India vs England 1st T20 today: Both teams will clash for the second time in Kolkata, Mohammed Shami returns after 14 months; Possible playing-11

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

match details date- January 22, 2025 Place- Eden Gardens, Kolkata Time- Toss- 6:30 PM, Match Start- 7:00 PM

India won 54% of the matches against England The first T-20 match between India and England was played in the 2007 World Cup. Since 2007, 24 T-20s were played between the two teams. India won 54% i.e. 13 and England won 11. Both the teams played 11 matches in India, here also Team India is ahead. The team won 6 matches and England won 5 matches.

The English team won the last series of this format in India 14 years ago in 2011. England's last success at home was in 2014. India's captain both times was MS Dhoni. After this, both the teams played 4 T-20 series, all of which were won by India.

Shami's return Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami may return from this match. They will play international matches 14 months after the 2023 ODI World Cup final. He played his last match against Australia on 19 November 2023.

Surya India's top scorer India's top scorer in T-20 is Rohit Sharma. He has 4231 runs in his name in 159 matches. Whereas Virat Kohli, who is at second place, has scored 4188 runs in 125 matches. However, both these players have retired from this format. Suryakumar Yadav is at number three. Who has scored 2570 runs in 78 matches.

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

Butler scored the most runs England's white ball captain Jos Buttler is the team's top run scorer. He has scored 3389 runs in 129 T-20s. Adil Rashid is the English player who has taken the most wickets with 126 wickets.

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

So far 11 T-20 international matches have been played here. The team batting first has won 5 matches and the team batting second innings has won 6 matches. The highest team score here is 201/5, which was made by Pakistan against Bangladesh in 2016.

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

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

England's playing-11: Jos Buttler (captain), Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (wk), Harry Brook, Liam Livingston, Jacob Bethel, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.