India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (PTI photo)

New Delhi: Opener ben duckett He believes England will not hesitate to test India’s senior batsmen with the short ball if they feel it is the right strategy, even though the visitors know the challenge will be very different to that faced during their 4-0 T20I sweep.A barrage of bouncers from England unsettled India’s young batting line-up in the T20Is, as Abhishek SharmaVaibhav Suryavanshi and Ishan Kishan Targeted again and again. When asked whether the same tactic could be used against the returning ODI greats Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill And Virat KohliDuckett suggested that England remain flexible rather than abandon the idea altogether.“We’ll test them. If they’re very good at it (playing short ball), we probably won’t use the strategy as much. But I’ll be honest, I’m not sure if we feel it’s working we might as well keep it going,” Duckett said in response to a question posed by TOI during a chat on the eve of the opening ODI. “Certainly, our plans as a bowling group will have Brookie’s (Harry Brook) leadership as a rallying point.”Apart from India’s experienced ODI batting lineup, Duckett knows that England’s batsmen will have to be at their best when facing Jasprit Bumrah. Having faced the Indian pioneers only in Test cricket, the left-handed batsman admitted that the demands of the 50-over format make the contest completely different.“(Bumrah) doesn’t have too many weaknesses,” Duckett said. “It (dealing with Bumrah) depends on whether the ball is swinging or the ball is not swinging that much. He can obviously swing the ball both ways, close to 90mph, so hopefully it’s blue skies, no clouds and it doesn’t swing that much. That will be very helpful.”“I think he is the type of bowler that India will use to try to take wickets all the time throughout the innings and we will have to try to counter that. I have faced him only in Test cricket where you don’t have to think about scoring runs very fast eventually. There is no pressure to score, whereas in 50 over cricket you cannot hope to avoid that. You still have to find ways to get rid of him. But I think our guys have dealt with him a lot and everybody is going to have different plans for him,” Duckett said.Despite England’s tremendous success in the T20Is, Duckett was quick to say that the ODI series will be a different test altogether.“Obviously, this is a different Indian team from the T20Is. They have brought in some strong players, so we know it is going to be a really tough challenge. But a lot of our players have been playing well, so we are hopeful of our chances,” Duckett said.However, the return of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will not change England’s approach, the England opener said. “Both (Virat and Rohit) are incredible players, but I don’t think we need to change our team dynamics too much. We have to stick to what we do and try to do better than them. At the end of the day, we don’t need to fear anyone when we go out there.”(This conversation was moderated by Sony Sports)