India vs England: Virat Kohli to miss first ODI as Men in Blue opt to bowl first

Star batter Virat Kohli missed out on the first ODI against England with a groin injury that he sustained during the third T20I on Sunday.

Rohit Sharma confirmed the playing XI after the toss saying, “Virat Kohli will miss the match. He has a slight niggle and we are keeping an eye on him. Shreyas Iyer will bat at number three.”

India have also roped in the latest T20I centurion Suryakumar Yadav in the starting XI and have opted for the two all-rounders in Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja.

“I think am really happy with how things went about in the T20Is. There was a slight opportunity to take the team across the line (in the third T20I), it was very close, but good learning for me going forward. It was important to take that positive road, I wasn't thinking about anything else. I wanted to be fearless, really happy with that knock,” Suryakumar said before the start of the match to the broadcasters.

The fans, however, are happy about Shikhar Dhawan re-joining Rohit Sharma at the top of the order. The duo started to open together in England in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and have been the fan-favourite opening pair since then.

#TeamIndia have won the toss and will bowl first at The Oval today.

Here's the Playing XI for the #MenInBlue for this game