CHASING SHADOWS

Three Years After A Painful Exit From The World Cup, India Return To Old Trafford With Same Set Of Batting Worries In Deciding ODI Vs England

- Gaurav Gupta

Stung by England's raging comeback at Lord's, India return to Old Trafford in Manchester S for the blockbuster decider of the ODI series on Sunday. For India, this is a venue which holds painful memories of their 2019 World Cup semifinal defeat to New Zealand in their previous outing here.

Much water has flowed under the bridge since that 18run loss to the Kiwis. The captaincy baton has been passed on to Rohit Sharma, with Virat Kohli, who was then ruling the batting charts, now in such a bad slump that his place in the team itself is under the scanner.

The coach was then the flamboyant Ravi Shastri, a position now taken up by batting legend Rahul Dravid, who is understated in comparison. July 10, 2019 was also the last time MS Dhoni, who scored 50 off 72 balls in that game before he was run out by Martin Guptill, played for India.