IND vs ENG, T20I Series Preview: New Challenges as Host Meet Top Opposition

Even as Team India prepares for a new challenge in the form of a strong England lead under the new leadership, the slate would have been cleaned up after the Test series, which was the first game for the spectators. However, only a few members of the T20I series will have nightmares to live on, while the Indian team, with their old hands at the helm as usual, will be hoping to get both captain Virat Kohli and his team together and play the most Luck in the shorter format, not only to register another series win, but also to pull out some of the post-World Cup gilafas later in the year.

For England, three of their players will remain in a bit of shock after the Test series – Ben Stokes, Johnny Bairstow and Joffra Archer. While Stokes may have exacerbated nightmares given England’s poor performance, Bairstow will suffer from the glare of defeat, as much as his stay at the crease.

Archer would be in a world of mistrust, which was for the most part the disintegration of England.

However, the plus for England is that most of the new troops were not part of the disaster, so there was no mental injury. Captain Eoin Morgan led the way to a great outfit, the return of Jose Butler, who only witnessed successes in the Test series, and players like David Malan, Jason Roy and the Curran brothers, Tom and Sam, will have to defeat the England player.

Also there will be Moin Ali in the back. They will have a lot to prove once they exit the Test format.

For India, a few names that have made their trip to Australia a little fairy tale. T. Natarajan, Shardul Thakur and Navdeep Saini are back in business and so Bhuvneshwar Kumar is after a long hiatus.

Jasprit Bumrah is ringing the wedding bell for the fast bowler, so fast bowling will once again be in the hands of the youth.

Kohli has Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya along with Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Rahul Tewatia, with the batting being tough. The spin department will also be paired with Yuzvendra Chahal as Washington Sundar.

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The remodeled Axar Patel is also in the mix, though there are question marks about the fitness of ‘mystery’ bowler Varun Chakraborty.

When the rivalry begins on Friday 12 March at the newly-renovated stadium in Ahmedabad, both sides have some big guns, which have also been in the news for their pitches. How that factor will be added to the mix is ​​unknown, but it can be safely said that we have not yet done so.