The Cricketer breaks down everything you need to know for the final ODI between India and England
India v England: Combined ODI XI
The third ODI of the three-match series between India and England.
The third game will take place on Friday, March 26.
March 23: 1st ODI (Pune) – 13:30pm (IST), 8:00am (GMT) - India won by 66 runs
March 26: 2nd ODI (Pune) – 13:30pm (IST), 8:00am (GMT) - England won by six wickets
March 28: 3rd ODI (Pune) – 14:30m (IST), 9:00am (GMT)
All three games will be played at the Nehru Stadium in Pune.
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India are missing several key players from their 18-man squad, including pace bowlers Jasprit Bumrah (personal reasons) and Mohammed Shami (wrist), and star allrounder Ravidra Jadeja (thumb).
Three uncapped players were called up to Kohli’s squad – Suryakumar Yadav, Prasidh Krishna and Krunal Pandya – with the latter two making their debuts in the first ODI. Shreyas Iyer suffered a serious shoulder injury in the first ODI, which will see him miss the final match of the series and the entire IPL. He was replaced in the second match by Delhi Capitals teammate Rishabh Pant.
England were also in the wars during the first ODI, with Sam Billings bruising his collar bone in the field and Eoin Morgan splitting the webbing between the thumb and finger of his right hand. Subsequently, Morgan was ruled out of the remainder of the series, while Billings remains a doubt for the decider.
They are also without Joe Root, Chris Woakes (both rested) and Jofra Archer (elbow) while Lewis Gregory and Olly Stone, who were included in the squad to face South Africa last December, also missed out on selection.
Matt Parkinson is the only man in the 14-man squad not to have played yet, with Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone replacing Morgan and Billings for England's six-wicket win on Friday and Reece Topley coming in for Mark Wood.
India squad: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Md. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur
England squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Matt Parkinson, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, Mark Wood
Reserves: Jake Ball, Chris Jordan
As per the instructions of the Maharashtra government, all three ODIs in Pune will be played behind closed doors.
Reece Topley bowled nicely in the second ODI
The forecast is sunny and still, with temperatures between 31oC and 37oC. No rain is expected in the 48 hours before the second ODI.
Sky Sports Cricket (Sky 404, Talk Talk 404, BT TV 423, Virgin 504) will broadcast the series in the United Kingdom, with the content available online via its streaming platform Sky Go.
Radio coverage of the series will be provided by TalkSPORT2.
In India, the series will be broadcast on Star Sports.
SuperSport are showing highlights of the matches in South Africa.
Streaming service Kayo Sports have footage of the ODIs in Australia, which fans can following the action in New Zealand on Sky Sport 2.
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