England vs India, 3rd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Toss -India opt to bowl

Rohit Sharma wants to put the England batters under pressure again. They haven't clicked so far so the Indian skipper is banking on them to fail for the third straight time. However, India do not have their trumpcard today. Jasprit Bumrah is out with a niggle and has been replaced by Mohammed Siraj. England are unchanged.

Teams:

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

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

Build up

Once India demolished England in that first ODI not so long ago, not many expected England to stage a grand comeback in a short period of time. Their bowlers did a stupendous job once the batting lineup failed to put up a big score again. Despite impressing in the T20I series, India's batsmen couldn't light up the venue in a run chase of 247 and were brushed aside with ease.

Even though most of them had a dull outing, the focus was once again on Virat Kohli. There has been a lot of talk about his form off late and skipper Rohit Sharma did pounce to his defence quickly. Kohli has been receiving plenty of support from all corners of the cricketing world so don't be surprised if the spotlight is once again on him even though this is the series decider.

It's not just Kohli who will have to deliver though in this contest. Both teams have big names in their batting lineup and both teams would dearly love it if those players can step up in this crucial encounter. England's famed batting unit haven't been able to go for the kill in the two games so far. The white ball has swung in this series and more of the same would present a challenge to the batting units. Welcome to the live blog for this third and final ODI of the series. No matter who wins this one, let's hope they hand us a thriller.