India take on England as Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to field first in the second T20I at the Chepauk stadium in Chennai on February 25, Saturday. India made two changes to their fold as Washington Sundar and Dhruv Jurel walked into team's playing XI in place of Rinku Singh and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
What did the captains say?
India captain Suryakumar Yadav after winning the toss, said:
"We'll look to bowl first. Looks a good track, hoping the wicket to be better in the evening. We want to stick to the basics. Really looking forward to the game. (Fielding) That's one thing which brings everyone together. Nitish is ruled out, Rinku will miss one or two games. Washi and Jurel come in."
Meanwhile, England skipper Jos Buttler, after losing the toss, said:
"We would have bowled first as well. Same gameplans, look to do better. Hopefully it'll be a good pitch and match. Bethell is unwell, Jamie Smith comes in. Atkinson misses out, Carse comes in."
India's Playing XI:
Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Mohammed Shami
England's Playing XI:
Ben Duckett, Philip Salt(w), Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Head-to-Head
India and England have locked horns with each other in T20Is 25 times so far. India have emerged victorious 14 times while England registered wins on 11 occasions against each other in the shortest format of the game.
India suffered a big blow right ahead of the showdown in Chennai as Nitish Kumar Reddy was ruled out of the ongoing five-match T20I series against England after picking up a side strain injury in the practice session before the second T20I.
Meanwhile, injured Rinku Singh has also been ruled out of second and third T20Is against England.
Pitch Report
"T20I cricket is back in Chennai after almost 7 years. This is a bigger venue. Square boundaries - 68m and 66m and 75m straight down the ground. Few cracks (on the pitch), there's a good covering of grass and most of it is pretty dead. Good pitch, I am saying somewhere around 180. We've got a pitch here which is a good pitch. The quick bowlers will look to bowl into the surface. I don't think there's going to be extravagant bounce. The spinner will get a little bit of bounce as well. Don't think there'll be a huge amount of spin. A very good surface to bat on, might get a little slow because this is a black soil pitch. Not much dew," Deep Dasgupta and Nick Knight analysed the pitch.