India vs England – T20 series: Match schedule, squads, head-to-head, news

World champions India big England successful a five-match T20 bid arsenic they statesman preparations for the T20 World Cup 2026 with 1 oculus connected the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy successful Pakistan.

India’s winning streak successful the shortest format of the crippled has seen them wrapper up each bilateral T20 bid since August 2023 and captain  Suryakumar Yadav volition look to physique connected his new-look team’s occurrence earlier their co-hosted T20 World Cup successful February 2026.

The hosts person hinted astatine taking a “flexible” attack successful the upcoming series, with recently appointed vice-captain Axar Patel saying his squad volition beryllium unfastened to the thought of experimenting with a floating batting line-up.

“The openers are fixed, but everyone from numbers 3 to 7 person been told that they tin travel into bat anytime, successful immoderate situation,” Patel said successful his pre-series comments connected Monday.

“Our mediate bid volition travel to bat depending connected the lucifer situation, what benignant of bowlers are bowling astatine the time, which match-up works well. We person spoken astir however we tin each beryllium floaters.”

Axar Patel has been appointed India’s T20 vice-captain [Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP]

Patel said India are alert of the abbreviated spread betwixt the 2 T20 World Cups and they privation to transportation their winning streak to the adjacent edition.

“Momentum is simply a large happening due to the fact that if you commencement well, you tin transportation it. We finished 2024 good truthful we privation to transportation the momentum into this bid too.

“But we’ve discussed that the past is past; however, we privation to determination up with the positives we gained from there. We person taken guardant the points that brought america success.”

Meanwhile, England’s signifier successful the T20 format has taken a dip since their quality successful the semifinal of the past World Cup successful June.

Jos Buttler’s broadside volition anticipation the beingness of young all-rounder Jacob Bethell, arsenic good arsenic wicketkeeper Jamie Smith volition supply an other punch to their batting line-up.

The bid marks England’s archetypal limited-overs circuit nether Brendon McCullum, antecedently successful complaint lone of the Test side.

“I’m hopeless for america to play a truly watchable marque of cricket,” McCullum told reporters. “With the endowment we have, there’s nary crushed we can’t.”

McCullum said Buttler, who volition lone play arsenic a batter and not support wicket connected the tour, volition permission a lasting bequest arsenic England’s white-ball leader.

“He’s successful a truly bully space, he’s excited astir the squad we’ve got, and excited astir the accidental that sits successful beforehand of us,” the erstwhile New Zealand skipper said.

Here’s each you request to cognize astir the upcoming T20 series:

What’s the afloat lucifer docket of the India vs England T20 series?

• First T20: Wednesday, January 22 astatine 7pm (13:30 GMT) – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
• Second T20: Saturday, January 25 astatine 7pm (13:30 GMT) – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
• Third T20: Tuesday, January 28 astatine 7pm (13:30 GMT) – SCA Stadium, Rajkot
• Fourth T20: Friday, January 31 astatine 7pm (13:30 GMT) – MCA Stadium, Pune
• Fifth T20: Sunday, February 2 astatine 7pm (13:30 GMT) – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

India’s Hardik Pandya (L) talks with manager Gautam Gambhir during a signifier league up of the archetypal T20 lucifer against England astatine the Eden Gardens successful Kolkata [Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP]

India vs England: T20 head-to-head record

India’s archetypal T20 planetary brushwood against England came astatine the inaugural variation of the T20 World Cup, successful 2007, erstwhile powerfulness hitter Yuvraj Singh dispatched Stuart Broad for six sixes successful an over.

The contests betwixt some sides person been intimately matched, with India winning 13 of their 24 matches successful the shortest format, including the past 1 astatine the semifinals of the T20 World Cup 2024 successful Guyana.

England person beaten India successful the remaining 11 T20 games.

Form guide: India

The satellite champions spell into the bid connected the backmost of a 3-1 distant triumph successful South Africa and a 3-0 trouncing of Bangladesh astatine home. India person not mislaid a T20 bid since August 2023.

Last 5 games (Most caller effect first): W-W-L-W-W

Form guide: England

England won their past bilateral T20 series, against West Indies, but ended the T20 World Cup with a thumping semifinal nonaccomplishment against the eventual champions.

England’s past T20 triumph implicit India came astatine the T20 World Cup successful 2022 and Buttler’s broadside volition look to emulate their triumphant signifier that saw them clinch the rubric successful Australia.

Last 5 games: W-W-W-L-NR (no result)

Fast bowler Mohammed Shami volition marque his comeback to the Indian broadside aft a agelong wounded layoff [Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP]

Team news: India

Wicketkeeper and opening batter Sanju Samson has cemented his spot successful India’s T20 line-up aft his almighty performances during the bid against South Africa.

This bid volition spot seasoned gait bowler Mohammad Shami marque his instrumentality aft a agelong wounded layoff, portion all-rounder Washington Sunder volition besides instrumentality aft the Test circuit of Australia.

Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper)

Team news: England

England’s T20 squad has been settled implicit the past fewer bid but the two-time champions volition look to springiness an extended tally to the likes of Bethell, Brydon Carse and Jamie Smith earlier the ODI bid and the Champions Trophy.

Squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

How to travel and watercourse India vs England?

Al Jazeera volition supply afloat photograph and substance sum of the T20 series, including pre-match build-up, afloat commentary watercourse and post-match talking points.

How tin I bargain tickets for the India vs England T20 matches?

Tickets for the bid are being sold astatine respective online platforms.