Should England bring in an extra bowler for their T20 World Cup semi-final at Adelaide Oval? And just how strong are their opponents India?
Those questions were answered by Sky Sports Cricket’s Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton ahead of Thursday’s crunch clash, which you can watch from 7am on Sky Sports ahead of an 8am start.
England squeezed past Sri Lanka on Saturday to secure a spot in the knockout stages and now face an India side featuring the top two run-scorers in the Super 12s in Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav.
With India having such a talented batting line-up – to Kohli and Suryakumar, you can add skipper Rohit Sharma, opening partner KL Rahul and, if selected, Rishabh Pant – and Adelaide Oval having short square boundaries, Hussain and Atherton think England may consider bringing in seamer Chris Jordan for his first appearance of the tournament.
The likelihood is that England will be forced into at least one change with batter Dawid Malan (groin) appearing to face an uphill battle in his bid to be fit and Phil Salt primed to slot in at No 3.