India’s ‘Chase Grasp’ Virat Kohli revealed “reverse slap” because the shot that he want to borrow from England’s constant batter Joe Root. England have, to date, did not stay as much as their pre-tournament billing within the ongoing World Cup, as they sit on the backside of the desk with simply two factors. Nonetheless, they may again themselves to tug off a victory towards the hosts because the defending champions maintain a 4-3 lead over the Males in Blue in head-to-head encounters in ODI World Cups.

Nonetheless, if present type is something to go by, India does look like the favourites in Sunday’s conflict.

Lavishing reward on Root, Kohli informed Star Sports activities, “Joe, he’s nice all-round the way in which he performs reverse slap I want to take that shot.”

Root has performed this shot quite a few occasions towards spinners in addition to pacers to seek out boundaries and put strain on the bowlers. There aren’t many batters who can execute this particular shot the way in which Root does particularly within the red-ball format.

Forward of the conflict, Virat was additionally seen bowling within the nets with the bowlers. Together with the gamers who type India’s common bowling set-up which incorporates Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav, the likes of Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav and Virat additionally bowled a couple of deliveries as nicely.

India presently sits in second place within the match’s standings with 10 factors and has a web run price of 1.353. South Africa leapfrogged after they defeated Pakistan in a nail-biting one-wicket victory.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.

England: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Brydon Carse, David Willey, Mark Wooden, Chris Woakes.

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