England vs India, 2018: 5 reasons why India will dominate England in the ODI series

England v India - 3rd Vitality International T20
Ravi Shastri, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli

#4. India is not dependent on any one player

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India is a team which is full of match winners. Any player on his day can turn the game on its head. This has relieved players from taking any undue pressure, which has provided them with extra freedom. The players have been able to express themselves freely, which has brought out the best in them.

The first T20I was in India's favor courtesy of KL Rahul's hundred and Kuldeep Yadav's magical spell, while the third T20I that India won was on the back of a blazing hundred from Rohit Sharma and an emphatic all-round performance from Hardik Pandya. That shows that India has quite a few match-winners at its disposal.

But England on the other hand have been at the mercy of top order batsmen to sail them across the sea. Even after great starts, they have not been able to capitalize on the scoring rate and have been sub-par in the end.

In the third T20I, England scored 120+ in the first 10 overs, but could only manage a score of 201. They ended up 20-30 runs short of the par score because they are too dependent on the top order.

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