The first ODI between India and England will take place at the Oval. After a 5-month break, the Men in Blue return to the 50-over format. On February 11th, they played West Indies in their most recent ODI.
The Men in Blue selecting three different opening partnerships throughout the course of the three-match series was one of the highlights of the ODI series back then.
Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, and Shikhar Dhawan alternated with captain Rohit Sharma in each game.
Speaking of Shikhar Dhawan, he will be playing in his first ODI for India against England on July 12.
He will be Rohit Sharma’s partner. One of Indian cricket’s top opening pairings is this team. However, in more recent times, KL Rahul’s ascent to the team caused Dhawan to lose his spot. India also participated in more T20Is than ODIs. The duo will return in the first ODI, but how? They are about to join a select group that already includes Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar.
To reach 5000 runs as a team, Rohit and Dhawan need a six-run stand.
With this, they would surpass Ganguly-Sachin as the second Indian opening tandem to achieve this.
While Rohit and Dhawan have struck out 4994 times in 111 innings, Sachin and Ganguly have scored 6609 runs in 136 innings.
Overall, they will become the fourth pair to achieve so, joining Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden and Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes (5150 runs in 102 innings) (5472 runs in 114 innings).