England cricket team have announced the 16-man squad for their five-match T20I series against Team India. India and England will play their first T20I match on 12th March at the Sardar Patel Stadium. England have named their full-fledged T20I squad for the upcoming series.
IND vs ENG: England name their T20I squad
Perth Scorchers’ star Liam Livingstone is set to make his comeback in England’s squad. Livingstone racked up a total of 426 runs in 14 BBL innings this season with an incredible strike rate of 134. The 27-year-old can also come handy with the bowl for the visitors. Jofra Archer, Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes are also part of the T20I squad and will continue their stay in India after the Test series.
Renowned English players like Chris Woakes and Joe Root are out of the T20I squad. Chris Jordan, Mark Wood, Reece Topley will compliment Archer in the pace attack. Jake Ball and leg-spinner Matt Parkinson are named in the reserves. The T20I squad will depart for India on February 26. All the five T20I games will be played at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad.
This should be some series! 🤩
🇮🇳 #INDvENG 🏴
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) February 11, 2021
England’s T20I squad:
Eoin Morgan (C), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, Mark Wood.
Reserves: Jake Ball, Matt Parkinson
