On Saturday, January 11, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the strong Indian National Cricket Team squad for the upcoming T20I series against the England National Cricket Team.
The England national cricket team will tour India in January-February for a lengthy white-ball series, which will consist of five T20Is and three ODIs.
India and England will play matches at 8 different locations
England’s tour of India 2025 will begin with a T20I series, with the first match to be played at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday, January 22.
The next two matches will then be played on Saturday, January 25 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and on Tuesday, January 28 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune will host the fourth match of the T20I on Friday, January 31, while the fifth and final match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday, February 2.
After that, the ODI series between the Three Lions and the Men in Blue starts. The series opener will be played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday, February 6, while the second ODI is scheduled to be hosted by the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday, February 9.
England’s tour of India 2025 will conclude with the third and final ODI on Wednesday, February 12, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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Mohamed Shami returns, home team to be led by Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team in the series against the Three Lions. In the batting department, Suryakumara will be supported by Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh among others. Rishabh Pant has been dropped from the T20Is, according to reports, while Dhruv Jurel has been selected.
The bowling unit will be led by the returning Mohammed Shami, who has returned to India after being out of the lineup since November 2023. Also, the bowling department includes left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh and spinner Varun Chakravarthy – both of whom have done an outstanding job for the side in recent times .
The trio of superb all-rounders Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar and Axar Patel, who is the vice-captain, will provide the much-needed balance to the team. Notably, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah alongside Mohammed Siraj has been rested for the T20I series.
Meanwhile, the series against the Jos Buttler-led side will be India’s first T20I assignment since their stunning win over the Proteas in South Africa in November 2024. The men in blue have put in brilliant performances in the four-match T20I series against the South African national cricket team. Team and achieved a 3-1 victory.
The Suryakumar Yadav-led team started the series with a 61-run win and then finished with a dominant 135-run triumph to end their tour on a high. They would be eager to put up a similar kind of performance against England and keep their incredible T20I record intact.
India squad for T20I series against England
Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vc), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi , Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (ie).
