IND vs ENG 3rd T20I Playing 11: Pacer Mohammed Shami has been returned to India’s playing 11 for the third T20I match in England tour of India 2025.
With Fans aniticipated Shami’s return during the ongoing tour, he is set to be back in action in India jersey after 14 months. He has been rested during the first two matches of the series where the hosts secured win and made a comfortable lead 2-0.
India’s seven wicket win in Kolkata and 2 wicket win in Chennai has shown Indian prowess in the format and home conditions. They will be aiming to replicate the success at Rajkot to secure the series.
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India won the toss and opted to bowl first. While speaking at the toss Suryakumar Yadav said, “We will bowl first, looks nice and hard, don’t think it will change later as well. Rajkot has always been a good track, sure it will be a sporting one.”
“We wanted to play a different brand of cricket but at the same time you need to understand the situation and he (Tilak) bailed the side out.”
“We’ll look at it as a 3 game series from here, boys are charged up. Arshdeep is resting, Shami comes in.”
Meanwhile Jos Buttler said, “Looks a really good surface, looking forward to batting. We would’ve chased as well. Looks a good wicket, guys have had a good practice yesterday and we’re excited for the match.”
“Was a really good game of cricket, we fought really hard and pushed them all the way. We need to play really well tonight.”
“We know how well India play, they’re a strong team. We need a good total to defend. Same team but Jamie Smith will keep wickets, Salt has got a little stiff calf.”
IND vs ENG 3rd T20I playing 11
India 11: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Dhruv Jurel, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy
England 11: Philip Salt, Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith(w), Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
