Team Indian will be locking horns with England in the opening game of the three-match T20I series which will begin on the 7th of July at the Rose Bowl, Southampton. However, the remaining two games will be played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Trent Bridge, Nottingham respectively. Jos Buttler is the new captain of the England team after the retirement of Eoin Morgan.
On the other hand, India also has a new captain in the form of Rohit Sharma. Sharma was appointed as the captain in all the formats of the game after Virat Kohli stepped down from the position. India is currently placed at the top of the table of the ICC Men’s T20I rankings while England is placed at the second spot on the rankings.
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India won all of their recent four T20I matches while England only managed to win a couple of game out of their recent five T20I games. These two teams have played 19 games with each other in the shortest format so far where India won ten matches while England managed to win nine games. A great series of cricket is anticipated here between these two outstanding sides.
England
The two all-rounders – Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone – in the England squad will allow Jos Buttler to play both Phil Salt and Harry Brook as an extra bowler. Sam Curran has been hitting the ball pretty well and could make his T20I return after more than a year out with a back injury. Lancashire’s Richard Gleeson is in line for a T20I debut. England have a number of first-choice bowlers unavailable and will chop and change the ones available for the three matches.
Probable XI: Jos Buttler (c&wk), Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Harry Brook, Sam Curran/David Willey, Richard Gleeson, Chris Jordan/Reece Topley/Tymal Mills, Matthew Parkinson
India
Rohit Sharma will return to captaincy and share opening duties alongside Ishan Kishan. India is likely to play the centurion from last match, Deepak Hooda, at least for the first match before Virat Kohli makes a comeback. They have choices to make in the fast-bowling department and could hand Arshdeep Singh an India debut after his brilliant performances against County sides.
Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh/Avesh Khan/Umran Malik, Yuzvendra Chahal
Fantasy XI Suggestion 1:
Jos Buttler (C), Sanju Samson (VC), Jason Roy, Deepak Hooda, Liam Livingstone, Ishan Kishan, Moeen Ali, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Chris Jordan
Fantasy XI Suggestion 2:
Dinesh Karthik, Jos Buttler, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda (VC), Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone (C), Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, David Willey
