India vs England: ENG's Predicted Playing XI vs IND, India tour of England 2022, 3rd T20I

England will take on India in the third T20I match at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Sunday (July 10). The Rohit Sharma-led side has a great opportunity to win the T20I series. ENG vs IND 3rd T20I will start at 7:00 pm (IST).

India outplayed England by 50 runs in the first T20 International match and they won the second game too taking away the series. Now they aim to white-wash England for the first time in the history of their bilateral clashes.

India posted a mammoth score of 198/8 in the first innings at Rose Bowl as all-rounder Hardik Pandya registered his maiden fifty in T20 International cricket. Pandya scored 51 off 33 balls with the help of six boundaries and a six at a strike rate of 154.55.

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Rohit Sharma raced to 24 runs in 14 balls before nicking one behind to his counterpart Jos Buttler off Moeen Ali’s bowling in the third over. Deepak Hooda (33 in 17 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (39 off 19 balls) carried the momentum and scored runs in quick succession with their strike rate over 190.

On the other hand, England who boasted with the big names in power-hitting, turned out with an underwhelming performance as Indian pacers dictated the swing conditions and made the best moment with the ball. The hosts were skittled out for 148 in 19.3 overs with Moeen Ali showing some spark of a fight.

It wasn’t an ideal start to newly appointed white-ball skipper Jos Buttler, who was dismissed for a golden duck after failing to read the sharp inswinger by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. England missed the trick by not playing David Willey which meant they had no genuine pacer in their ranks.

Tymal Mills, Chis Jordan, Sam Curran and Reece Topley were not that quite good in England’s four-pronged pace attack. Matthew Parkinson (44 from four overs) was taken to the cleaners along with Moeen Ali (26 in two) and Liam Livingstone (15 in one), displaying the lack of spin bowling options in the absence of Adil Rashid. Harry Brook could be considered to replace Eoin Morgan in the middle and England team management should groom the Yorkshire 23-year-old.

England squad for T20I series against India: Jos Buttler (Captain), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, David Willey, Richard Gleeson, Philip Salt, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Matthew Parkinson, Reece Topley.

England’s predicted playing XI vs India 3rd T20I:

1. Jason Roy

Roy struggled in the first match, scoring just four runs off 16 balls before getting out to Hardik Pandya. The Surrey batter has scored 1450 runs in 59 games and will bank on his experience and come back stronger against India.

2. Jos Buttler

It seemed the new England limited-overs skipper Jos Buttler was under pressure after wearing the skipper’s hat. He recorded his fifth duck in 89 T20 Internationals after failing to play Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s inswinger that shattered his stumps. All it will take is one big knock for the England gloveman to make a statement about his belligerent form.

3. Dawid Malan

The southpaw is one of three England players to score a century in each of the formats and will continue to retain his spot at No.3 in England’s batting line-up. Malan was the former world no.1 T20I ranked player but need to do enough to regain that position.

4. Liam Livingstone

Livingstone failed to display his hard-hitting skills against Hardik Pandya as he was sent packing in three balls without bothering the scorers in the first T20I in Southampton. Livingstone will have another go at the Indian bowlers and should try to stamp his authority against them.

5. Harry Brook

The 23-year-old Yorkshireman had a decent start to his international career with 28 runs off 23 balls with a couple of fours and a six. Brook is being looked at as a replacement for Eoin Morgan in the middle-order and must get enough opportunities ahead of the T20 World Cup 2022 Down Under.

6. Moeen Ali

If any player that stayed up to their potential from the hosts in the series so far then it’s the England all-rounder who top-scored with 36 runs (four fours and two sixes) and snared two wickets in the first innings against India. Moeen is an absolute certainty in England’s playing XI and is also the vice-captain of the side.

7. Richard Gleeson

Gleeson didn’t play for England in the first game but the Lancashire all-rounder deserves a debut in this series. With 23 wickets in 14 matches, the 34-year-old is the second most wicket-taker in the underway T20 Blast (domestic T20 competition in England). Gleeson could also bat up the order which will contemplate Moeen Ali to bat as a finisher.

8. David Willey

Willey missed the first match in Southampton but England would trust him to pick wickets upfront to put pressure on the opposition with his ability to inswing the ball. Willey will have an intriguing battle against Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who has his own share of struggles against left-arm quicks.

9. Chris Jordan

Jordan managed to get rid of Deepak Hooda and Suryakumar Yadav in the middle as the duo seemed to flourish with their free-flowing shots. Jordan, who has the impression of a death specialist bowler, conceded just 23 runs from four overs while his teammates were getting hit for runs.

10. Tymal Mills

The Surrey pacer came into the series just after recovering from his toe injury, he picked the wicket of Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik to finish his spell with 1/35 from three overs. England will play Mills as they want him in their World Cup squad.

11. Matthew Parkinson

Parkison was the most expensive bowler in the first T20I for England, the leg-spinner leaked 44 runs from four overs and dismissed Axar Patel in the same spell in the first match. England might continue with him to make the best of the pitch at Trent Bridge.