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India will lock horns with England in the second T20I of the five-match series at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday, January 25.
Moving to the details of the first T20I, England was tasked to bat first and they got bundled out for 132 runs in 20 overs. Captain Jos Buttler was the show's star with the bat, scoring 68 runs in 44 balls with eight fours and two sixes.
In the chase, Abhishek Sharma smacked 79 runs in 34 balls with five fours and eight sixes to take Men In Blue home by seven wickets in 12.5 overs. Varun Chakaravarthy was awarded the player of the match for his three wickets.
IND vs ENG, 2nd T20I Match Details
Match: India vs England, 2nd T20I
Time & Date: 7:00 PM IST, Saturday, January 25
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
IND vs ENG, 2nd T20I Pitch Report
Spinners will find enough assistance on this wicket as seen in the past few IPL seasons. Batters need to toil hard to score runs right from ball one of the game. The average first innings score at this venue is 150 with the chasing sides finding it easy to chase down the totals.
IND vs ENG, 2nd T20I Probable XIs
India
Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy
England
Ben Duckett, Philip Salt (wk), Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
IND vs ENG, 2nd T20I Match Winner Prediction
Match Winner: India
After a thunderous victory in the first T20I, Men In Blue are expected to bag another comfortable victory. With spinners getting enough assistance in the middle overs on Chennai's surface, we can anticipate a comprehensive win for India to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.
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