The 3-match T20 internationals between the visitors India and host England is going to start from today. The venue of the match will be the Rose Bowl Stadium in Southampton. This T20 is going to be very important considering the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia this year. Indian cricket board president Sourav Ganguly has even said that the real preparation for the T20 World Cup will start from the England T20 series itself. Only the players who will perform here will be included in the potential players of the World Cup.
Captain Rohit Sharma’s team has won 7 out of the last 11 T20 matches played against the English team. At the same time, the English team has won only 4 matches. In the last three series encounter between Indian team has won all three series against them.
Pitch Report
The Rose Bowl Stadium of Southampton is a high-scoring cricket venue. The first innings average score is here more than the average second innings score. Hence toss winning team may choose to bat first here. The average 1st innings score at the Rose Bowl is 168 runs and 2nd innings score is 143. The overcast condition always favors the pacers.
Weather Forecast
The good news from Southampton is the weather forecast for today’s match is good for the game of cricket. Rain is not expected throughout the game time. Fans can see the full 20-20 overs match.
Temperature- 25/13
Wind- 11 km/h
Humidity- 52%
Chances of Rain- 0%
Head to Head
India is leading the head-to-head battle between the two teams. Both teams have played 19 T20 Internationals so far. In a very close contest, India won 10 while England won 9.
We will not see these Indian players in the first T20
We will not see some main Indian players for the first T20 match. These players will be part of the Indian squad from the second T20. Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Iyer, and Rishabh Pant are not part of this match. Their unavailability is due to they have recently played a Test match.