Sanjay Manjrekar has boldly said that it is a straightforward selection that won't cause much trouble for the Indian cricket team management or selectors. Well, the cricket expert has picked Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma as his openers with Tilak Varma slotting at No. 3.
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Manjrekar said that there will be a toss-up between Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar and the decision may depend on the pitch conditions and opposition lineup. But the cricket pundit went with Nitish Kumar Reddy in his playing XI against England.
Sanjay Manjrekar selects Nitish Kumar Reddy and Varun Chakravarthy in his playing XI
India’s vice-captain and spin all-rounder Axar Patel has found a place at the No. 8 in Manjrekar’s playing for the first T20I match against England. The former Indian batter also labeled the mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy as the game-changer, as he went with only one spin specialist.
The comeback man Mohammed Shami will lead Manjrekar’s pace attack in the first T20I match against England while he will have the support of young gun Arshdeep Singh at Eden Gardens.
Sanjay Manjrekar’s India XI for the first T20I against England:
Sanju Samson (WK), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (VC), Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.
On the other hand, England have already named their playing XI for the first T20I match against India. Mark Wood and Jofra Archer return to England's T20I line-up while Ben Duckett is also making a T20I comeback in Kolkata.
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