India vs England Prediction: Team India to win the first meet in ODI

The T20 World Champion will be facing the visiting side, Team England. As both teams prepare for the start of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy season, the start of the ODI three-game series starts. Rohit Sharma will be leading Team India while Jos Buttler will keep being the captain for Team England. All action will be held live at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, on the 6th of February.

India recent form

The T20 World Champions, Team India, will be looking to improve from their performance at the T20 competition. There will be some changes in their lineup with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishab Pant, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, and Yashavi Jaiswal getting to be included. Arun Chakravarthy won the best player of the series twice and has shown that he can be entrusted with the bowling session. As of writing this, both sides have faced each other 27 times, with Team India winning the majority, as Team England is closely followed.

India Expected XI

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishab Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Arun Chakravarthy, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Iyer

England Recent Form

Team England will be seeking a much more solidifying performance in this first ODI match. They need to get past the 4-1 results from the T20 International series. Jofra Archer will be returning to the starting lineup after suffering some injuries. Brydon Carse and Jos Buttler have been carrying this team all through with superb performances. Players like Phil Salt will be looking to step up and show why they should be in the starting eleven.

England Expected Line-up

Phil Salt (wk), Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood

Expert Betting Tips

What is expected according to the bookies is the victory from Team India. However, there are massive changes in their starting lineup, which includes some veterans in the mix. This implies that they can easily blend in or show the gap in activities, given they didn't play at the T20 International. The pitch, which will be used, favors batters more. Virat Kohli is expected to put in a top performance, especially after scoring 624 runs in his last 10 ODI innings. 

Our First Prediction is India to win the toss - 1.90 odds for 1xbet

Our Second Prediction is Jos Buttler to be England Top Batsman- 1.85 odds for Bet365

Our Third Prediction is Axar Patel to be India Top Bowler - 3.75 odds for Betway