India performed astonishingly well in the test matches. Though the team lost the first test match by a huge difference of 227 runs, it had dominated the visitors in the next three matches and secured three consequent victories. The performances of players like Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Washington Sundar stood out to be show stoppers and made the series all the more entertaining.
The T20I tournament that is part of the bilateral series will commence from the 12th of March 2021 in the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Cricket lovers live for the adrenaline rush that T20Is offer. The fact that the England tour of India comprises of 5 T20Is, incited a celebration among the fans. Now that the matches are beginning, the excitement levels are through the roof.
The first T20I is scheduled on the 12th of March and will be live at 7 PM IST on YuppTV. The rest of the matches are scheduled on alternate days till the 20th of March after which the ODIs begin. The squads for both nations have been announced recently.
Here’s the list of players on both teams.
India T20I Squad: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (WK), Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, T Natarajan, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, and Navdeep Saini.
England T20I Squad: Eoin Morgan (C), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Reece Topley, and Mark Wood.
Given that India is on a victory high after securing the Test series and moving up to the top of the ICC Test Rankings Table, they might face the England T20I team confidently. The Indian team is currently in the second position of the ICC T20I Rankings and will be aiming to top the charts. Though the England team lost the test series against India, the fact that the team’s T20I game is extravagant might help them to start afresh and assert their dominance right from the beginning.
Historically, these kinds of battles between the top two teams in cricket on any other sport have never been disappointing and it is highly unlikely that that legacy is going to change. So, the answer to the question of whether the visitors get their revenge or whether the hosts continue their dominance is most likely to be an entertaining one and will be revealed tonight.
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