IND vs ENG: If this is the case Rinku Singh will be out of the playing XI, will Gambhir's plan work?

By Sandy Verma On Jan 22, 2025

India vs England: The T-20 series between India and England is going to start from Wednesday. The first match of the five-match series will be played at the prestigious Eden Gardens in Kolkata. England's playing eleven has been announced for this match, while India's playing eleven is expected to be decided at the time of the toss. Although the places of many players are fixed in India's playing eleven, but due to a strategy of head coach Gautam Gambhir, the sword is hanging on Rinku Singh.

Shami is returning after a long time

Actually, Gambhir wants more and more all-rounders in the team, be it spinners or fast bowlers. If his theory continues in the first match against England then Rinku Singh will be out of the playing eleven. The names of Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh, who are going to make a comeback as fast bowlers in the team after a long time, are fixed, while the name of Harshit Rana is emerging as the third fast bowler.

Rinku Singh in T20I for India:
38(21), 37*(15), 22*(14), 31*(9), 46(29), 6(8), 68*(39), 14(10), 16*(9), 9*(9), 69*(39)
The finisher. 🔥🤯 pic.twitter.com/qPtbQVfIzf
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 17, 2024

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Nitish Reddy is becoming a threat to Rinku Singh

Apart from this, if Nitish Reddy gets a place in the team as an all-rounder, then Rinku Singh's problems will increase. The team already has vice-captain Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar as spin all-rounders, and Varun Chakraborty's place in the playing eleven as a specialist spinner is also fixed.

India's playing XI could be like this against England: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Nitish Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.

England's playing eleven for the first match- Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.

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