IND vs ENG: Five Indian cricketers who could rock the ODI series

Having last won an ODI series 14 months back Team India will be desperate to conquer Eoin Morganrsquos England in the threematch series starting Tuesdaymiddaycom takes a look at five players who can make a big impact for India in the seriesRohit SharmaRohit Sharma PICGETTY IMAGESLast 5 ODIsRuns 393 Average 7860 Highest 159 100s 2India will bank on opener Rohit Sharma to give the team a good start in ODIs against England Rohitrsquos absence in the last two ODI series impacted the teamrsquos batting order as they went on to lose series abroad against New Zealand and Australia The opening batsman from Mumbai who last played a onedayer in January last year has returned to form 64 off 34 balls in the fifth T20I against England The visitors are well aware that Rohit the formatrsquos highest individual rungetter 264 has the ability to score big hundreds and put the opposition out of the gameVirat KohliVirat Kohli PICGETTY IMAGESLast 5 ODIsRuns 197 Average 3940 Highest 89 100s 0Skipper Virat Kohli hasnrsquot played a defining knock in the last few ODIs But his return to form in the T20I series against the visitors 231 runs in five matches will give the hosts some relief Kohli who has amassed 1178 in 30 ODIs against England hasnrsquot scored a century in the last 12 onedayers The Indian skipper will be itching to break the jinx in the upcoming matchesHardik PandyaHardik Pandya PICGETTY IMAGESLast 5 ODIsRuns 249 Batting average 8300 Highest 92 100s 0 Wickets 3 Bowling average 4300Hardik Pandya has been in superb form with the bat His unbeaten 17ball 39 runs cameo helped India post a mammoth 2242 in the seriesdeciding fifth T20I against England The destructive lowerorder batsman has the ability to take the game away from the opposition within a few overs The allrounder also brings an extra weightage to the bowling department The rightarm pacer has also done a decent job claiming three wickets in five T20Is against England at an economy rate of 694Bhuvneshwar KumarBhuvneshwar Kumar PICAFPLast 5 ODIsWickets 8 Average 2575 Best 431Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be playing his first ODI since August 2019 and will be leading the pace attack in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami The rightarm pacer made a comeback in the recentlyconcluded T20I series against England after recovering from a thigh muscle injury He was not among the top wickettakers four wickets in five matches in the T20I series but was quite outstanding with an economy rate of just 638 His ability to restrict the opposition batsmen from scoring big makes him the captainrsquos goto man in the death oversT NatarajanT Natarajan PICAFPMatches 1 Wickets 2 Average 3500 Best 270T Natarajan was the story of the Australian tour The leftarm pacer who was picked as net bowler became the first India player to make his international debut across all three formats in one tour The speedster from Tamil Nadu has played only one ODI so far but his ability to bowl yorkers at will makes him a good whiteball prospect He will be confident of putting up a solid show at home after impressing one and all by claiming 12 wickets in six matches Down Under