 "Cuttack cricket stadium pitch report, weather forecast for India vs England 2nd ODI")
Team India will take on England in the second ODI in Cuttack on Sunday , when they will look to seal the series with a game to spare. Te Men in Blue had emerged victorious in the series opener in Nagpur by four wickets on Thursday, with Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel all scoring fifties in India's run chase of 249 . England had won the toss and opted to bat first in Nagpur.
The visitors got off to a confident start but lost Phil Salt (43), Ben Duckett (32) and Harry Brook (0) all in the space of just an over within the first powerplay. Jos Buttler (52) and Jacob Bethell (51) led England’s revival with a 59-run stand for the fifth wicket, but the bowlers led by Ravindra Jadeja (3/26) and Harshit Rana (3/53) restricted the visitors to 248 in 47.4 overs.
India lost Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma within the first six overs of the chase but the middle-order batters led a gritty fightback to hold the nerve and lead the Men in Blue to a four-wicket win with 11.2 overs to spare.
Barabati Stadium pitch report
The Barabati Stadium in Cuttack is not known for being a high-scoring ground. Since 1982, the 300-run mark has only been surpassed six times in 38 innings. A total of 19 ODIs have been played in Cuttack. Teams batting first have won seven games whereas teams batting second have won 12 matches. The pitch is also expected to assist spinners (88 wickets) despite pacers (137 wickets) having taken more wickets. Dew will also play a big role later in the evening which means teams winning the toss will likely opt to field first.
Cuttack weather report
According to Weather.com, there’s very less chance of rain in Cuttack on Sunday so we should witness a full game. There’s just nine per cent chance of rain in Cuttack on Sunday. When the match starts at 1.30 pm IST, the temperature is expected to be around 29 degree Celsius and that reduces to 26 degree Celsius in the evening.
India vs England ODI series squads
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy.
England: Jos Buttler (c) (wk), Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Phil Salt (wk), Jamie Smith (wk), Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
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