India vs England 1st T20: Possible Playing-11 and Dream-11 Prediction Team

The first match of the 5-match T20 series between India and England will be played today. Both the teams will clash at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata after 13 years. The last time the two teams faced each other here was in the year 2011, when England won by 6 wickets.

India vs England 1st T20 Match Details

Match Details	Information
Date	22 January, 2025
Place	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Time	Toss: 6:30 PM, Match Start: 7:00 PM

India won 54% matches against England

The first T20 match between India and England was played in the 2007 World Cup. Since 2007, 24 T20s have been played between the two teams. 54% i.e. 13 India and 11 England won. Both the teams played 11 matches in India, here too Team India is ahead. The team won 6 and England won 5 matches.

The English team won the last series of this format in India 14 years ago in 2011. At the same time, England got the last success at home in 2014. Both times India's captain was MS Dhoni. After this, both the teams played 4 T20 series, all won by India.

Mohammed Shami return

Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami can make a comeback from this match. He will play an international match 14 months after the 2023 ODI World Cup final. He played his last match against Australia on 19 November 2023.

In bowling, Yuzvendra Chahal has taken the most 96 wickets, but he is not a part of this series. Arshdeep Singh is at number two with 95 wickets. Today, Arshdeep will overtake Chahal as soon as he takes 2 wickets.

India vs England Pitch Report for 1st T20

The pitch of Eden Gardens is batting-friendly. In such a situation, a high-scoring match can be seen here. If the match is in the evening, the importance of dew will also increase. Bowlers may face difficulty due to dew. In such a situation, teams may prefer to bowl first after winning the toss. Fast bowlers get help here in the beginning.

So far 11 T20 International matches have been played here. The team batting first has won 5 matches and the team batting in the second innings has won 6 matches. The highest team score here is 201/5, which Pakistan made against Bangladesh in 2016.

India vs England Weather Report for 1st T20

The weather in Kolkata will be very good on Wednesday. There is no possibility of rain. The temperature here will be between 16 to 28 degrees Celsius on this day.

India vs England possible playing-11 for 1st T20

India possible playing-11: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Axar Patel (vice-captain), Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami.

England playing-11: Jos Buttler (captain), Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.