IND vs ENG Dream11 prediction 1st T20I: India would look to put behind the disappointments of the Test series loss in Australia and look forward to the upcoming white-ball season. It will kick off with a five-match T20I series against England, followed by a three-ODI series against the same opposition, which will lead into the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
India are the reigning T20 world champs, having won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 last year. Then, under new skipper Suryakumar Yadav, India won three consecutive T20I series against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and South Africa.
England, too, would be high on confidence, having beaten West Indies in West Indies in a T20I series by 3-1.
The first T20I of the IND vs ENG series will be played in Kolkata at the Eden Gardens, which produced high-scoring matches in the IPL 2024 season.
India vs England T20I head-to-head:
In 24 T20Is between India and England, India won 13, and England won 11.
India vs England 1st T20I Date and time:
Date: January 22, Wednesday
Time: 7:00 PM IST / 01:30 PM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
IND vs ENG predicted XIs:
India predicted XI:
Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel (vc), Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi
England predicted XI:
Jos Buttler (c, wk), Phil Salt (wk), Jacob Bethell, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Adil Rashid, Brydon Carse, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Rehan Ahmed
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India vs England pitch report:
Eden Gardens is a heavily batting-friendly venue. The flat surface and the short boundary dimensions make Eden Gardens a batting paradise. The average innings score in Kolkata in IPL 2024 was 209.
India vs England Dream11 Captaincy Prediction:
Sanju Samson is our suggested Dream11 captaincy choice for the IND vs ENG 1st T20I. Samson has been in great T20I form recently. He smashed three centuries in his last five T20I innings; two of them were in South Africa. In IPL 2024, he scored 531 runs at an average of 48. Samson could also give fantasy points through his wicketkeeping.
IND vs ENG Dream11 prediction 1st T20I: 3 players to watch out for:
The 3 players to watch out for in the India vs England 1st T20I are Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, and Phil Salt.
India vs England 1st T20I prediction: Who will win?
For the India vs England match prediction, we predict that India will defeat England in the 1st T20I of the series.
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