England skipper Jos Buttler received the toss and determined to bowl first as Team India will likely be defending a rating for the primary time in the continued ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. India have chased in all of the video games up to now in the match and have received, therefore, will probably be a slight change for the Men in Blue batting first for the primary time against a reliable English assault. However, because the Indian players walked out in the center for the nationwide anthem, all of them had black armbands round their left biceps.
The black armbands have been in tribute to former India left-arm spinner Bishan Singh Bedi, who breathed his final on Monday, October 23. Bedi, who was battling sickness for a very long time was among the finest left-arm spinners in the world and fashioned a famed Indian spin quartet in the Seventies. The BCCI confirmed in an announcement on X (previously Twitter) that the Indian crew will sport the black armbands in reminiscence of Bedi.
“Team India will be wearing Black Armbands in memory of the legendary Bishan Singh Bedi before the start of play against England in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023,” BCCI wrote.
Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
England: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
