Rohit Sharma criticized for self-serving tactics, branded 'selfish' by fans as Yashasvi Jaiswal takes blame

Ahead of the match at Barabati Stadium, India made some key changes to their playing XI. Varun Chakravarthy was given his debut cap, making him the second-oldest Indian player to receive this honour in ODIs. Meanwhile, Jaiswal was left out of the team to accommodate the return of Virat Kohli.

Following the announcement at the toss, Rohit was savaged on social media for making Jaiswal the "scapegoat" as fans served a sharp reminder to the captain on his own form. After his struggle in the Australia tour for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, where he scored just 31 runs in five innings, followed by a horror show on his return to Ranji Trophy last month, Rohit's lean run continued in the ODI series opener, where he scored just two runs.

England win toss, elect to bat

Earlier in the game, England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and opted to bat against India in the second ODI. England made three changes, bringing in Mark Wood, Gus Atkinson and Jamie Overton in the playing XI in place of Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse and Jofra Archer.

India lead the three-match series 1-0 after registering a four-wicket win over England in the first ODI in Nagpur.

India also made two changes as Kohli, who missed the series opener due to swollen knee, returned to the playing XI, while Kuldeep Yadav was rested.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, and Varun Chakravarthy.

England: Philip Salt (wk), Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood.

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