IND vs ENG, Live Cricket Score, t20 world cup 2021 Warm-up Match Updates: India will be looking to ramp up their preparations for the 2021 Men’s T20 World Cup when they face 2016 runners-up England in their first warm-up match in Dubai on Monday. Match practice will not be an issue as Indian players will be playing for their franchise in the recently concluded match. IPL. It is more about finding the right combination before their opening match.
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Two warm-up matches against England and then a match against Australia on Wednesday, gives Virat Kohli and the Indian team management a chance to finalize their playing XI ahead of the high-octane opening clash with Pakistan on October 24. India will be looking to test players especially for the showpiece event with the ball, apart from assessing the form of all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Pandya’s form is a major headache as his availability to bowl in the tournament remains a mystery.
With Rohit Sharma set to open, it remains to be seen whether Ishan Kishan or KL Rahul will make him the top partner. Rahul’s scores were 49, 21, 21, 67, 39 and 98 not out while captaining Punjab Kings in the UAE leg of IPL 2021. Kishan, on the other hand, made modest returns of 11, 14 and 9 while batting in the middle order for Mumbai Indians. After a two-match break, he scored an unbeaten 50 and 84 as an opener.
Ravindra Jadeja and Varun Chakraborty can be spin options in terms of bowling. In the pace department, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah choose themselves on the basis of form and experience. For the fifth bowler, there could be a toss between Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur and Rahul Chahar.
England, on the other hand, would like to decide on their best combination of batting and bowling during the practice matches. Some of his team’s players also featured in IPL 2021, giving him a good idea of what to expect from the UAE pitches. The form of captain Eoin Morgan, who has had a very poor IPL 2021 with the bat, will be a matter of great concern for the think tank.
full squad
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Varun Chakravarthy, Rahul Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
England: Eoin Morgan (c), Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Liam Livingstone, David Malan, Jos Buttler (wk), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Tymal Mills, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.
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