India will again try to defeat England to maintain its 10-year record, know who is ahead in head to head?

The first match of the 5-match T20 series between India and England will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Both the teams have completed their preparations before the match to be held on Wednesday (January 22). India's captaincy is in the hands of Suryakumar Yadav and England's captaincy is in the hands of Jos Buttler. Both teams would like to start the series with a win. Defending champions India have not lost a single series since winning the T20 World Cup in Barbados.

Shami's return is the biggest news

The biggest news in the team for the five-match series is that fast bowler Mohammed Shami is returning to international cricket after 14 months. Key members of the Test team, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant have been rested, while Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy have returned to the team. Dhruv Jurel is the new face in the team, who will replace Jitesh Sharma as the second wicketkeeper.

head to head record
Matches played: 24
India won: 13
England won: 11

India has been unbeaten in the series against England for 10 years

The Indian cricket team has not lost a Test series against England for 10 years. England had defeated India 1-0 in a one-match series at home in 2014. Since then, Team India has lost 4 consecutive series.

Results of T20 series between the two countries

2022- India won the 3-match series 2-1.
2021- India won the 5-match series 3-2.
2018- India won the 3-match series 2-1
2017- India won the 3-match series 2-1.
2014- England won the one-match series 1-0.
2012- The two-match series is tied at 1-1.
2011- England won the one-match series 1-0.
2011- England won the one-match series 1-0.

pitch and weather report

It always rains runs at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Even during IPL, big scores were seen here. Eden Gardens is known for its batting-friendly pitches. Dew will play an important role in the match. It will be very easy to chase runs here. As far as the weather is concerned during the match, it is expected to remain clear. There is no chance of rain and the temperature is likely to remain between 16 to 27 degrees Celsius.

Probable playing 11 of both the teams

India: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty.

England: Jos Buttler (captain and wicketkeeper), Phil Salt, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith, Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood.

Both teams for the series are as follows.

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

England: 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.