Published Jan 26, 2025, 7:47 pm IST
India are turning out to be a tough side to beat in the shortest format. They are a win away from another series win and their line-up has some incredible depth. They bat deep with Axar coming in at eight while the bowling attack has a handful of options with nearly five spinners. A pacer though to support Arshdeep and take some pressure of Hardik could be the missing piece that they will need to find, which won't be too big a concern if Shami is fit and ready to go.
Date: January 28th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM IST
Venue: Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Occasional showers have been around but the weather should be nice, clean and dewy.
Rajkot has seen some dew in recent times and batting second could be a better option.
Ben Duckett, Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Rehan Ahmed, Mark Wood/ Jofra Archer
Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar/ Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh
Mohammad Shami
Mohammad Shami returns after the World Cup Final in blue. He has a chance to Test his fitness here and will be eager to get back and represent India in blue.
Jamie Overton
Jamie Overton has been in some good form of late. He is handy as an all-rounder and his bowling has been pretty effective along with some late hitting with the bat.
Both teams have a nice balance in their line-up but on a good batting track England could start favorites.
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