India will look to seal an unbeatable 2-0 series lead when the Rohit Sharma-led side takes on England in the second match of three T20I series in Birmingham on Saturday. India will be changing the winning playing XI as senior players like Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja will join the T20I side from Edgbaston.
FOCUS ON KOHLI
Kohli, who is making a comeback into the T20I side, will be desperate to come out of his prolonged lean patch in Birmingham on Saturday. Kohli, who last played a T20 international in February, has featured in only two games since India's underwhelming campaign in the T20 World Cup in October-November when he was captain of the national side. Batting in Kohli's position, Deepak Hooda made a big impact and also showed ominous form in the series opener against England, scoring a 17-ball 33.
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JADEJA IN, AXAR OUT
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been mighty impressive with the new ball and Bumrah is expected to join him. Arshdeep Singh made a successful debut, but since he is not part of the squad for the next two games, Umran Malik may get more chances. Hardik Pandya had a game to remember with both bat and ball and his presence is surely a big boost to the side in a World Cup year. Jadeja is a like-for-like replacement for Axar Patel and his inclusion also makes the batting unit more solid.
ENGLAND EYE COMEBACK
England, on the other hand, didn't have an ideal start in life post-Eoin Morgan. The power-packed batting, including Liam Livingstone and Jason Roy, failed in the first game but trust them to come good in a must-win game.
With the ball, England pulled back well in the last three overs, conceding just 20 runs, with right-arm pacer Chris Jordan being the pick of the bowlers at 2/23, in a bowling line-up where others had an economy rate of above eight. The hosts don't have much time to make a turnaround with just a day's gap between the first and second T20Is as India welcome their mainstays for a chance to win the series.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik.
England: Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Richard Gleeson, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Matthew Parkinson, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley and David Willey.