T20: England v India at Edgbaston

England play India in a one-off T20 at Edgbaston.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Karn Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Dhawal Kulkarni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

England: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Joe Root, Jason Roy, James Taylor, James Tredwell , Chris Woakes.

Indians will go in a favorites to win this match as England is not known for hitting big shorts. On the other hand, India will fell home with big-hitters like Raina, Dhoni and Kohli.

I agree that India should be favourites to win this game. They are the better T20 team and higher ranked (1st to England's 8th). Ladbrokes agrees, India are the odds on favourites to win at 4/6 while England are 6/5.

Is England ranked 8th in the list.??
how did they slip that far.?.I surely believe India can call the shots this match.Hope India win this one to end the tour on a bright note

Jason Roy will make his England debut. I am excited to see what he can do.

England: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (capt), Jos Buttler (wk), Ravi Bopara, Chris Woakes, James Tredwell, Steven Finn, Harry Gurney.

India: Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.

Surprising..No updates in this thread ..??
England 180/7..after 20 overs..
Kohli is guiding India's chase...67/1 after 7 overs..Dhawan too is striking it well.

The Indians are halfway through their innings, in their reply against Englands 180/7. India is now 89/2, having lost the wicket of Dhawan a few minutes ago. But there are still ample wickets in hand and they have enough fire power to proceed towards a win. Lets see If England's bowlers have anything to say about, in the remaining 10 overs. Raina replaces Dhawan at the crease.

By the end of 11th over India are 94/2..Slow progress in the last 3 overs.
Dhawan just got bowled out to a good length delivery from woakes.he tried to swipe it,but missed it altogether.
We still have more firepower down the lane and 86 off 52 doesn't seem a huge target.they are in the right track to victory.

On the verge of finishing it off and India should falter from here.
Its a simple equation of 50 runs from 35 balls..and if they really falter then they have only themselves to blame.A perfect set up by Kohli...66 off 40 ** and going strong.

Good win by England although I care little for this format.


I would like to see Carberry or Taylor in instead of Roy perhaps.


I am not convinced of Root in T20s and if anything he should open.


Shame Moeen failed with the bat with one holding up.


For the WC I would like to see Taylor, Ravi and Carberry included in the squad.