- England faces the possibility of suffering another defeat in a one -day series
- Saqib Mahmood emphasized the challenge facing England against India
England faces a fourth consecutive series of one day on Sunday while fighting to stop bleeding since they became world champions six years ago.
Defeat against India, 50 on Crickt number one team, along the way from here in Cuttack, left the team of Jos Buttler 2-0 with one to play, after Twin 2-1 Scorelines against the western Indies to both of them sides last September 3. -2 Reverse to Australia.
Although this tour looks like a new dawn for England under Brendon McCullum, they still need desperate results after the Odi opening match brought its general loss of victories to 29-30 that date back to July 2019.
And with the Champions Trophy, now to less than a fortnight, the need to take advantage of the initiative when it is at the top, after allowing a scorching start against Rohit Sharma's team sliding in Nagpur, could not be greater.
“You saw that we were at the top at the beginning and you had them under the bomb, but then they returned and restricted us,” said Saqib Mahmood, the member of the Pace Bowling group would surely keep his place for game two.
'You must remember to have come to India and play against India is probably one of the most difficult jobs. We have a couple more games, if we can launch a good fight, we could get away with the victory of the Odi series. Things like that do not happen so often in India.
England's face lost a fourth consecutive series of one day on Sunday while they face India
Saqib Mahmood admitted that it will be a difficult challenge, but feels that England could prevail
England's medical team will continue to monitor Jamie Smith after a tension in the calf
'For me, playing against this opposition and in these wickts will sharpen my game, so when you go out to Pakistan, you will be in a good place ready to compete from game one, that's all you want to do in the tournament Cricket. '
England's medical team continues to monitor Jamie Smith after tension in the calf that has kept him out during the last 10 days.
It is expected that the Wicktkeper-Batsman of Surrey, 24, demonstrates his physical condition in the final match of this tour in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, but the management of the tourists is playing by inviting Tom Banton to join them as a cover.
Banton de Somerset returned to the house of the ILT20 as the top scorer of the competition, accumulating 493 races with two hundreds, an average of 55 and an attack rate greater than 150, but the United Arab Emirates could be asked next week for next week A four- day of this tour and flying to Lahore for a clash with the old enemy Australia on February 22.
Banton is a much better player than he won the most recent of his 20 white ball caps in England three years ago and also offered a backup maintenance option if Smith is discarded.