Suryakumar Yadav-led Indian cricket team is going one-on-one against Jos Buttler's England side in the third T20I of the five-match series which is being played at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot, on January 28 (Tuesday). The Men in Blue are leading by 2-0 and have the chance to gain an unassailable lead of 3-0 and win the series. On the other hand, it is a must-win game for the English side to avoid a series loss. Indian captain won the toss and elected to bowl first. Mohammed Shami will be playing this match. This marks his return to International cricket after 14 months.
Captains at toss
"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," said Suryakumar Yadav after winning the toss.
"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," Jos Buttler said at toss
IND vs ENG 3rd T20I Playing XIs
India: 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: Ben Duckett, Philip Salt (wk), Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood