🏏India XI vs England XI: 2nd T20I at Birmingham at 7:00 PM IST 🏏

🏏India XI vs England XI:2nd T20I at Birmingham 🏏

England look to bounce back as Kohli, Bumrah and Pant return for India.

No expectation of wholesale changes for England despite their malfunction at the Ageas Bowl.

Bowlers from each side will have to take extra responsibility. Indian pacers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya have already hit the headline after the first match. The inclusion of Jasprit Bumrah in the second match will give some extra strength.

After winning the first game quite in style, India will eye to seal the deal when they will square off with England for the second T20 International of the three-match encounter on Saturday at the Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham at 7:00 PM IST. Earlier, both teams met at the same venue for the rescheduled Test when England outplayed the visitors in the red ball fixture.

Edgbaston, known as the ‘Fortress of England’, provides a bowling-friendly surface where the batters may have to face extra swings. While the first T20 saw India making a huge 198-run total, the second match can be a low-scoring one. The longer boundary can make the batters struggle for clearing the rope during the shortest format clash.

IND Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik

ENG Squad: Jos Buttler (Captain), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, David Willey, Richard Gleeson, Philip Salt, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Matthew Parkinson, Reece Topley.

India forum the WIN. 

And hoping Rohit and Virat Kohli makes quick fire 50+ runs. Will it be too much to expect 225+ score in the event India bats first?

Weather Update: 

India vs England Second T20 International is set to take place at Birmingham’s Edgbaston. The weather condition will be clear during the matchday. There is no chance of rain during the T20 clash. The temperature will hover between 11-23 degrees Celsius during the day. The wind speed can go around 16 km/h.

Pitch Report:

The pitch at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground is a batting-friendly surface and is anticipated to assist the batters once again here. Pacers might get some assistance towards the latter half of the match while spinners will be crucial in the middle overs.

Average 1st innings score:

The average first innings score on this wicket is 170 runs.

Record of chasing teams:

The team batting second doesn’t enjoy good records here. They have a winning percentage of 20 on this track.

Jos Buttler is a right-handed batsman from England who leads the team. He got out on a duck in the last game but can score big in the upcoming match.

Moeen Ali is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler from England. He smashed 36 runs and hunted 2 wickets in the last match. He will be an essential pick to consider for this match as well.

Hardik Pandya is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler from India. He hammered 51 runs and grabbed 4 wickets in the last game. He will be among the top fantasy picks for this game.

Yuzvendra Chahal is a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break India. He took 2 wickets in the last match and can come in handy once again here.

Despite his fallow run of form, Kohli's recent T20I form against England has been impressive. In the 2021 home series, he made scores of 73* (49), 77* (46), and 80* (52) in three of the last four matches.

Chris Jordan's two wickets in the first T20I enabled him to overtake Adil Rashid and become England's top wicket-taker in T20Is, with 82.

Roy needs 50 more runs to reach 1500 in T20Is for England.

Hardik needs three more wickets to reach 50 in T20Is for India.

England has won each of the three previous T20Is it has contested at Edgbaston, against South Africa in 2012, India in 2014 and Australia in 2018

The Edgbaston T20I will be shown live on the BBC in the UK, one of two free-to-air England men's fixtures per season under the new ECB rights deal.

England won the toss and chose to field.

Final XI:

England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Jos Buttler (capt & wk), 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Liam Livingstone, 6 Harry Brook, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Chris Jordan, 9 David Willey, 10 Richard Gleeson, 11 Matt Parkinson

India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Rishabh Pant (wk), 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Dinesh Karthik, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harshal Patel, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

Thank you for tag Raji 🤗

I will join you guys post match presentation 👍🏼

Originally posted by: Savera84

Final XI:

England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Jos Buttler (capt & wk), 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Liam Livingstone, 6 Harry Brook, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Chris Jordan, 9 David Willey, 10 Richard Gleeson, 11 Matt Parkinson

India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Rishabh Pant (wk), 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Dinesh Karthik, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harshal Patel, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

When Rahul will recover, how will they fit him here🤔