IND vs ENG: A five-match T20 series will be played between India and England before the Champions Trophy 2025. Both the teams have been announced for this. India and England have players who can change the course of the match in just a few balls. The first match will be played at Kolkata’s historic Eden Gardens ground. Both the teams have reached Kolkata for this. Let us know how Team India’s T20 record is on the Kolkata ground.
India dominates T20 on Kolkata ground
The Indian team has a good record in T20 on the Kolkata ground. Team India has played a total of 7 matches here, out of which it has won 6 and lost one. India lost the last T20 match here 14 years ago in 2011 against England. Then under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Team India had to face defeat by 6 wickets. This was also the only T20 match played between India and England on the Kolkata ground. Since the year 2011, Team India has played a total of 6 T20 matches here. The Indian team has won all of these.
IND vs ENG Indian team has the upper hand
A total of 24 T20 International matches have been played between India and England so far, out of which India has won 13 and England has won 11. In this way, Team India has the upper hand. The last T20 match between the two teams was the semi-final match of the T20 World Cup 2024, in which India won by 68 runs. In this match, Axar Patel took three wickets and won the match for the team on his own.
IND vs ENG: Playing 11 in the first T20
India: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel/Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.
England: Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
Indian team for T20 series
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).
