Hardik Pandya becomes successful in scoring his maiden half century in the format of T20 Internationals against team England which might benefit the IPL champion to set a “comeback” in the ICC Wordl Cup in Australia.
Hardik Pandya is continuing his form from the South Africa series and hopes to finish off the first innings of team India, remaining unbeaten.
Dinesh Karthik has walked out to assist Hardik Pandya in the first T20I after team India lost 5 wickets. Axar Patel surprisingly walked before Dinesh Karthik as team India waited for Hardik’s dismissal before deciding to send Dinesh Karthik out for a matured innings.
India has the opportunity to score more than 200 runs today which might be fortunate for the inexperienced bowling unit
Team India won the toss and opted to bat first in the evening moments of England. Skipper Rohit did not follow the pattern of “fielding first” in the T20I format as he chose to attack, considering he himself will be opening the innings.
Indian team welcomes a new debutant as Arshdeep Singh finally gets his Indian cap after travelling for 3 tours with team India. With Rohit back in squad, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, and Rishabh Pant will not be seen in the first T20I.
Team England witnessed a new era from tonight onwards as former skipper Eoin Morgan’s retirement handed over Jos Buttler the responsibility of leading team England.
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w/c), Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley, Matthew Parkinson
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
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