India vs England 1st ODI: 'Fearless' visitors take on ‘revenge-seeking’ Jos Buttler and Co

Ever since the advent of T20 Cricket, ODI Cricket is always treated as that middle sibling of a tripling who is neither given all the love of the youngest child (read T20I), nor given the respect and responsibility of the eldest child (read Test Cricket).

So after the rescheduled Test which had all the attention weeks before the match started and the three T20Is which were considered to be of utmost importance considering it is a T20 World Cup year, India and England will now face each other in a three-match ODI series.

The series starts on 12 July, Tuesday at Kennington Oval in London; will next head to the neighbouring Lord’s and then shift to Manchester at the Old Trafford to bid adieu to the visitors.

It has just been a week that England chased down the record 378-run target in Test cricket. Yet seems so far with three T20Is being played within a span of four days. England drew the Test series and retained the Pataudi trophy, which India had long-awaited since 2007 and had the best chance to bag on their flight back.

India, however, gave similar scars to the hosts as they sealed the series in the first two games of the T20I series itself.

India have history on their side going into the ODI series as they have a better head-to-head overall record. However, considering the last 10 encounters between the two sides, which dates back to January 2017, the record is 5 - 5.

In the current year, India lost their three ODIs against South Africa and won the next three against West Indies. England on the other hand humiliated the Netherlands in the three ODIs they have played this year, inching to just four short of a 500-run total in one of the games.

On to the #ENGvIND ODIs, starting tomorrow!