IND vs ENG: Teams of India and England reached Kolkata for the first T20I, the match will be held in Eden Garden after three years.

sports desk: The first match of the five-match T20 series against England will be played on January 22 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The Indian team and the England team have reached Kolkata for the match to be held on 22 January. The first T20I match is going to be played at the historic Eden Gardens after three years. England team's all-rounder Liam Livingston first reached Kolkata. He was playing South Africa T20 League. He came directly to India from South Africa.

🚨 England Cricket Team have Reached India for the 5 T20s and 3 ODIs.#INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/OPoiem5GYg

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The remaining members of the England team captained by Jos Buttler arrived here in the evening from Dubai. Team India players have come from their respective cities. Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh 4. Arrived at 30. After that came Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma. Head coach Gautam Gambhir and the rest of the players arrived in the evening.

Mohammed Shami and all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who are returning to international cricket after about fourteen months, will arrive late in the night. Both teams will participate in three practice sessions before the first match. The second T20 will be played in Chennai on January 25, the third on January 28, the fourth match on January 31 and the fifth match on February 2 in Mumbai.

Indian team against England

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).

England team for T20I series

Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.

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