IND vs ENG: The 5-match T20I series between India and England is going to start from January 22. Forgetting the failure of the Australia tour, Team India would like to start the new year in a new way with this series. The England team played its last T20I series on the West Indies tour in November last year. After that, England will now play its first series in the year 2025. The first match of the 5-match T20I series will be played at Kolkata's historic ground Eden Gardens. In such a situation, the goal of both the teams will be to start the series with a win.

Though many Indian players will be in focus against England, the main focus will be on explosive batsmen like Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma and Sanju Samson who have the ability to destroy the bowling of any team. Apart from these, a lot will be expected from Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya and Nitish Reddy. 

Eyes on big record against England

Many players from Team India have played brilliant innings in T20I cricket against England but only 3 batsmen have been able to score a century. This time the fourth century will be expected. The 3 Indians who have scored T20I centuries against England include KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav. Now a new batsman is waiting to be included in this club. The last T20I century against England was scored by Suryakumar Yadav and now this long gap is expected to end. 

Indians who scored T20I centuries against England

• 101* - KL Rahul, Manchester (2018)
• 100* - Rohit Sharma, Bristol (2018)
• 117 – Suryakumar Yadav, Nottingham (2022)

The Indian squad for the T20I series against England is as follows: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper).

England's squad for the series against India is as follows: Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Joffra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.