In this conversation we will be reviewing the India v England ODI series.

The Indian team handily routed the English white ball teams in the 8 game series spanning both T20Is and ODIs with the final score line being 7-1. One of the biggest indicators was that England's No.11 batter got to bat in every single game !

While England was able to put up some resistance in three of the five T20Is, the ODI series was absolutely one-sided. India handily won the first two games in 37 and 42 overs and that was even though they clearly started taking things easy in the final stretch. And then in the final game the margin was 142 runs with England barely batting 35 overs.

This English team clearly looked completely out of depth with just a few flickers of resistance which for most part came from their openers. Their bowlers looked pedestrian other than Adil Rashid and to a lesser extend Mark Wood. To boot they seem to have a lot a few first XI players to injury. These performances do not augur well for their chances in the Champions Trophy. That said they always seem to play better in Pakistan than in India.

Team India looked imperious even without Bumrah. Rohit seems to have regained his mojo, Gill is looking like a million bucks, Virat scored a very good 50, Iyer is looking ready to reprise his heroics from the 2023 WC. The bowling unit looked in great shape with even Shami slowly showing signs of getting back into his groove.

During the chat we touch upon :

1. Are India's two white ball teams ready to be the dominant white-ball force in the next few years ?
2. Has the elusive balance finally been achieved for Team India?
3. Is Team India primed to make a strong statement in Champions Trophy ?
4. What ails England ? Why are they not playing to potential ?
5. Will England recover from this shellacking in time for the Champions Trophy ?

#RohitSharma #ViratKohli #TeamIndia #ShreyasIyer #Buttler #Salt #ODI

Participants:

• Vasant Kumar
• Ramakrishnan G Iyer

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