Gautam Gambhir reached world famous Kalighat before Kolkata T20, sought blessings of Mother Goddess and prayed for victory.

Cricket News Desk. Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir visited the world famous Kalighat temple in Kolkata. During this time his staff was also with him. Kalighat Temple is one of the 51 Shaktipeeths. It is believed that the toe of the right foot of Mata Sati had fallen here and hence it became a Shaktipeeth. Gambhir has deep faith in Mother Kali, whenever he comes to Kolkata he does not forget to visit Kalighat temple. This time Gambhir is in Kolkata for the T20 series against England.

The first match of the five-match T20 series will be played at Eden Gardens. After this, there will also be a three-match ODI series which will prove to be an important practice for the Champions Trophy starting in Pakistan from February 19. After this, the second T20 will be played in Chennai on 25 January, in Rajkot on 28 January, in Pune on 31 January and in Mumbai on 2 February.

Gautam Gambhir is under a lot of pressure
The defeat in the home Test series against New Zealand and the Border Gavaskar Trophy defeat after 10 years have raised question marks on Gautam Gambhir's coaching style. The team has still not forgotten the sorrow of not reaching the final of the World Test Championship for the third consecutive time, after which the BCCI has issued strict guidelines to restore discipline in the team. The Indian team would like to prepare for the Champions Trophy by touring England.

Indian team: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Axar Patel, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel

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