England tour of India: The England team has come to India to play a five-match T20 series. This series is to be held from 22 January to 2 February and the first match will be played in Kolkata today (22 January). The Indian team would like to continue its good form of last year's T20 in this series as well, while the England team would like to shock the hosts in their own home.
| Match | India vs England (IND vs ENG) |
| League | India vs England T20I |
| Date | Wednesday, 22nd January 2025 |
| Time | 07:00 PM (IST) - 01:30 PM (GMT) |
The first match of the T20 series between India and England will be played today at Eden Gardens Kolkata. The Indian team has defeated South Africa 2-1 in its last T20 series. On the other hand, the England team has also won its last T20 series against the West Indies team. 10 T20 matches have been played between these two teams in the last 5 years. In which the Indian team has won 6 matches while England has managed to win 4 matches.
Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson and Varun Chakraborty performed well in the last T20 series. They would like to perform well in this series as well. The England team expects good performance from its key batsmen like Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone. After this series, an ODI series will also be played between the two teams.
The iconic Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata is usually favourable for both batsmen and bowlers, but in T20I matches, teams chasing targets often emerge victorious. With the pitch being fresh, the pacers should get assistance at the start of the match, but as the pitch gets worse, spinners will come into play. For the batsmen, the bounce on the pitch will work in their favour, as historically, teams batting first have posted an average score of 156 in T20Is. Although the initial bowling conditions may tempt teams to bat first, looking at the statistics, winning the toss and bowling first would be a good decision.
Who will win today 1st t20I match?: Hardik Pandya will be the top quality choice for the small leagues. Suryakumar Yadav will be a good choice for captaincy in the grand leagues. India has performed very well in recent matches, most likely they will win this match.
The temperature on the day of the India vs England match in Kolkata, India on Wednesday, 22nd January 2025 is expected to be around 28°C, with 69% humidity and 2.5 km/h wind speed. And the visibility is 3 km. There is a 20% chance of precipitation during the game.
India (IND) Possible Playing 11: 1. Abhishek Sharma, 2. Sanju Samson(WK), 3. Tilak Varma, 4. Suryakumar Yadav(C), 5. Hardik Pandya, 6. Rinku Singh, 7. K Nitesh Reddy, 8. Axar Patel, 9. Mohammed Shami, 10. Arshdeep Singh, 11. Ravi Bishnoi
England (ENG) Possible Playing 11: 1. Philip Salt(WK), 2. Ben Duckett, 3. Jos Buttler(WK)(C), 4. Harry Brook, 5. Liam Livingstone, 6. Jacob Bethell, 7. Jamie Overton, 8. Gus Atkinson, 9. Jofra Archer, 10. Adil Rashid, 11. Mark Wood
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