England-India Look for Fresh Start at Cardiff

Cardiff: After the damp squib at Bristol, England and India will be eager to get on the board in Cardiff.

The limited overs leg of India's tour to England possibly came up with the best result in the first ODI at Bristol. The damp squib left both teams in a limbo. India will have to wait an extra day for their revenge while England will have to wait for their experimentation with the team composition ahead of the 2015 World Cup.

India will be looking to repeat their heroics in the 2013 Champions Trophy where they defeated Sri Lanka in the semi-finals at this venue to qualify for the finals. For England, they will want to arrest their losing sequence in ODIs and build some momentum with just six months to go for the big event.

The team has been distracted by the disagreement between MS Dhoni and the BCCI over the issue of coach Duncan Fletcher. Dhoni's comments that Fletcher will lead India to the 2015 World Cup and the board's statement that Dhoni has crossed a line has dominated the discourse following India's 3-1 Test series loss.

England have few off-field issues but they will be eager to reverse their on-field fortunes in the limited overs game. Since their 4-0 series victory against Australia in 2012, they have not won a series at home.

In 2014, they have suffered series losses against Australia away and Sri Lanka at home. There are murmurs about Alastair Cook's position in the ODI team but the skipper will be eager to silence his critics in the same way as he did in the Test series.

Teams from

England: Alastair Cook (Capt.), Alex Hales, Ian Bell, Gary Ballance, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Jordan, James Tredwell, James Anderson, Harry Gurney, Steven Finn, Eoin Morgan, Chris Woakes, Ben Stokes

India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sanju Samson, Stuart Binny, Karn Sharma

Pitch & conditions
Cardiff has been pounded by heavy rain for the past two days and showers are forecast for Wednesday.

Stats & trivia

• England have played seven ODIs at Swalec and have never lost a match. Out of the seven, they have won four and the remaining three matches were washes out.
• Virat Kohli averages 98 in ODIs in Cardiff, the most by any batsman in ODIs at this venue.
• Shikhar Dhawan and Kohli are the only batsmen to have scored centuries at this venue.

Match facts
Wednesday August 27, 2014
Start time 10.30am local (0930 GMT, 1500 IST)