Indian Cricket team will take on England in first T20Is match on Tuesday 3rd July at Old Trafford, then they travel firstly Cardiff and Bristol for second and third T20Is match respectively. Indian players came England after the great season of the IPL and England team coming form historic won over their arch-rivals Australis, So expectation is for some high-quality of cricket from both the teams.
Both line-up has some destructive batsman and bowler behind the famous cricketer like Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler, who have ability to turn the game in their way. It's very heard to predict which team is strong for any cricket pandit because if India has Chahal & Kuldeep's spin-duo then England has Adil Rashid and Ali's duo, so it will be blockbuster battle between the two top side.
The Old Trafford was the filed, where England post ODI cricket's biggest total and beating Australia by 5-0 in ODIs and 1-0 in T20 series. Meanwhile Man in Blues are also beat Ireland in both two T20Is match, so both teams are in good from too.
India has edged.
India are little ahed over host England with more depth and experience in his squad than England because recently England lose injured pair of Ben Stokes and Tom Curran and the rested Mark wood, whom have experience to play against Indian players in this IPL season. Everyone seen how English batsman struggling again the Chalal, when the last meet in T20 which was played in India where Chahal got 6 wickets in the single T20 match to advance their team to won the series by 2-1. This time it too interesting aspect across the seires will how English batsman handle the killer spin-duo of Chalal & Kuldeep.
England supporters hoping for a double celebration.
One interesting battle is waiting for England fans to chose between Cricket and FIFA World Cup because England will play against Colombia in Moscow in knock-out pre quarterfinal on the same evening at 7 PM (UK), when T20Is second inning will start.
Match: England vs India, first T20
Stadium: Old Trafford, Manchester
Time: 10 PM (Indian Standerd Time)
Our Prediction: India (55%), England (45)
Probable XI:
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (wic), Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Buvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav
England: Jason Roy, Jos buttler (wic), Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Kiam Plunkett, David Willey, Chics Jordan, Adil Rashid
In Press-Conference:
India: "We have just come off the IPL and we have a lot of T20 experience, so we only need to believe on our abilities as a team. T20 cricket is always going to provide entertainment to the crowd, so in this format no any team has an advantage" - Virat Kohli
England: "I think playing in IPL in India with Indian players will help us in this series, our 9 players played in this IPL for their respective franchise and its too exposes our players, which help other side to make effective plan accordingly. But it also shows where we are at this moment as a team" - Eoin Morgan.
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