India vs England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in the 1st T20I is the start of a five-match series and also of Brendon McCullum’s tenure as England’s white-ball coach. He could hardly have been given a tougher opening assignment: India are the reigning T20 world champions and have not lost any of their last nine bilateral T20I series.
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► Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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India have won the toss and Suryakumar Yadav has elected to bowl first. He reckons that the dew could become a factor in the second innings as "the dew could be a little heavier later on," Jos Buttler would also have bowled first on what the England captain views as "a good wicket".
It is an extremely powerful Indian batting line up that McCullum's England will face. Since the World Cup, in the 11 innings India have batted first, they have exceeded 200 seven times, including recording totals of 297 and 283. Sanju Samson has been in sublime form for India with three centuries in his last five T20I innings.
But McCullum is in upbeat mood: “We've got a batting line-up which is as powerful as any in the world. We've got gun spinners, very good fielders and guys who bowl absolute rockets with the ball. So you've got options there to be able to entertain and give yourself the greatest chance of success," he told the press.
The two sides have played one another in 24 T20Is, with the scoreline running 13-11 in India’s favour. But India have won the past four bilateral series between these sides, by a slender one-match margin each time.
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India vs England T20 series schedule 2025
- Jan 22: 1st T20, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Jan 25: 2nd T20, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Jan 28: 3rd T20, Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot
- Jan 31: 4th T20, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
- Feb 2: 5th T20, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
India vs England 1st T20 teams
India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy.
England: Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (wk), Jos Buttler (captain), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
