Team India have managed to restrict the England cricket team to a total of 132 runs in the first T20I at the Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. While Varun Chakravarthy claimed three wickets for the Men in Blue, Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel claimed two wickets each. Only Jos Buttler (68 runs off 44 balls) managed to have a respectable score for the visitors.
IND vs ENG 1st T20I: India won the toss at Kolkata and have opted to ball first. The big news is that Mohammed Shami is not in the Playing XI for the first game. Follow our IND vs ENG liveblog.
The white-ball rubber, comprising five T20Is and three ODIs after that, presents an ideal platform for both teams to experiment with combinations and assess form before next month’s Champions Trophy.
IND vs END 1st T20I Match: Date, Time, Live Streaming, Weather, Pitch-Report
With the Rohit Sharma-led Indian Test set-up still reeling from a horror tour of Australia, a good performance from the T20 side has become imperative especially after the Board had to step in to reinforce diktats on team discipline.
Returning to the national blues, captain Suryakumar Yadav will be aiming to lead a rejuvenated T20I side brimming young talents.
The India vs England 1st T20I will begin at 7:00 PM (IST) on Wednesday, January 22.
The India vs England 1st T20I will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.
The 1st T20I between India and England will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network. The match will also be available for live streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Axar Patel (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar and Dhruv Jurel (wk).
England: Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook (vc), Phil Salt (wk), Jacob Bethell, Liam Livingstone, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, and Mark Wood.
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