Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson
IND vs ENG: The T20I series between India and England will start from January 22 at Eden Garden, Kolkata. A total of 5 T20I matches will be played in this series for which Team India has already been announced. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India would like to start the new year on a grand note because this is the first home series of the year 2025. The responsibility of vice-captain has been given to Akshar Patel for this series. The responsibility of opening for Team India lies on the shoulders of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma. Both the players are certain to play in the opening but there is no clarity regarding the order of the remaining players. This is what Team India’s vice-captain Akshar Patel has to say.
Indian vice-captain Akshar Patel has made a big revelation on January 20 regarding the batting order of Team India for the T20I series against England. Akshar Patel said that the positions of openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma are fixed, but the batsmen from number one to number seven will have to be ready to play at any number. He said that all players should be flexible enough to use floaters as per the match situation.
opening pair decided
Asked about batting order floaters ahead of the first T20I in Kolkata, the all-rounder replied that the openers are settled. Then all the players from number three to number seven were told that you can play any number according to the combination and the circumstances in the match. There is no fixed location. Not just for me, but it’s the same for everyone. It’s all about combinations as per the game. Akshar said that the T20 team has been decided. There is not much pressure. When you are in a leadership group you have to make some tough decisions. We discuss it.
Complete schedule of India vs England T20I series (5 T20Is)
- India vs England, 1st T20I: 22 January 2025, Kolkata (Eden Gardens)
- India vs England, 2nd T20I: 25 January 2025, Chennai (MA Chidambaram Stadium)
- India vs England, 3rd T20I: 28 January 2025, Rajkot (Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium)
- India vs England, 4th T20I: 31 January 2025, Pune (Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium)
- India vs England, 5th T20I: 02 February 2025, Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium)
The squads of both the teams are as follows:-
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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