Probable XI –
England –
Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed/Dominic Sibley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Daniel Lawrence, Sam Curran, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, James Anderson, Jack Leach
India –
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin/Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Jos Buttler
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Virat Kohli(VC)
4. Cheteshwar Pujara
5. Joe Root(C)
6. Ravichandran Ashwin
7. Sam Curran
8. Daniel Lawrence
9. Stuart Broad
10. James Anderson
11. Ishant Sharma
– Going with a balanced combo of 5-6 as both the teams are looking strong to win this encounter.
– Joe Root and Virat looks safest C/VC choices considering their good numbers at both venue and H2H matches.
– Can take Rishabh Pant at the place of Buttler especially if Indian team opts to bat in second and fourth innings.
– Cheteshwar Pujara might be a good punt as he has scored at an average of above 40 in more than 10 venue and H2H matches.
– Expecting some good fantasy points from Lawrence as he’s expected to play as 6th bowling option and score decent runs at middle order.
– Going heavy on Pacers since Pitch at Nottingham is expected to go in their favour.
– Can take Jasprit Bumrah at the place of Ravichandran Ashwin especially if India bowls first.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Jonny Bairstow
2. Rishabh Pant
3. Rohit Sharma(C)
4. Virat Kohli
5. Joe Root
6. Jos Buttler
7. Sam Curran(VC)
8. Stuart Broad
9. James Anderson
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Ishant Sharma
– Took all the three Wk batters as they have done well at venue and H2H matches.
– Rohit Sharma looks another good captain choice as he might go big considering his venue and H2H matches numbers.
– Taking punt on Sam Curran as VC as he’s expected to stay amongst the wickets at this pace favoured surface and score decent runs too.
– Can take Mohammad Shami at the place of Jasprit Bumrah or Ishant Sharma.
– Broad and Anderson might prove to be good punt C/VC choices as they’re expected to dominate at this pace favoured surface.
Grand League Combination –
1. Jonny Bairstow
2. Rishabh Pant(VC)
3. Rory Burns
4. Joe Root
5. Lokesh Rahul
6. Sam Curran
7. Ravichandran Ashwin
8. Mark Wood
9. Stuart Broad
10. James Anderson(C)
11. Ishant Sharma
– Going heavy on English team as they might dominate over opponent at their home venue.
– Expecting Anderson to take as many wickets as possible considering his lethal numbers at this surface.
– Rishabh Pant looks good VC choice in GL as he might play the saviour role again if top order of India depart early.
– Ashwin has the potential to score good amount of runs at down the order and take some wickets especially while bowling on 4-5th day at this surface.
– Expecting Lokesh Rahul to go big as he was in good touch during the practice match.
– Rory Burns has done well at this venue in more than 5 innings which makes him a decent GL pick.
