India vs England- ENG Playing 11 vs IND (Predicted)- India tour of England 2022, 1st T20I

India vs England- ENG Playing 11 vs IND (Predicted)- India tour of England 2022, 1st T20I. India and England will face each other in the 1st T20I on 7th July 2022 at 10:30 pm IST in The Rose Bowl, Southampton. England has lost only one T20I series on their home soil after 2017 and it is against India in 2018. India has a 19-5 win-loss record in the T20Is played after 2021. India and England have an 8-8 win-loss record in bilateral T20I matches.

England won the rescheduled 5th Test match by 7 wickets and went on to level the series 2-2. Now, both teams will move to the T20I format, and the Test result will have very little bearing on this match as no player in the Test squad from either side is set to play this match.

Both teams are out there to test their bench strength and find the right balance in their squad ahead of the 2022 T20I World Cup later this year. India has been dominating the T20I circuit off late and England’s only nemesis in T20Is has been India on their home ground.

Jos Buttler is all set to take the full-time captaincy for the England side from this series. He will partner with Jason Roy at the top. Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone, and Moeen Ali will slot in as the middle-order batters on the team. Sam Curran, David Willey, and Harry Brook will fight out for the lower order batter’s position. Phil Salt is another wicket-keeping option.

Chris Jordan, Reece Topley, Sam Curran, and David Willey are expected to make the four-man pace attack for the team with Tymal Mills in the reserve in the squad. Matthew Parkinson will partner Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone for the spin bowling department for the team.

Yorkshire spinner Adil Rashid has been given permission by the ECB to miss both limited-overs series to make The Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Joe Root and Ben Stokes have been named to the ODI squad. Jos Buttler would be leading England after being named white-ball skipper on Thursday, following Eoin Morgan’s retirement from international cricket.

England and India will face off in three T20Is after the ongoing rescheduled fifth Test between the two teams at Edgbaston in Birmingham. The T20Is will be played on July 7 at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, July 9 at Edgbaston, and July 10 at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge.

The series will be the first for another Lancashire player, Richard Gleeson, who got picked for the first time in the England squad. The seamer will also likely make his debut as three matches will be played in 4 days.

England Predicted XI:- Jos Buttler (C, WK), Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Chris Jordan, Reece Topley, Sam Curran, David Willey, Matthew Parkinson.

 

India vs England- ENG Playing 11 vs IND (Predicted)- India tour of England 2022, 1st T20I

Jos Buttler

Jos Buttler has been part of England’s white-ball teams for over a decade. He played his first T20I game in 2011 and made his ODI debut a year later. He has been appointed full-time skipper in place of retired Eoin Morgan in white-ball limited-overs cricket.

The wicketkeeper-batsman has been an integral part of the set-up, having been a vice-captain since 2015, and has led the team 14 times previously (9 ODIs and 5 T20Is). He has represented England 151 times in ODIs scoring 4,120 runs at an average of 41.20, including 10 hundred. In T20 internationals, he has won 88 caps scoring 2,140 runs with an average of 34.51. He managed 248 runs in only 3 ODIs against the Netherlands in the preceding ODI series. Phil Salt also scored 248 runs.

Jason Roy

The 31-year-old South Africa-born English cricketer Jason Roy pulled out of the IPL 2022 to spend some time with his family. He played a match-winning 73-run innings against the Netherlands in the second ODI on Sunday (June 19).

During his stay at the crease, he hammered 13 boundaries and a six. He added 139 runs for the first wicket with fellow opener Phil Salt and set the stage for England’s 6-wicket win that also helped them to seal the series. He scored 175 runs in 3 ODIs against Netherlands averaging 87.5. The opener has played 58 T20Is amassing 1446 runs and averages a modest 24.93. His strike rate is awesome- 143.45.

Dawid Malan

Dawid Malan created a new record in the first ODI vs the Netherlands as he raced away to his maiden hundred in the 50-over-format in just 91 deliveries. Jos Buttler also reached his fifty in 27 balls, kept attacking, reached the three-figure mark in just 47 balls, and ultimately remained unbeaten on 162.

Phil Salt also scored 122 runs off just 93 deliveries. Dawid Malan became only the 2nd English men’s cricketer to score centuries in all three formats after Jos Buttler. Dawid Malan has played 22 Tests, 9 ODIs, and 36 T20Is. He averages a stunning 53.17 in ODIs and 41.3 in T20Is. He has exactly 1 century in each format of the game.

Liam Livingstone

Liam Livingstone, who has played 6 ODIs and 17 T20Is will feature in the limited-overs series against India, starting with the first T20I on July 7th. The spin-bowling all-rounder has been in sublime form with the bat of late. He recently smashed the fastest ODI fifty (off 17 balls) by an Englishman against the Netherlands at Amstelveen.

Liam Livingstone was one of the most expensive players in the IPL 2022 mega auction, fetching INR 11.5 crore from Punjab Kings, and he lived up to expectations. The 28-year-old scored 437 runs at a strike rate of 182.08 in 14 games, averaging 36.41. He had only managed 112 runs in nine innings between 2019 and 2021.

Moeen Ali

Moeen Ali had moderate success while batting as he averages only 18.74 in 49 T20Is. He averages a shade above 25 in 115 ODIs and 64 Tests. While bowling, his average of 25.88 is better than ODIs (50.12) and Tests (36.66). He has picked 33 scalps in the shortest format.

 

Harry Brook

Harry Brook, 23 years batter who can bowl medium-pace has played only 1 T20I to date scoring 10 runs off 13 balls. He is yet to pick a wicket though. Harry Brook featured in England’s U19 squad during the 2018 U19 World Cup. He will face tough competition from Phil Salt though.

Phil Salt averages 58.67 in 6 ODIs and 20 in 3 T20Is. He had hit a ton against the minnows- the Netherlands. But since he is a keeper and can’t bowl, Harry Brook may be preferred ahead of him.

Chris Jordan

Chris Jordan has played 8 Tests, 34 ODIs, and 75 T20Is. His bowling average of 28.11 in the shortest format where he has picked 80 scalps is far better than the other two formats. He will face tough competition from Tymal Mills who has picked 11 scalps from 12 T20Is averaging 30.82.

Reece Topley

Reece Topley has played 15 ODIs and 10 T20Is where he has picked 22 and 8 scalps respectively averaging 29 and 35.62 in the two limited-overs formats.

Sam Curran

Sam Curran has played 24 Tests, 13 ODIs, and 16 T20Is. He has scored only 91 runs in the shortest format at a strike rate of 159.65 averaging only 18.2. He picked 16 scalps in as many T20Is averaging 22.81-much better bowling stats compared to ODIs and Tests.

David Willey

David Willey has played 55 ODIs and 32 T20Is. He has picked 77 and 38 scalps averaging 29.94 and 22.47 respectively. He can bat a bit as his average of 23.56 (ODIs) and 14 (T20Is) suggest.

Matthew Parkinson

Matthew Parkinson, right-arm leg break spinner, has played 1 Test, 5 ODIs, and 4 T20Is. He averages 22.17 in the shortest format where he picked 6 scalps. His economy rate of 9.5 is a tad higher though but he will have chances to amend the stats as he will definitely play in place of spinner Adil Rashid who hasn’t been named in the white-ball series for going to Hajj, Mecca.