IND vs ENG 1st ODI: How will pitch for India vs England Nagpur ODI play and what’s weather like in city?

With the pitch expected to assist pacers, India will probably look to include Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh or Harshit Rana in the lineup. With the red soil assisting tweakers as well, expect India to hand a debut cap to spinner Varun Chakravarthy who is coming off a hot T20I series win against England.

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Weather report for IND vs ENG

It will be hot and humid in the afternoon With temperature hovering around mid 30s. However it will get pleasant as the day will progress. Dew is not going to play a big role under the lights.

Pitch Report for for IND vs ENG

It is new pitch at the VCA Stadium. The pitch will have good bounce and can expect a 280-300 runs total. The spinners will get assistance because of the red soil. India will be tempted to play Varun along with one spin-bowling all-rounder and wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav.

“Yeah look, he has certainly shown something different. I understand that it is a T20 format but he has clearly got something different about him. So we just wanted to have an option and see what we can do with him,” Rohit said about Varun in the pre-match press conference ahead of the 1st ODI in Nagpur.

“Clearly during the series it presents us an opportunity to play him at some stage and see what he is capable of. Right now we are not thinking about whether we are going to take him or not but definitely he will be in contention. If things plan out really well for us and he does what is required then definitely there is something that we need to think about,” the Indian skipper added.

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IND vs ENG Squads

India Squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja

England Squad: Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Jacob Bethell, Liam Livingstone, Brydon Carse, Jamie Overton, Jos Buttler, Jamie Smith, Philip Salt, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Mark Wood

As Rohit Sharma’s India take on Jos Buttler’s England in the first ODI, follow our ground reports from The Indian Express’ Pratyush Raj, who is in Nagpur