India vs England Live Score, Live Cricket Score, 1st T20I in Motera Live Updates: England win! The visitors record an empathetic eight-wicket victory in the first of five T20I. Malan finished it off in style with a six on the ground. England are up 1-0 in the series. Roy, Buttler, Malan and Bairstow made the chase look a breeze, completing it with 27 balls remaining.
Advance: A combination of favorable results for the present and finding the perfect match for the near future will be India’s main effort as they face a full-on England in a five-game T20 international series that begins here on Friday.
For skipper Virat Kohli, the main objective will be to get an idea of his main group of players who will participate in the ICC T20 World Cup in October. And he couldn’t have expected better opposition than a world-class English white-ball team under Eoin Morgan, ready to be much more challenging on flatter tracks that promise a racing feast.
“This is a fantastic opportunity for us to play in the conditions in which we will play the World Cup,” England’s explosive hitter-goalkeeper Jos Buttler said recently, ignoring the debacle that was the Test series.
For Indian Vice Captain Rohit Sharma, it’s all about focusing on the present.
“If we focus on the present, the future will take care of itself. It is a long series and it is important to see where we are as a team and individually,” said Rohit.
While there are more advantages to having multiple options, fashionably described as a “happy headache” for any captain, there are some pitfalls that come with such a situation. The Indian team understands this perfectly, having burned their hands during the 2019 World Cup.
It was an event where until the last moment, they didn’t have a number four set.
Virat Kohli and Eoin Morgan will lead India and England respectively in the T20I series. AP / AFP
However, on the eve of the first International T20, skipper Virat Kohli made it clear that his understudy Rohit Sharma and flamboyant KL Rahul will be the first-choice opening combination set for the Worlds T20 with Shikhar Dhawan in reserve.
“If Rohit plays then it’s simple. KL (Rahul) and Rohit have been consistently performing at the top of the order for us and those two will start,” Kohli was unequivocal in his response that the experienced Shikhar Dhawan will have to wait.
“In one situation, Rohit rests and KL has a problem or something, Shikhi (Dhawan’s nickname in the team) obviously comes in as the third starter, but the starting composition, Rohit and Rahul will be the ones to start.”
While Suryakumar Yadav is a sentimental favorite for many after last year’s IPL and his subsequent non-selection for the Australia tour, his Mumbaikar partner Shreyas Iyer looks like a likely starter in at least the first two games in that order space. middle at n. 4 or 5. depending on the situation of the match.
The Motera track will certainly be a flat platform, accommodating the needs of the shorter format and with plenty of hitting power on both sides, the Ahmedabad skyline could witness a lot of fireworks from both ends.
Whether it’s Vice-Captain Rohit, the indomitable duo of Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya for the hosts, or Captain Morgan, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan and Jason Roy at the other end, the white kookaburra could be found in the stands with more often. no.
With Thangarasu Natarajan unavailable in the bowling department, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will once again lead the attack alongside another high-ranking Yuzvendra Chahal as a company.
With England’s weakness against well-documented slow bowlers under these conditions, Chahal could have both Washington Sundar and Axar Patel for company, leaving Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar and Navdeep Saini in a three-way battle.
For England, the cue ball format introduces them to multi-skilled cricketers like Stokes, Sam Curran and IPL auction sensation Moeen Ali for starters, who can change the complexion of any game in any department.
Add in specialists like pacemakers Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Chris Jordan and Adil Rashid doll, it will be a competition in which India can never be ranked as a firm favorite.
The next week and a half would be an indication of which direction the teams are heading in preparations for this year’s flagship event.
Squads:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (week), Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Sharddeul Thakur Saini, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Tewatia, Ishan Kishan (reserve caregiver).
England: Eoin Morgan (captain), Joss Buttler, Jason Roy, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Chris Jordan, Mark Wood, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Jonny Bairstow, Jofra Goalkeeper.
The match starts at 7pm.
With PTI inputs
