IND vs ENG Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report For 1st T20I

Both teams will be keen to start well.

ByĀ CricTracker Staff

Updated - 22 Jan 2025, 13:03 IST

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India (IND) will take on England (ENG) in the opening T20I match of the England tour of India. This match will be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. This will be the first white-ball series between these two sides since that thrilling three-match T20I series in 2022, in which India came out on top, winning the series 2-1. Defending champions India will take on England in five T20Is from 22 January, in Kolkata, Chennai, Rajkot, Pune, and Mumbai. This promises to be a thrilling series with plenty of records set to be broken and we can expect a lot of high scoring matches. 

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India will be led by Suryakumar Yadav. Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal were both rested from the squad, with Sanju Samson set to take up wicketkeeping responsibilities with Dhruv Jurel being the backup. Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, and Washington Sundar all feature in the squad despite missing the last series in South Africa. Mohammad Shami returns to the side for the first time since WC 2023 and the pacer will be looking to get in some workload before the Champions Trophy. They have a very excting squad.

On the other hand, England have named a full strength squad for this series with Jos Buttler leading the side. The batting order comprises of Duckett, Salt, Brook and Livingstone amongst others. Adil Rashid will lead the spin attack with Rehan in the backup. Jofra Archer and Mark Wood will spearhead the pace bowling attack while Gus Atkinson will provide support. Coach Mcculum who will be taking charge of the white ball setup has confirmed that Jos Buttler will not take the gloves this series and Salt is expected to keep wickets.

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Match Information

India vs England, 1st T20I

England tour of India, 22 Jan 2025, Wed, 7:00 PM IST ,Eden Gardens, Kolkata

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Weather Report

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Haze

27.0Ā°C

44% (Humidity)

Probable Playing XI

India

SV Samson (wk), SA Yadav (C), Tilak Varma, Abhishek Sharma, RK Singh, HH Pandya, K Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, M Shami, Varun Chakravarthy

Bench : DC Jurel, H Rana, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi

England

PD Salt (wk), Jos Buttler (C), Jacob Bethell, HC Brook, BM Duckett, AAP Atkinson, LS Livingstone, J Overton, Jofra Archer, AU Rashid, Mark Wood

Bench : JL Smith, S Mahmood, BA Carse, R Ahmed, JE Root

Injury and availability news

will be added when there is an update

Pitch Report

The surface here will be excellent for batting and there will be plenty of runs on offer with shorter boundaries and quick outfield. Both teams will prefer chasing at this venue.

50%

Pace Bowling

50%

Spin Bowling

55%

Batting Pitch

181

Average Score

45%

Bowling Pitch

Player Picks

9
C

Suryakumar Yadav IND | BAT

Suryakumar Yadav has played 78 matches to date in his T20 career and has scored 2,570 runs, with an average of 41 and will be a good captaincy pick.

9
C

Jos Buttler ENG | WK

Jos Buttler has played 129 matches to date in his T20 career and has scored 3,389 runs, with an average of 36. Jos Buttler has hit 310 fours and 146 sixes in this format.

9

Hardik Pandya IND | ALL

Hardik Pandya has played 109 matches to date in his T20 career and has scored 1,700 runs, with an average of 28. He will also bowl medium pace.

8

Liam Livingstone ENG | ALL

Liam Livingstone has played 55 matches to date in his T20 career and has scored 881 runs, with an average of 27. He will be a top pick.

9

Jofra Archer ENG | BOWL

Jofra Archer has played 29 matches to date in his T20 career and he took 35 wickets, with an average of 22.74, conceding nearly 7.53 runs per over with a best individual figure of 4 for 33

7

Tilak Varma IND | BAT

Sanju Samson will open the batting and scored 2 centuries in the previous T20I tour of South Africa. He will be a handy budget pick.

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6.5

Harry Brook

ENG | BAT

8.5

Rehan Ahmed

ENG | BOWL

Teams will be updated after Toss

Last Updated On - Jan 22 2025 1:03 PM

Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

6 : 5

ENG

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11/100

Head To Head
Philip Salt

6.5

Sanju Samson
VC

8.5

Jos Buttler
C

9

Suryakumar Yadav

9

Tilak Varma

7

Liam Livingstone

8

Hardik Pandya

9

Adil Rashid

7.5

Mark Wood

8.5

Mohammed Shami

8

Varun Chakravarthy

8

Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

6 : 5

ENG

Credits Left
9/100

Mega League
Philip Salt

6.5

Sanju Samson

8.5

Jos Buttler

9

Ben Duckett

9

Suryakumar Yadav
C

9

Tilak Varma

7

Liam Livingstone

8

Hardik Pandya
VC

9

Jofra Archer

9

Mohammed Shami

8

Varun Chakravarthy

8

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