ENG vs IND Dream11 Predictions - 1st T20I 2022 | 7 Jul

India beat Ireland 2-0 and then played a few warmup games here against county sides before getting set for the major challenge of the summer, playing three T20Is and three ODIs against the best white ball team in the world. India already saw how the Bazball technique worked wonders for the home side as they chased a record 378-run total to win the 5th Test. Clearly, they’re a much bigger danger in the shorter formats.

The hosts England begin as clear favourites as there’s no better team than them in white ball cricket and they’ve got the home advantage now too. It was only recently that they scored the highest ODI total in the history of the game against Netherlands and we won’t be surprised if there’s a 200+ total being put up here as well. Keep reading for our complete MyFab11 (sign-up with code “READAD46“) WAS vs HAM fantasy preview…

Match info

Tournament: India tour of England 2022.
Date: 7th July 2022, 10:30pm IST.
Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton, England.
Capacity: 6,500+
Series status: First game of the 3-match series.

Recent form

ENG: L W L W L
IND: W W NR W W

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Numbers

Head to head in last 5 T20Is, India leads 3-2.
Last 6 T20Is at this venue – 4 won batting second.
Highest T20 total at this venue – 248/6 by Australia in 2013.
59, 104, 47* – Deepak Hooda’s last three T20 scores.

England

A lot of the limelight will be on Jos Buttler who takes over as captain after Eoin Morgan’s sudden retirement a few days ago. Buttler has adopted the opener’s role after seeing success doing so in the IPL and he’s been in great touch, ending as the top scorer in IPL 2022 and scoring a massive century against Netherlands too. He makes our ENG vs IND 1st T20 fantasy team while Moeen Ali in the middle order is a good pick, also with boosted confidence from his IPL performances in the last couple of seasons.

There’s a dilemma about who to pick between Phil Salt and Harry Brook and the former hasn’t had even one single-digit score in his last 10 outings, so we don’t see why he shouldn’t be picked here. Making a comeback after missing last year’s T20 World Cup is Sam Curran and he’s someone you can even pick as your ENG vs IND Dream11 team captain or vice-captain. Chris Jordan picked 3 wickets and scored 73 in his last T20 Blast game, and he’s an easy pick too.

India

The visitors will also have selection woes especially with Deepak Hooda putting on a brilliant show against Ireland and in one of the warmup games here in England too. He makes our team but in the middle order since the first choice opener in Rohit Sharma is back as captain. With not having a lot of game time in recent weeks and missing the 5th Test because of Covid-19, we don’t think the hitman is going to be among the runs.

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With the bat, there will also be a lot of focus on Dinesh Karthik who only recently scored his maiden T20I fifty. He was here last year as part of the broadcasting team and is now in brilliant touch as the side’s finisher, so don’t leave him out of your MyFab11 (sign-up with code “READAD46“) ENG vs IND 1st T20 fantasy team. Umran Malik may get the nod ahead of Arshdeep Singh primarily for his pace but the lead bowler will have to be Bhuvneshwar Kumar who swung the ball both directions in Ireland.

England vs India – 1st T20I 2022 Betting

England vs India – 1st T20I 2022 betting
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ENG vs IND Squads

England T20 Squad

Jos Buttler (C), Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Matthew Parkinson, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Richard Gleeson, Chris Jordan, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, David Willey.

India T20 Squad

Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.