MATCH NO – 1st Match
SERIES – England Tour of India – 2025
DATE – 22nd January, 2025
TIME – 07:00 PM IST
VENUE – Eden Garden, Kolkata
INTRODUCTION
Indian team and England team will play a 5 matches t20 series that is all set to take place from January 22 to February 02, 2025. The tournament will be co-hosted by India, featuring matches across various venues like Kolkata, Chennai, Rajkot, Pune & Mumbai
MATCH PREVIEW
India team will play a T20 series against England after the T20 world cup 2024, All seniors players will rest from Indian team and B-team and new faces will play in this series.First match of the T20 series will be played between England vs India on 22nd of January. Last time when India played against England, India scored 171 runs and England team failed to chase the total and India won the match by
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks but India’s team looks more balanced and strong, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between India & England.
PITCH REPORT
Eden Gardens in Kolkata is renowned for its batting-friendly pitches, typically prepared using black cotton soil. This composition provides consistent bounce, facilitating stroke play for batters. However, as matches progress, the surface tends to slow down, bringing spinners into play.
T20 Internationals (T20Is):
Total Matches: 11 T20Is have been hosted at Eden Gardens.
Results: Teams batting first have won 5 times, while chasing teams have secured victory on 6 occasions.
Average First Innings Score: Approximately 155 runs.
Highest Team Score: 201/5 by Pakistan against Bangladesh during the 2016 World T20.
Lowest Team Score: 70 all out by Bangladesh against New Zealand in the same tournament.
Indian Premier League (IPL):
Total Matches: Eden Gardens has hosted 92 IPL matches.
Results: Teams batting first have won 37 times, while chasing teams have won 55 times.
Average First Innings Score: Approximately 167 runs.
Highest Team Score: 262/4 by Punjab Kings against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 26, 2024.
Lowest Team Score: 49 all out by Royal Challengers Bangalore against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 24, 2017.
The pitch’s behavior, combined with Kolkata’s climatic conditions, often results in matches where both batters and bowlers have opportunities to excel, making for competitive and engaging cricket encounters.
GROUND STATS (T20I)
TOTAL MATCH | 11 |
AVERAGE SCORE | 155+ |
BATTING 1ST WON | 05 |
BATTING 2ND WON | 06 |
NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
BELOW SCORE 150 | 04 |
BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 03 |
BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 03 |
ABOVE SCORE 190 | 01 |
BOWLERS STATS ON EDEN GARDENS (T20I)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 11
PACER WICKETS – 82
SPINNER WICKETS – 51.
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 24
- IND WIN – 13
- ENG WIN – 11
- NO RESULT – 00.
IND VS ENG TEAM NEWS,SQUADS, PLAYING11 & PLAYER STATS
INDIA (IND)
TEAM NEWS
- Indian team performed super in the recent T20 matches and won 9 match and lost only 1 match in the last 10 T20 matches.
- Last time when England and India played against each other Indian team successfully defended a total of 171 runs and won the match by 68 runs.
- In the last match Indian team successfully defended a highest score of 281 runs and won the match by 135 runs against South Africa.
- Sanju Samson scored 109 runs in just 56 balls with the help of 9 sixes and 6 fours, Tilak Varma scored 120 runs in just 47 balls with the help of 10 sixes and 9 fours and Abhishek Sharma scored 36 runs in just 18 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 2 fours the previous match against South Africa.
- Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets, Varun Chakravarthy took 2 wickets, Hardik Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi and Ramandeep Singh took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against South Africa.
- Both teams have played 24 T20 matches and India won 13 matches and lost 11 matches against England.
SQUADS
Batting – Surya kumar Yadav ©, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk).
Bowling – Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Mohamamd Shami, Harshit Rana.
All Rounder – Hardik Pandya, Abhisek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Sanju Samson (wk), Abhisek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav ©, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy.
PLAYER STATS:
1. ABHISHEK SHARMA – LHB
Recent 5 Innings | 19+1W, 51r, 93+1W, 170+1W, 66+2W |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Total Stats vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
2. SANJU SAMSON (WK) – RHB
Recent 5 Innings | 7r, 31r, 4r, 19r, 75r |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Total Stats vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
3. TILAK VARMA – LHB+RAO
Recent 5 Innings | 28r, 99+0W, 6r, 57r, 0r. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Total Stats vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
4. SURYA KUAMR YADAV © – RHB
Recent 5 Innings | 0r, 0r, 18r, 20r, 48r. |
Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 107 RUNS. |
5 Innings Against vs ENG | 47r, 14r, 117r, 15r, 39r. |
Total Stats vs ENG | 7 INNINGS – 321 RUNS – 46A. |
5. NITISH KUMAR REDDY – RHB+RAMF
Recent 5 Innings | 4+0W, 2W, 114+0W, 1r, 16+1W. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Total Stats vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
6. HARDIK PANDYA – RHB+RAMF
Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 10+1W, 1+1W, 5+1W, 10+3W. |
Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
5 Innings Against vs ENG | 23+0W, 63+0W, 12+1W, 51+4W, 39+1W. |
Total Stats vs ENG | 14 INNINGS – 302 RUNS – 14W. |
7. RINKU SINGH – LHB
Recent 5 Innings | 6r, 36r, 1r, 55r, 10r. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Total Stats vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
8. AXAR PATEL – LHB+LAO
Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 18+1W, 3W, 56+2W, 28+0W. |
Stats on venue | 1 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
5 Innings Against vs ENG | 10+3W, 0W, 17+0W, 7+0W. |
Total Stats vs ENG | 4 INNINGS – 34 RUNS – 3W. |
9. MOHAMMAD SHAMI – RAF
Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 2W. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs ENG | 0W, 3W. |
Total Stats vs ENG | 2 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
10. ARSHDEEP SINGH – LAMF
Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 4W, 4W, 1W, 5W. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs ENG | 0W, 0W, 2W. |
Total Stats vs ENG | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
11. VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY – RAO
Recent 5 Innings | 5W, 3W, 5W, 1W, 2W. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Total Stats vs ENG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
ENGLAND (ENG)
TEAM NEWS
- England team performed not well in recent t20 series and lost 4 matches and won 6 matches in last 10 T20I matches.
- Last match played between England & India, England failed to chase a total of 171 runs and lost the match by 63 runs.
- In the last match England team failed to defend the big total of 218 runs and lost the match by 5 wickets against West indies.
- Philip Salt Scored 55 runs in just 35 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes, Jacob Bethell scored 62 runs in just 32 balls with the help of 5 sixes & 4 fours, Sam Curran scored 24 runs and Will Jacks scored 25 runs in the previous match against West Indies.
- Rehan Ahmed took 3 wickets and Josh Turner took 1 wicket in the previous match against West Indies.
- Both teams played 24 matches and England team won 11 matches and lost 13 matches against India.
SQUADS
Batting – Philip Slat © (wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Jamie Smith (wk), Ben Duckett, Harry Brook.
Bowling – Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Brydon Carse, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood.
All Rounder – Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Philip Salt (wk), Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Jos Butter ©, Jacob Bethell, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood.
PLAYER STATS:
1. PHILIP SALT – (WK) RHB
Recent 5 Innings | 2r, 2r, 71r, 1r, 13r . |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs IND | 5r, 8r. |
Total Stats vs IND | 2 INNINGS – 13 RUNS. |
2. BEN DUCKETT – LHB
Recent 5 Innings | 21r, 20r, 67r, 0r, 67r. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs IND | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Total Stats vs IND | NOT PLAYED YET. |
3. HARRY BROOK – RHB
Recent 5 Innings | 1r, 0r, 123r, 55r, 171r. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs IND | 25r, 19r, 8r, 28r. |
Total Stats vs IND | 4 INNINGS – 80 RUNS. |
4. JOS BUTTLER © – RHB
Recent 5 Innings | 12r, 6r, 21r, 29r, 30r. |
Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 36 RUNS. |
5 Innings Against vs IND | 23r, 80r, 18r, 4r, 0r. |
Total Stats vs IND | 19 INNINGS – 498 RUNS. |
5. JACOB BETHELL- LHB+LAO
Recent 5 Innings | 87+2W, 1+1W, 2r, 49+0W, 21+1W. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs IND | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Total Stats vs IND | NOT PLAYED YET. |
6. LIAM LIVNGSTONE – RHB+RALB
Recent 5 Innings | 22r, 14r, 13+1W, 1W, 4r. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs IND | 11+0W, 0W, 42+0W, 15+0W, 0W. |
Total Stats vs IND | 5 INNINGS – 68 RUNS – 0W. |
7. JAMIE OVERTON – RHB+RAMF
Recent 5 Innings | 32+2W, 0W, 27+0W, 2W, 0W. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs IND | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Total Stats vs IND | NOT PLAYED YET. |
8. JOFRA ARCHER – RAF
Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 1W. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs IND | 1W, 0W, 4W, 0W, 0W. |
Total Stats vs IND | 6 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
9. ADIL RASHID – RALB
Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 2W, 0W, 1W, 0W. |
Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
5 Innings Against vs IND | 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
Total Stats vs IND | 13 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
10. SAQIB MAHMOOD – RAMF
Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 3W, 2W, 4W, 0W. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs IND | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Total Stats vs IND | NOT PLAYED YET. |
11. MARK WOOD – RAF
Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 5W, 2W, 1W. |
Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5 Innings Against vs IND | 0W, 1W, 3W,1W. |
Total Stats vs IND | 4 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – S. Samson, J. Buttler.
BATSMEN – T. Varma, S. Yadav, A. Sharma, B. Duckett.
ALL-ROUNDERS – H. Pandya, L. Livingstone.
BOWLERS – V. Chakravarthy, A. Singh, M. Shami.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – P. Salt.
BATSMEN – S. Yadav, T. Varma, A. Sharma, J. Bethell.
ALL-ROUNDERS – A. Patel, H. Pandya, N. Reddy.
BOWLERS – V. Chakravarthy, A. Singh, M. Shami.
BACK-UPS – R, Singh, H. Brook, J. Overton, J. Archer.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – H. Pandya, S. Yadav.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – T. Varma, A. Sharma.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
INDIA MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.