Rohit would’ve batted as India have chased twice. He enjoyed it out in the middle last game, it was a knock he needed, and asked about the fielding in this series, which has been good, he says a lot of the players take a lot of pride in it, especially the younger lads. Otherwise, Ravi Jadeja and Mohammed Shami are rested while Varun Chakravarthy has a sore calf; in come Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar and Arshdeep Singh.
Buttler says maybe the dew will make it skid on later, but also England have batted first twice so, with the Champions Trophy in mind, he wants them to experience the other side of things. The wicket looks decent, so he’ll see how it plays today, and makes one change: Tom Banton for Jamie Overton.
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