India vs England 2025, 2nd T20I – Match Preview

India will square off against England in the second T20I at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Saturday. India registered a convincing seven wickets in the opening game and they would look to continue the good show whereas England would aim to bounce back in the series.

We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current form of England: L NR L W W 

England batters could not get going against the spinners and the openers were also kept at bay by Arshdeep Singh. The visitors must come up with an improved batting show to challenge the potent Indian team.

Current form of India: W W W L W 

India was at their absolute best in the opening game as they delivered with both bat and ball. Varun Chakravarthy (3-23) and Abhishek Sharma (79 off 34 balls) were the stars of the previous game. 

Head to Head: Matches: 25, Won by India: 14, Won by England: 11.

Players to look out for: Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, and Arshdeep Singh will be the crucial players for India.

Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, and Mark Wood will be the key players for England.

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