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England team practicing at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

England has announced its team for the first T20 match against India. The match will be played on 22 January at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Fast bowlers Joffra Archer and Mark Wood have also got a place in the playing 11. Wicketkeeper Phil Salt will open the batting with opener Ben Duckett. Whereas captain Jos Buttler can be seen batting at number three.

England gave information about the team’s playing XI on social media platform X.

Atkinson and Wood fast bowlers with Jofra 4 fast bowlers have been included in the team. Gus Atkinson has returned to the team after almost a year. In December 2023, he played his last T20 match on the West Indies tour. In 3 T20Is, Atkinson has taken 6 wickets at an economy rate of 9.50. Joffra Archer last played T20 in India on 20 March 2021.

Jofra Archer bowling in a practice session.

The English team reached India on 18 January The England team reached India on January 18, after which they started training on Monday. Livingstone, who was playing T-20 league with Pretoria Capitals in South Africa, first reached India. The rest of the members of the English team came to India after completing their training in Dubai.

India made Akshar the vice-captain All-rounder Akshar Patel has been made the vice-captain for the 5-match T20 series against England. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami has also been included in the team. Shami is away from international cricket after the 2023 ODI World Cup.

England’s playing XI for the first T20: Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (wk), Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethel, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.

Indian team for T20 series against England Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi. , Washington Sundar and Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper).