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IND vs ENG Prediction, 1st ODI, Match Winner, Team, Playing XI and Pitch Report

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IND vs ENG Prediction, 1st ODI

India will go head to head with England in the 1st ODI of the three-match series at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday, February 6.

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India and England last met in an ODI at the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 in October. Men in Blue secured a comfortable 100-run win in that particular encounter in Lucknow.

Batting first, India posted a total of 229/9 in 50 overs. In the chase, England got bundled out for 129 runs in 34.5 overs. Captain Rohit Sharma for his 87-run knock was awarded the player of the match. With the ball, Mohammad Shami scalped a four-fer.

IND vs ENG, 1st ODI Match Details

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Match: India vs England, 1st ODI

Time & Date: 1:30 PM IST, Thursday, February 6

Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

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IND vs ENG, 1st ODI Pitch Report

The last ODI played at this venue was way back between India and Australia in March 2019 when the former won by eight runs. Virat Kohli was awarded the player of the match for his match-winning century. Spinners will get a decent amount of turn on this surface.

IND vs ENG, 1st ODI Probable XIs

India

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mohammed Shami, Harshit Rana

England

Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Liam Livingstone, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Saqib Mahmood

IND vs ENG, 1st ODI Match Winner Prediction

Match Winner: India

India and England have played a total of 107 ODIs so far with India winning 58 and England bagging 44 victories. At home, India bagged 34 wins while England secured 17 victories away from home.

With home side momentum on their side and seniors coming into the XI, we can expect India to come out on top with a comfortable win to start off the three-match series with a 1-0 lead.

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