Second T20 Match between India and England
India is going to take on England in their second match of 3 T20s. India has already taken a 1 – 0 lead in the series beating England in the first match on 7th July by 50 runs. After the retirement of England’s white-ball Captain Eion Morgan, the new captain Jos Butler has got an uphill task to maintain the momentum.
While his counterpart, Indian Captain has won thirteen T20 matches consecutively against different teams.
This current T20 series against England is very crucial and will nearly decide the fate of many players to be included or not in T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.
With the inclusion of the star players in the team for the second T20 match, Rohit will be happy to have the likes of Virat Kohli, Mohammad Shami, Jadeja, and Jasprit Bumrah on the team. Indian team looks stronger with the availability of these players.
The last-match super performer Hardik Pandya is going through a great phase of his career as an all-rounder. He became the only second player having to score a 50 and took 4 wickets in a match.
The star players taking rests and new reserved players getting their chance to play at the highest level have improved the bench strength.
Players like Deepak Hooda, showed a great performance playing at the No. 3 position. He scored a century against Ireland last month and has scored good 33 runs in just 17 balls.
Since Virat Kohli is running out of touch for a long, it will be a daunting task for the selectors to take an in-form and performing player like Deepak Hooda or to take a recently non-performing legend, Virat Kohli.
Virat must also be under pressure as he has not been able to deliver for India at the highest level for a long time and he is also not a part of the Indian Team touring to West Indies.
The inclusion of other rested players in today’s match will be a very easy task for the think tank; however, few players will give pressure on the brains of the selection team.
Today’s match will be a crucial match as it will decide the series. If India manages to win today’s match then they will clinch the series. This will be a positive impact on the minds of the players, support staff, and the nation as a whole for the preparation of the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022.
Probable Playing 11 of Team India:
Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhubaneswar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal