After the lengthy Border-Gavaskar Trophy, team India is set to host England to participate in a T20I series of 5 games. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the Indian side as the wicket-keeper batsman, Jos Butler takes the reins of captaincy for the British side. India and England have faced each other 24 times in T20I history. Of these 24 encounters, team India have won on 13 occasions, whereas, the hosts have 11 wins to their name.
A detailed summary of this 5-match T20I series is provided below:
Schedule
3 T20Is
The T20I matches are scheduled as follows:
1st T20I: January 22, 2025, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2nd T20I: January 25, 2025, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
3rd T20I: January 28, 2025, at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
4th T20I: January 31, 2025, at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
5th T20I: February 2, 2025, at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Timings of all 5 matches:
6:30 pm PST, 7:00 pm IST, and 2:30 pm GMT
Squads
India:
Suryakumar Yadav (captain)
Sanju Samson
Dhruv Jurel
Abhishek Sharma
Tilak Varma
Rinku Singh
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Hardik Pandya
Axar Patel
Washington Sundar
Harshit Rana
Arshdeep Singh
Mohammad Shami
Varun Chakaravarthy
England:
Jos Buttler (captain)
Phil Salt
Ben Duckett
Harry Brook
Jamie Smith
Jacob Bethell
Liam Livingstone
Sam Curran
Mark Wood
Jamie Overton
Rehan Ahmed
Brydon Carse
John Turner
Conclusion
Light should be shed upon the fact that Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali have been omitted from the T20I squad, signaling a potential shift in England’s selection strategy. However, these 5 matches are expected to be filled to brim with excitement and drama, so don’t forget to livestream them!
