T20WC 2026 ENG vs ITA Playing 11: Harry Brook-led England will square off against Harry Manenti-led Italy in the 29th match of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 on February 16 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
England secured wins against Nepal and Scotland, but suffered a defeat against the West Indies.
Meanwhile, Italy suffered a defeat against Scotland while securing a stunning 10-wicket victory against Nepal.
Both sides will be aiming for the second spot in the Group C of the T20 World Cup 2026 points table to become the second team to qualify for super 8s in the group.
England won the toss and opted to bat. Speaking on the toss, Harry Brook said, “We’re going to have a bat today. We feel like it’s the right decision. There isn’t much in it stat-wise, so yeah, we just have to have a bat today.”
” I think in our case, the batters especially being fearless, looking to take it to the opposition and put them under pressure and thinking about the result rather than the risk,” added Brook.
While he asked about today England Cricket Team players list, Brook said, “Same team. I think everybody knows that we haven’t, but we’ve managed to scrape through in a couple of games, which has been vital. So yeah, hopefully we can have a good performance today.”
On the other hand, Harry Manenti said, “We were going to bowl anyway, so it works nicely. We’ll toss and choose which one we go, and I didn’t have to make a choice in the end, so it worked out nicely.”
We win the toss AGAIN 😂
Batting first and unchanged in Kolkata 🦁
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) February 16, 2026
“Yeah, the boys have been excellent. Everyone’s up and about. We’ve had a really nice few days after a win just to settle back down and have a look at this game today. Obviously, massive game against England, but coming off the win gives us a bit of confidence and knowing we can take it there today.”
“Yeah, we’re really confident at the moment. I think we came into this performance pretty confident. We didn’t quite hit Scotland the way we wanted to, but coming in today, we’re a little bit more calm and realising what we can do when we execute our skills.”
“We are unchanged. Manenti gave update on Madsen, “Yeah, Wano’s tracking well. He’s obviously not going to be ready today. He’s going to try again in a few days’ time, get his wrist in, so fingers crossed.”
Before the match begins, don’t forget to read the detailed Eden Gardens weather report for today.
T20WC 2026 ENG vs ITA Playing 11
England Playing 11: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid
Italy Playing 11: Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, JJ Smuts, Harry Manenti(c), Ben Manenti, Marcus Campopiano, Grant Stewart, Gian Meade(w), Jaspreet Singh, Crishan Kalugamage, Ali Hasan
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