After a draw t20 series and an embarrassing loss in a test, the Indian team will be stepping on the ground with an approach of leaving no stone unturned against the English team led by Jos Buttler.
The ICC T20 world cup is just 3 months away and India has already experimented with a lot of new players. All thanks to India’s talent-supplying agency the Indian Premier League.
When the Indian selection committee thought experimenting with new players was not enough, they tried amending leadership.
Rishabh Pant, who has led the Delhi capitals twice, was handed over the responsibility against South Africa and Hardik Pandya who effortlessly won the IPL 2022 title was tried against Ireland.
Hardik got India success, however, Rishabh had to be satisfied with a draw after rain washed out the decider.
After a draw t20 series and an embarrassing loss in a test, the Indian team will be stepping on the ground with an approach of leaving no stone unturned against the English team led by Jos Buttler.
Captain Rohit Sharma who missed out on the final test after testing positive for covid-19 is expected to make a comeback, which probably means his Mumbai Indians partner could accompany him to open the innings.
Virat Kohli who is not in the best of his form will be eying for that one knock that could give him the confidence that he is lacking for quite some time now.
Rahul Tripathi and Arshdeep Singh who are yet to play in blue may have to wait a bit more according to reports.
Umran Malik who has 1 wicket in two games is likely to be in the 11 after his heroic in the 2nd t20 against Ireland where he defended 17 runs in the last over during a high-scoring game.
India Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (capt), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik/Arshdeep Singh
England Probable XI: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (capt & wk), Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt/Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Reece Topley, Matt Parkinson
The game will be played at Rose Bowl, Southampton. England, starting to stream at 10:30 PM at Sony Sports and Sony Liv.
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