While the hosts India and the visitors England are set for the second T20I at Chennai, which will be played on Saturday (January 25) evening, England are set to make one key change in the playing XI. 

India won the five-match home T20I series opener against England last Wednesday (January 22) night as the hosts thrashed the English team by seven wickets. After the English batters failed, excluding only the skipper Jos Buttler (68), the hosts chased down the 133-run target comfortably in 12.5 overs after losing only three wickets, where the opener scored a firing 79 off 34 balls.

While India are leading this T20I series by 1-0, the visitors England have taken a decision on the playing XI for the Chennai T20I, where they are ready to make one change in the playing XI. 

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Gus Atkinson disappointed in Kolkata T20I

Pacer Gus Atkinson returned to white-ball cricket after more than a year during the last T20I at Kolkata. However, in that game, he had the bowling figures of 2-0-38-0. Indian opener Sanju Samson welcomed him in the white-ball format with 22 runs in the second over of the chase. In that over, Samson recorded 4, 4, 0, 6, 4, and 4 runs. He returned in the 11th over, where he conceded 16 runs, including two fours and one six.

Brydon Carse set to replace Atkinson 

While the right-arm fast bowler Atkinson failed to impress, the right-arm fast bowler Brydon Carse, who is also popular as a bowling all-rounder, is set to replace Atkinson in the Chennai T20I. The 29-year-old Carse has taken six wickets in four T20Is.

The 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith has been named as the 12th member of the squad for the Chennai T20I. While he has played nine Tests and seven ODIs, he is yet to make his T20I debut. 

England's playing XI for the Chennai T20I

Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (wk), Jos Buttler (Captain), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood. 12th man: Jamie Smith