Against England on Monday and then Wednesday's game versus Australia, the Indian team management would look to give the players who are still not automatic choices in the playing XI, more overs to bat or bowl to get a better idea about their current form.
The 31-year-old Mathews was renamed as Sri Lanka's limited-overs skipper in January, six months after he relinquished the captaincy for both red and white-ball formats following a home series defeat to Zimbabwe.
Fast bowlers Mitchell Johnson and Patrick Cummins will return to Australia's One-day International side following long-term injury breaks when they were named on Thursday for next month's tour of Ireland and England.
The second match of the series, between New Zealand and the West Indies, takes place in Birmingham on Saturday.
The national selectors have rested Bairstow, Sam Curran, and Mark Wood for the first two Tests in India.
When Roy teamed up with Rory Burns against Ireland last week, they were England's eighth different opening partnership in the past three years and the 16th since Andrew Strauss retired in 2012.
India's head coach Ravi Shastri congratulated his players 'for holding up and having a season of a lifetime in toughest of times across all formats and hemispheres against two of the best teams in the world.'
The first One-Day International between India and Sri Lanka witnessed important milestones being set and new records being made.
In order to seal the place in the squad, the duo will have to cancel their league tours in South Africa and Bangladesh.
Former India batsman Wasim Jaffer urged spinner Kuldeep Yadav to not give up hope, saying he will do well when give the opportunity.
Off-spinner R Ashwin, who has been phenomenal in home conditions, has made it to the Test team as the 12th man, while pacer Mohammed Shami has been included in the ODI team.
After the World Cup cold shoulder, Kolkata's historic Eden Gardens is back in the reckoning as it will host as many as three international games during the two home series against England and the West Indies later this year.
The top two teams with most points as of April 30, 2021 will then contest in the WTC final in June 2021 in the UK.
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Yadav has so far played six Tests and picked 24 wickets.
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The 40-year-old Pietersen said a win against India is similar to a victory against arch-rivals Australia and urged the selectors to play both Stuart Broad and James Anderson in the same XI.
'KL Rahul in his last 5 Test series - v SA - Avg 7.1, - v Eng - Avg 29, - v WI at home - Avg 18, - v Aus - Avg 10.7, - v WI - Avg 25.4.'
Moeen Ali, the England all-rounder, with a batting strike-rate of 82.1 and an economy rate of 4.2, was tops.
Raj, who originally hails from Tamil Nadu was criticised by a Twitter user saying that the skipper often speaks in English, Hindi and Telugu but does not use Tamil to converse with people.
The world's No.3 ODI bowler, leaked 110 runs off nine overs as England racked up a gigantic 397 for six after electing to bat against Afghanistan.
Mustafizur Rahman on Sunday became only the second bowler to take two five-wicket hauls in his first two one-day internationals, emulating Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori.
Dhoni was criticised over the past few days over his slow strike-rate during the middle overs period.
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Virat Kohli (fourth), Shikhar Dhawan (seventh) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (ninth) have also maintained their respective positions in the ICC ODI batting chart.
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Jonny Bairstow smashed a career-best unbeaten 141 and Jason Roy hit 96 as England thrashed West Indies by nine wickets in Southampton to complete a 4-0 series rout on Friday.
India registered just three victories in 11 Tests, worse than even Zimbabwe and the West Indies...
Tom Curran and Ben Foakes put together an unbeaten 98-run partnership to help England beat Ireland by four wickets in a one-off One-Day International in Malahide on Friday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is yet to release the 'Playing Conditions' for the WTC final. Also, before boarding the flight to London, for the England tour, every male and female member needs to carry six RT-PCR negative results.
The Indian cricket fraternity has lauded the women's national team for starting its campaign in the ICC Women's World Cup on a winning note in the United Kingdom.
The veteran Sri Lankan batsman, who will retire from One-Day Internationals at the end of the World Cup, is on a record-breaking spree.
After four centuries on the trot with a strike rate of nearly 120, Sri Lanka's run machine Kumar Sangakkara (MVPI: 686) has raced to the top of the most valuable player standing at the ICC World Cup.
Strangely, despite four wins on the trot, none of India's players have even figured in the top 20 of the MVPI table.
Although A B de Villiers is still the front-runner for the MVP crown of the 2015 World Cup, a new and serious challenger has suddenly appeared out of the blue -- New Zealand opener Martin Guptill.
Ponting shrugged off Australia's injury worries and the idea of there being risk in rushing Smith and Warner into the team.
