London: India is ready to make up for the fatigue of having to share the title with the defeat in the final match of the five-match Test cricket series. The first match of the three-match Twenty20 series against England is today in Southampton. England, who are fielding a completely different team from the Test team, are also full of confidence. The match starts at 10.30 PM IST and will be watched live on Sony channels.
Captain Rohit Sharma, who missed the fifth Test due to Covid-19, is leading India today. Meanwhile, pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant and former captain Virat Kohli, who led the team instead of Rohit at Edgbaston, are not in the team. The rested three, two and three are in the T20I squad.
Malayali player Sanju Samson, who played in the second Twenty20 against Ireland, is in the team for the first match against England. However, the fans are looking forward to whether Sanju will get a place in the group of a handful of players who are in good form. In the last T20 against Ireland where he made a huge score, Sanju had a brilliant batting performance with a half-century (77). The star’s first half-century in international T20 was scored against Ireland. Sanju also tried to correct his personal high score of 39 runs in the blue shirt.
Sanju’s place in the final eleven is balanced by the excess of wicketkeepers in the team. Ishan Kishan and veteran player Dinesh Karthik are in the team. The only consolation is that Rishabh Pant was rested in the first game. In today’s match, Ishan Kishan is most likely to be the opener along with captain Rohit Sharma. If Sanju is considered as one down, he has a tough competition with Deepak Hooda. Hooda’s century performance in the series against Ireland and being an all-rounder gives him the upper hand. Later, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardika Pandya and Dinesh Karthik have taken their place. After that the bowlers will line up. With this, it is indicated that Sanju’s place in the final eleven is in the balance. In the series of three matches, one team has been announced for the first match and another team for the second and third matches.
The English team will enter the field under the captaincy of firework batsman Jos Buttler. The peculiarity is that not a single player who was in the Test team is not in England’s T20 team. But the England team is rich in players who have shown talent in the children’s cricket.
Indian team for first T20I
Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Rituraj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Akshar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harsh Patel Khan, Arshdeep Singh and Umran Malik.
Teams for matches two and three
Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Akshar Patel, Ravi Bishno Bhoy, Jaspreet Bumrah, Arushu Kumar Khan, Harshal Patel and Umran Malik.
England Team: Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Richard Gleeson, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingston, David Malone, Tymal Mills, Matthew Parkinson, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, David Willey.