India’s ‘Chase Master’ Virat Kohli revealed “reverse slap” because the shot that he want to borrow from England’s constant batter Joe Root. England have, thus far, did not reside as much as their pre-tournament billing within the ongoing World Cup, as they sit on the backside of the desk with simply two factors. However, they’ll again themselves to drag off a victory in opposition to the hosts because the defending champions maintain a 4-3 lead over the Men in Blue in head-to-head encounters in ODI World Cups.

However, if present kind is something to go by, India does look like the favourites in Sunday’s conflict.

Lavishing reward on Root, Kohli informed Star Sports, “Joe, he is great all-round the way he plays reverse slap I would like to take that shot.”

Root has performed this shot quite a few instances in opposition to spinners in addition to pacers to search out boundaries and put strain on the bowlers. There aren’t many batters who can execute this particular shot the way in which Root does particularly within the red-ball format.

Ahead of the conflict, Virat was additionally seen bowling within the nets with the bowlers. Along with the gamers who kind India’s traditional bowling set-up which incorporates Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav, the likes of Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav and Virat additionally bowled just a few deliveries as properly.

India at the moment sits in second place within the match’s standings with 10 factors and has a web run price of 1.353. South Africa leapfrogged after they defeated Pakistan in a nail-biting one-wicket victory.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.

England: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Brydon Carse, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.

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