IND vs ENG 2nd T20I Date, Live Streaming: Playing XI prediction, head-to-head stats, pitch report and weather update

IND vs ENG 2nd T20I Schedule, Live Streaming, Date, Pitch Report, Weather: Suryakumar Yadav’s India will take on Jos Buttler’s England in the second of the five-match T20I series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday. With a seven-wicket win in the opening game, the hosts have taken a 1-0 lead in the series at Kolkata.It is hard to pinpoint a flaw in the Indian team after performance at Eden. Such was the side’s sheer dominance or the visitors’ lackluster cricket. The English batters had no clue which way the ball was going to turn after pitching, and the bowlers did not know which lines and lengths to bowl for Abhishek Sharma, who was on a rampage.
Here’s a look at all the details
Predicted XIs
India predicted XI: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy/Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy
Player to watch out for: The English batters could not pick Varun Chakravarthy’s googlies in the opening encounter. The wr spinner has been in top form and has been a thorn in the flesh of the batters irrespective of the conditions. However, Chennai tends to have something for the spinners that will make Chakravarthy twice the bowler he was at Kolkata where despite not much help, he picked up three wickets.
England predicted XI: Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (wk), Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson/Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Player to watch out for: Jos Buttler did manage to score a half-century but as India would have experienced last year in the Test series, Ben Duckett is a formidable player of spin bowling and can unsettle the Indian spinners with his cheeky sweeps and reverse sweeps if he does get going. Given the vulnerability in the middle order if he can play an innings of substance England batting will look better than what it did.
India vs England squads
India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Axar Patel (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar and Dhruv Jurel (wk).
England: Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook (vc), Phil Salt (wk), Jacob Bethell, Liam Livingstone, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, and Mark Wood.
India vs England head-to-head records in T20IS
Matches played: 25, India won: 15, England won: 11
India vs England pitch report
The surface at Chennai usually aids spin and with the weakness exposed English batters in the first game against spin the nature of the wicket is unlikely to be changed. However, depending on the soil used for the game red or black the other factors such as bounce and seam movement for the fast bowlers with the new ball will come into play.
India vs England weather report
It is winter in India, and the temperature is expected to drop to 22 degrees centigrade in the evening as per Accuweather.com. The dew factor will come into play at this time of the season, so the team winning the toss will look to bat first.
India vs England livestreaming details
The 2nd T20I between India and England will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network. The match will also be available for live streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.