Chennai . Amidst the ongoing pyre of fast bowler Mohammed Shami’s fitness, the Indian team will take the field with the aim of continuing the victory campaign by repeating the first match in the second T20 International cricket match against England on Saturday. India won the first match in Kolkata on seven cricket on Wednesday to take an early lead in the five -match series. The Indian team would definitely like to field Shami on the field but all this will depend on his fitness.
However, India did not lack this 34 -year -old fast bowler in the first match. In this match, fast bowler Arshdeep Singh and spinner Varun Chakraborty played a key role in India’s victory by performing brilliantly. The pitch of Eden Gardens was getting faster and spin bowlers enough help, but the pitch of Chepak Stadium here is likely to help spinners more. In such circumstances, Varun, vice -captain Akshar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi are decided to remain in the playing XI. England veteran spinners Adil Rashid and Lium Livingstone will present a challenge to the Indian batsmen.
As far as his fast bowlers are concerned, no bowler was able to run in front of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson in front of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson. Abhishek and Samson had given India a good start in the first match and both of them would like to repeat it once again. Samson, who scored three centuries in the last six matches, could not play a long innings but Abhishek scored a stormy innings of 79 runs off 34 balls. Samson would like to make up for the first match here. If the opening pair of Abhishek and Samson have to keep their claim strong for the T20 World Cup to be held in India next year, then they will have to bring continuity in their performance.
England will also expect a good performance from their openers. In the first match, both Phil Salt and Ben Docket together scored four runs after facing a total of seven balls. India will also expect a big innings from captain Suryakumar Yadav, who was dismissed early in the last match. In fact, Suryakumar has been able to score only two half -centuries in 11 innings after the T20 World Cup last year. India is unlikely to make special changes in its last XI. If Shami gets fit for his return to international cricket, he will be replaced in the team in place of Nitish Kumar Reddy. As far as England are concerned, he can include young spinner Rehan Ahmed in the playing XI after seeing the circumstances here.
