Preview:
England are set to host India in the first match of the T20I series on Thursday. India will be led by Rohit Sharma who returns from Covid and will be keen to fill in the holes that are left. Apart from Rohit the rest of the squad will be the same which toured Ireland and the big guns such as Kohli will return from the next match. England will be captained by Jos Buttler and also have rested few players who were recently part of the Test side.
Match Details:
England vs India, 1st T20I
Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Date & Time: 7th July at 10:30 PM IST and 6:00 PM Local Time
Live Streaming: Sony Six and Sony LIV
ENG vs IND, 1st T20I Pitch Report:
The surface here is expected to be excellent for batting and plenty of runs will be on offer. Both teams will prefer chasing at this venue.
Injury News:
(will be added when there is an update)
Also read: Umran Malik is an exciting prospect and very much in India’s plans: Rohit Sharma
ENG vs IND, 1st T20I Probable Playing XIs:
England
Jason Roy, Phillip Salt, Dawid Malan, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran/David Willey, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Matthew Parkinson, Reece Topley
India
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Top Picks for ENG vs IND 11Wickets Fantasy Cricket:
Liam Livingstone was outstanding in the recently concluded IPL and has a stellar record in this format having scored 4711 runs at an average of 29.08 and a strike rate of 146.66 in 188 matches.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is one of the best white ball bowlers going around and has picked up 66 wickets in 66 T20I matches at an average of 24.3 and an economy of 6.99
Rohit Sharma has scored 3313 runs in 125 T20I matches at an average of 32 and a strike rate of 139 which makes him one of the most important player in this match.
Suggested Playing XI N0.1 for ENG vs IND 11Wickets Fantasy Cricket:
Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Jason Roy, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Rohit Sharma (vc), Ishan Kishan (c), Hardik Pandya, David Willey, Harshal Patel, B Kumar
Suggested Playing XI N0.2 for ENG vs IND 11Wickets Fantasy Cricket:
Jos Buttler (c), Sanju Samson, Jason Roy, Liam Livingstone, Rohit Sharma (vc), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Moeen Ali, C Jordan, Y Chahal, B Kumar
Captain and Vice-Captain Options:
Captain Options: Ishan Kishan, Jos Buttler
Vice-Captain Options: Rohit Sharma, Moeen Ali