The first of three T20 internationals between England and India takes place in Southampton on Thursday and we take a look at the squads, recent form and the all important betting.
The rescheduled fifth test match finished as recently as Tuesday of this week and England won it by 7 wickets to square the series with Root (142 not out) and Bairstow (114 not out) taking them home.
We now have 3 x T20's (to be followed by 3 ODI's) and we start with the squads.
England: Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Richard Gleeson, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Matthew Parkinson, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, David Willey
India have named separate squads, one for the first T20 and then another for the 2nd and 3rd matches
India 1st T20: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik
India 2nd and 3rd T20: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, J Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh
Recent Form
England's most recent T20 action came in the West Indies in January this year and they lost the series 3-2. In late 2021 they made it to the semi finals of the World T20 in the UAE where they lost to New Zealand.
Last month India drew 2-2 at home to the Proteas, losing the first 2 matches, winning the next 2 and a decider was washed out. Since then they were 2-0 winners in Ireland. India have won 14 of their last 16 completed T20 internationals.
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 19 times with England winning 9 to India's 10
The most recent series came in India in March 2021 and India won it 3-2.
The Betting - 1st T20
At the time of writing England are 7/10 to win the match and India are 23/20
Jos Buttler is 11/4 to top score for England and Rohit Sharma is 3/1 to do likewise for India
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
I see a couple of teams who look evenly matched but whilst that may suggest the value lies with India to win I prefer the Player Performance markets where points are awarded as follows.
Total Points. Run = 1pt. Catch = 10pts. Wicket = 20pts. Stumping = 25pts
Dinesh Karthik should have the gloves for this first T20 with Pant expected to take over the the second and third matches. His quote therefore looks beatable to me.
I'll also row in with Hardik Pandya to beat a similar quote.
Player Performance Bets:
Dinesh Karthik over 22.5 points at 17/20
Hardik Pandya over 23.5 points at 17/20
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Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
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