The first match of the 5-match T20 series between India and England was washed out due to rain. In this match played at Riverside Ground, Chester Lee Street, Team India won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 189 runs losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. After this, rain came while the England team was batting and the match was cancelled. Now both the teams are going to face each other at the Old Trafford Ground in Manchester. Let us know what is the T20 record of the Indian team on this ground.
India’s T20 record in Manchester
2 T20 matches have been played between India and England at Old Trafford, in which both the teams are tied at 1-1. The first encounter between the two teams in T20 format on this ground took place in 2011. At that time, Team India was being captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the command of England was in the hands of Stuart Broad. In that match, the Indian team won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 165 runs thanks to the aggressive innings of debutant Ajinkya Rahane (61 runs in 39 balls). Suresh Raina contributed 33 runs, while Rahul Dravid contributed 31 runs. England, in reply, won the match by scoring 169 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 19.3 overs. This was the only T20 International match of Rahul Dravid’s career.
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After 7 years, India took revenge of this defeat under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. In that opening match of the 3-match series, Team India won the toss and invited England to bat first and restricted them to the score of 159/8. Kuldeep Yadav took 5 wickets. In the run chase, the Indian team lost the wicket of opener Shikhar Dhawan in the very first over. However, KL Rahul scored unbeaten 101 runs in 54 balls and gave the team an easy victory by 8 wickets. Kohli scored unbeaten 20 runs in 22 balls. 32 runs came from the bat of Rohit Sharma.
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Probable playing XI of both the teams for the second T20:
India – Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma/Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Suryansh Shedge, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty.
England – Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Harry Brook (captain), Jacob Bethel, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer.
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