With the three-match ODI series tied at 1-1, England and India have traveled to Leed's where the series decider will be played at the Headingley Cricket Ground on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.
Live updates:
England have won the toss and have opted to field
The match is scheduled to start at 11:30 AM GMT (5:00 PM IST).
Viewers in India can follow the match live on Sony Six tv channel. Willow Tv and Sky sports Cricket channels will broadcast the game live in the UK and US respectively.
India won the first game comprehensively by eight wickets in Nottingham, while England won the second match by a significant margin of 86 runs in London last week.
The hype around this series finale exists also due to the fact that England is the number one ODI team in the world currently, while India is the world number two team on the ODI rankings.
.@EnglandCricket opt to BOWL in #ENGvIND ODI decider at @YorkshireCCC.
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 17, 2018
Vince in for injured Roy (finger).
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Team News
England has called up Sam Billings and James Vince, as there are concerns over the fitness of Jason Roy, who suffered a little finger injury during the previous game. If Roy fails the fitness test prior to the game, Vince or Billings will take up his place at the top of the order, as Dawid Malan has been released to play for the England Lions.
England is unlikely to make any more changes to their XI, given the performance of their side in the previous game.
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— PanAsiaBiz (@panasiabiz) July 12, 2018
According to Cricbuzz, India's assistant coach Sanjay Bangar reported said that pacer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar has a chance of making it to the XI for final ODI if he passes the fitness test which will be held before the match.
If he comes back into the side, Siddharth Kaul is the likely one to sit out after he went wicketless in both the match of this series. If not Bhuvi, India could also look at someone like Shardul Thakur as a replacement to Siddharth Kaul.
.@BhuviOfficial is back! 💪🏻
— SPN- Sports (@SPNSportsIndia) July 17, 2018
India go into the decider with three changes while England have made just the one forced change!#KyaHogaIssBaar #ENGvIND 3rd ODI LIVE on SONY SIX and SONY TEN 3. pic.twitter.com/1mZGIfvQm5
The pitch at Headingley has been known for producing good scores in the recent times.
It is likely to be the same on Tuesday but it might assist the spinner more than the one at Lord's.
The weather report until now seems to be all right on accuweather.com, though the sky will be pretty cloudy through the day with expected thunderstorms.
