New Delhi: England will lock horns against India today (July 7, Thursday) in the 1st T20I match at the Rose Bowl, Southampton.
The match between England and India is scheduled to start at 10:30 PM IST.
India will be playing against England for a three-match T20I series which is set to begin today.
The first match between both the teams is set to be played at the Rose Bowl, Southampton while the other two games will be played at the Edgbaston, Birmingham and Trent Bridge, Nottingham respectively.
Currently, India is positioned at the top of the points table of the ICC Men’s T20I rankings while England is at second spot.
India have so far won all of their recent four T20I matches while England have won only two of their recent five T20I games.
Probable XIs
India: Avesh Khan, Deepak Hooda, Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ishan Kishan, Dinesh Karthik, Sanju Samson,Harshal Patel, Suryakumar Yadav,
England: Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan, Matthew Parkinson, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jos Buttler (C), Tymal Mills, Jason Roy, Reece Topley, Dawid Malan, David Willey.
Captain and Vice-Captain
Captain – Liam Livingstone, Deepak Hooda
Vice-Captain – Harshal Patel, David Willey
Suggested Playing XI No.1
Keepers – Jos Buttler
Batsmen –Jason Roy, Rohit Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda (C)
All-rounders – Hardik Pandya, Moeen Ali
Bowlers –David Willey (VC), Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel
Suggested Playing XI No.2
Keepers – Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler
Batsmen – Deepak Hooda, Ishan Kishan, Jason Roy, Liam Livingstone (C)
All-rounders –Hardik Pandya, Moeen Ali
Bowlers – David Willey, Bhuvneshwar KumarHarshal Patel (VC)