India will square off against England in the first T20I at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Wednesday. Suryakumar Yadav-led team has been a force to reckon with in home conditions and they will look to keep up the good show against the Three Lions.
The Jos Buttler-led team will aim to get the job done in the five-match series. The English players have the IPL experience under their belt and they would aim to make the most of it.
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England captain Jos Buttler needs four sixes to complete 150 maximums in the T20I format.
India captain Suryakumar Yadav needs five sixes to complete 150 maximums in the T20I format.
Washington Sundar needs three wickets to complete 50 scalps in the T20I version.
India’s vice-captain Axar Patel needs two runs to reach the 500-run mark in T20Is.
Sanju Samson needs four sixes to complete 50 maximums in the T20I format.
Arshdeep Singh needs five scalps to become the first Indian bowler to complete 100 wickets in T20Is.
Rinku Singh needs 10 fours to complete 50 boundaries in the shortest format.
England (Playing XI): Ben Duckett, Philip Salt(w), Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Dhruv Jurel, Harshit Rana
England Squad: Ben Duckett, Philip Salt(w), Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood, Brydon Carse, Jamie Smith, Rehan Ahmed