Brendan “Patchy” O’Connell previews and outlines his best bets for the England vs India 1st ODI taking place today.
England vs India 1st ODI
1pm
The cricket is non-stop but I must say whether it’s being played in Sri Lanka or the West Indies I am loving all of it. However back in the UK and fast off of the conclusion of the T20 series, the sides begin a 3 match ODI contest over the space of 5 days.
First up though we are at The Oval in Kennington on Tuesday, personally one of my favourite grounds, picturesque and top-class facilities.
Play begins at 1pm with the break scheduled at 4:15pm. The weather will be hot with highs of 30 degrees.
Normally I would consider The Oval a track for bowlers but with the warm summer experienced so far, I’m hoping we’ll enjoy a more balanced battle between bat and ball.
On the evidence seen in the recent tests and T20 series’ we should be in for even more exciting and momentum-shifting games and in running betting could well enable you to have a winning return irrelevant of the result.
Betting Angle: England vs India 1st ODI
I’m sure we can expect some more changes to the individual ODI squad and keeping the powder dry until the line-ups are announced is a fair decision. England were disappointing in the T20 but showed improvement to win the dead rubber yesterday, they should enjoy this format.
England on the match-winner market for 3 Units @ 21/20
Quarter Units on Joe Root @ 3/1 and Josh Butler @ 9/2 top England batsmen
Quarter Units on Rohit Sharma @ 11/4 and Suryakumar Yadav @ 7/1 top Indian batsmen
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