India vs England Weather Live Updates: India are up against England in the first of the five-match T20I series today at Chester-le-Street in Durham. The Indian team won the toss and elected to bat first.
Although the match continues, it is drizzling lightly at the stadium. Check the LIVE Weather and Rain Updates here.
Shreyas Iyer said the mood is excellent at the team and confirmed that the Ireland series is past. England captain Harry Brook said that he wanted to bowl and happy with the decision.
"We are looking forward to the series. The mood is nice. Pretty decent amount of grass on the wicket. Can't predict how it's going to play, but definitely the intent is going to be high. Going with three spinners, two seamers," Shreyas said.
IND vs ENG 1st T20I Playing 11
The lineups
are announced, and check out the playing 11 here.
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy
England: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood
India and England T20I Squads
England Squad: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Harry Brook(c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood, Jordan Cox, James Coles, Rehan Ahmed, Sonny Baker
India Squad: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Washington Sundar, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi
