Southampton, Sept 6: The Rose Bowl cricket ground hosts the second ODI of the five-match series between England and India.
In a match that has been curtailed to a 23-over a side contest, Alastair Cook has won the toss and opted to field first.
England have brought in Ravi Bopara into their side while India have replaced the injured Rohit Shama with Manoj Tiwary.
Captain speak:
Alastair Cook (England)
On the match: “Once we knew the scenario, we made our plans in that direction. [It’s] pretty much a Twety20 game”.
MS Dhoni (India)
On losing the toss: “We were looking to bowl first also. We lack part-timers and in these conditions, if we bowl first, with our batting, we can look to chase whatever the opposition scores.”
On the team: “We have the kind of combination we were looking for. The fielding department is strengthened a bit with all the youngsters coming in.”
Playing XIs:
England: AN Cook (c), C Kieswetter (wk), GP Swann, RS Bopara, IR Bell, BA Stokes, SR Patel, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, JW Dernbach
India: AM Rahane, PA Patel, R Dravid, V Kohli, MK Tiwary, SK Raina, MS Dhoni(c,wk), R Ashwin, P Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, MM Patel
