India vs England 1st ODI Preview: After Wins In Tests And T20Is, India Set Sights On ODI Series

India vs England: India and England will both be looking to try out new combinations in the ODI series, with no big tournament in the format in the near future.

Struggling opener Shikhar Dhawan will be the focus in a spoilt-for-choice Indian team when it takes on world champion England in a three-match ODI series starting in Pune on Tuesday with the visitors eyeing a positive end to their tour after Test and T20 debacles. The series is particularly important for the 35-year-old Dhawan, who failed to make an impact in the first T20 International (T20I) in Ahmedabad before warming the benches in the remaining four games as India won the series 3-2. With the management having plenty of options in (Shubman Gill) and outside (Prithvi Shaw and Devdutt Padikkal) the squad for the opening slot, it will be a litmus test for "Gabbar" to prove himself in the lung-opener. He is expected to open the innings along with seasoned campaigner Rohit Sharma, who was in blistering form in the T20 series and would be keen to carry on in the same vein.