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England ask India to bat first

Cuttack - England skipper Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the second one-day international in Cuttack on Thursday.

The visitors made one change to their starting line-up after Sunday's three-wicket loss in Pune with seam bowler Liam Plunkett replacing of leg-spinner Adil Rashid.

India made one change, calling up fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar in place of Umesh Yadav.

Teams:

India: Virat Kohli (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Lokesh Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

England: Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Jake Ball, Jos Buttler, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes.

Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (IND) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)

TV umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)

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