2019 World Cup winners England will play the opening match of ODI World Cup 2023 against New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. World cricket will be very excited to see both these teams play on the big stage again after what happened in the 2019 final.
These two sides were also seen playing a four-match ODI series in September, where England won the series by a 3-1 margin. Here in this article, we will see about team England's expected playing XI for tomorrow's game.
Openers: Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan
Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan are expected to open the batting in tomorrow's clash against New Zealand. Both these batters as a pair opened the innings in the last two games for England and hence the team is expected to go with the same opening pair for the inaugural game of ODI World Cup 2023.
Dawid Malan, in the last two games as an opener, smashed 127 & 96 against New Zealand at Lord's and the Oval, respectively. Jonny Bairstow, over the years as the opener, smashed 3000+ runs (3006) in ODIs.
