Having sealed the series, India will look forward to a complete win against England in the last and 5th ODI of the series at Headingley, Leeds on September 5, 2014.
India won the toss and elected to field The match starts at 10.30 a.m. GMT (3:00 p.m. India Time). The live scores can be followed on Cricinfo.com.
The match will be telecasted live in India on Star Sports and in England on Sky Sports. Fans in the U.S. can watch the match live Willow TV and on Fox Sports in Australia, SuperSport in South Africa, and PTV Sports in Pakistan.
The 5th ODI is more important to the hosts, given that their recent strategies has worked against them, and their skipper’s Alastair Cook captaincy skills are under scanner. Adding to this, Cook’s own performance has been dismal, so the critics are certainly not kind.
The toss, team news and squads will be posted here just before the match starts. Stay tuned…
Star Sports will be live streaming the match online on its website www.starsports.com. Watch the live streaming on Star Sports official site here or HERE.
England has to deal with the batting order problems yet again, because they just cannot rely on what Moeen Ali did in the last match.
For India, things look easy here with many players coming out of pressure, and in the last match, they will only take new chances.
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One expects some magic from wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson, while there is a need for Kohli to strike those boundaries that have been missing.
For England, Ian Bell will be missing again, but with the current side, it’s impossible to predict what will work for them, especially with lack of clear strategy. It remains to be seen if Gary Balance and Alex Hales can change things.
If India continues with Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan as the opening pair, this may leave Rohit Sharma for number 4, which means working on the middle order for the upcoming World Cup in 2015.