IND vs ENG Dream11 prediction 2nd T20I, Playing 11, Top Pick

IND vs ENG Dream11 prediction 2nd T20I: The Indian cricket team continued their winning juggernaut in T20Is under Suryakumar Yadav by defeating Jos Buttler’s England comprehensively by 7 wickets in the first match of the five-T20I series that was played in Kolkata on Wednesday.

India, who have won three series in a row under Suryakumar, took a 1-0 lead over England with a thumping victory at the Eden Gardens.

The bowlers first restricted the visitors to a below-par score of only 132, with Varun Chakravarthy shining again with the ball for taking 3/23. Axar, Hardik, and Arshdeep took two wickets each. Buttler waged a lone battle for England with 68, while no other English batsman scored more than 17. The chase was made a breeze by Abhishek Sharma as the young opener blasted 79 runs off 34 balls, with five fours and eight sixes.

The second T20I will be played in Chennai on Saturday.

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India vs England T20I head-to-head:

In 25 T20Is between India and England, India won 14, and England claimed 11 victories.

India vs England 2nd T20I Date and time:

Date: January 25, Saturday
Time: 7:00 PM IST / 01:30 PM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

IND vs ENG predicted XIs:

India predicted XI:

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi/Mohammed Shami

England predicted XI:

Philip Salt (wk), Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood/Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid

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India vs England pitch report:

The surface in Chennai is generally known to be spin-friendly, but in the last IPL season, it was a balanced pitch that got better for batting in the second innings.

The average innings score at the Chepauk in IPL 2024 was 170. In fact, pacers had a better bowling average than spinners here in the tournament last year. The chasing side won six out of nine matches.

India vs England Dream11 Captaincy Prediction:

India opener and keeper Sanju Samson is a great option for Dream11 captaincy for the IND vs ENG 2nd T20I. Samson has been in terrific form in T20Is in the last couple of series. He notched up three centuries across five innings before this series. In the first T20I, he scored 26 runs. Samson also earns valuable fantasy points through his keeping.

IND vs ENG Dream11 prediction 2nd T20I: 3 players to watch out for:

The 3 players to watch out for in the India vs England 2nd T20I are Sanju Samson, Varun Chakravarthy, and Jos Buttler.

India vs England 2nd T20I prediction: Who will win?

For the India vs England match prediction, we predict that India will defeat England in the 2nd T20I of the series.