), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Liam Livingstone, Matt Parkinson, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, Mark Wood.