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The 5-match T20 series between India and England will be played today. India is ahead 1-0 in the series. The first match was held on 22 January in Kolkata, which was won by Team India by 7 wickets. Both teams will clash for the first time at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Chennai’s pitch supports spin bowlers more, so India can be seen playing once again with three spinners. Mohammed Shami’s hopes of playing are very rare. The team will land with Arshdeep Singh as Hardik Pandya with another pacer. Nitish Reddy is also a pace option if needed. Abhishek Sharma was hurt before the match. They are less likely to play.
Match details date- 25 January, 2025 Venue- MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Time- Toss- 6:30 pm, Match Start- 57:00 PM
India won 14 out of 25 matches against England 25 T20s were played between India and England. India won in 14 and England in 11. Both teams played 12 matches in India, here too Team India is ahead. The team has won 7 matches and England has won 5 matches.
England won the last series of this format in India 14 years ago in 2011. He was followed by 3 series, in which two India won and there was a draw.
Surya team’s top scorer Suryakumar Yadav is the top scorer of the team at T20 International after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s retirement. Surya has scored 2570 runs in 79 matches. Rohit Sharma has 4231 runs in 159 matches in T20 International. At the second number, Virat Kohli has scored 4188 runs in 125 matches. However, both these players have retired from this format.
In bowling, Arshdeep Singh left Yuzvendra Chahal behind in the last match and became the top wicket. Arshdeep Singh has taken 97 wickets. At the same time, Chahal has taken 96 wickets.
Rashid’s most wicket -taking English player England’s white ball captain Jose Butler is the top run scorer of the team. He has scored 3457 runs in 130 T20s. Adil Rashid is the highest English player to take 127 wickets.
Pitch report Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium is considered spin friendly, but in T20, there is many help for batsmen here. The toss -winning teams like to bat first here.
So far, only 2 T20 Internationals have been played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, out of which the team who batted first has also won 1 and the team batting in the second innings has also won 1 match. The highest team score here is 182/4, which India made against the West Indies in 2018.
In this, India won one match in one match. India lost by 1 run in the match against New Zealand in 2012, while Team India was last confronted in Chepock in 2018, where India won by 6 wickets.
Weather report The weather of Chennai will be very hot on Saturday. There is no possibility of rain at all. On this day, the temperature here will be 30 to 22 degrees Celsius.
Both teams
India’s Posible Playing-11: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Akshar Patel (Vice -captain), Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma/Washington Sundar, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi.
England’s playing-11: Jose Butler (Captain), Ben Docket, Phil Soult (wicket -keeper), Harry Brook, Liam Livingston, Jacob Bethel, Jamie Overton, Bridon Karse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.
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