India vs England
IND vs ENG: The 5-match T20I series between India and England is going to start from January 22. Forgetting the failure of the Australia tour, Team India would like to start the new year in a new way with this series. The England team played its last T20I series on the West Indies tour in November last year. After that, England will play its first series in the year 2025. The first match of the 5-match T20I series will be played at the historic ground Eden Gardens in Kolkata. In such a situation, the aim of both the teams will be to start the series with a win.
Although many Indian players will be in focus against England, the biggest focus will be on stormy batsmen like Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma and Sanju Samson who have the ability to destroy the bowling of any team. Apart from these, there will be a lot of expectations from Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya and Nitish Reddy.
Eyes on big record against England
In T20I cricket against England, many players from Team India have played brilliant innings but only 3 batsmen have been able to score centuries. This time there will be hope for fourth century. The 3 Indians who have scored T20I centuries against England include KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav. Now there is a wait for a new batsman to be included in this club. The last T20I century against England was scored by Suryakumar Yadav and now this long gap is expected to end.
Indians who scored T20I century against England
- 101* – KL Rahul, Manchester (2018)
- 100* – Rohit Sharma, Bristol (2018)
- 117 – Suryakumar Yadav, Nottingham (2022)
The Indian squad for the T20I series against England is as follows: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper).
England’s squad for the series against India is as follows: Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Bryden Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
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