Jos Buttler and Suryakumar Yadav
India vs England 1st T20: The first match of the T20 series between India and England will be played on January 22 at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. Both the teams have an army of star players, who can change the course of the match in just a few balls. The last T20 match between these two teams took place in the T20 World Cup 2024. Then India defeated England by 68 runs in the semi-finals. Now both the teams are face to face once again. In such a situation, let us know whom the pitch of Kolkata ground can help.
Batsmen may get help
The pitch of Eden Gardens has always been no less than a heaven for the batsmen. Here the ball comes on the bat with bounce. For this reason, batting becomes easy on this ground and a lot of fours and sixes are seen. If there is dew in the match, it may cause trouble for the bowlers. For this reason, the Indian team can field with 2 spinners and three fast bowlers in the playing eleven. The Kolkata pitch can help the batsmen.
The role of toss can be important
A total of 12 T20 International matches have been played so far on the ground of Eden Gardens, Kolkata, out of which the team batting first has won 5. Whereas in 7 matches the team bowling first has won. In such a situation, the role of toss can be important. The average score of the first innings on this ground has been 155 runs and the average score of the second innings has been 137 runs.
Pakistani team had made the highest total
The Pakistani team holds the record of making the highest total in T20I on this ground. The team had scored 201 runs in the T20I match against Bangladesh in 2016. The record of making the smallest score is in the name of Bangladesh. Bangladesh scored 70 runs in the T20I match against New Zealand in 2016.
The Indian team holds the record of chasing the highest score and defending the lowest score on the Kolkata ground. India chased the score of 162 runs in the T20I match against West Indies in the year 2022.
Squad of both the teams for T20 series:
India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper).
England: Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
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