The final match of the five-match T20 series between India and England will be played on Saturday (July 11) at The Rose Bowl in Southampton. For Team India, which has already lost the series, prestige will be at stake in this match. Hosts England lead the series 3-0 and would like to take the lead to 4-0 by winning the last match. According to Indian time, this match will begin at 19:00.
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The Shreyas Iyer-led Indian team has yet to open a winning account. In such a situation, the Indian captain will be faced with the task of breaking the streak of back-to-back defeats in Southampton. If India wins the last match, the series will end at 1-3, while a defeat will leave them embarrassed at 0-4.
Barring the second T20I match played in Manchester, the Indian team has failed to pose a serious challenge to England in the series. The performance of the batsmen was particularly disappointing. In Nottingham, Team India managed just 76 runs, while in Bristol, despite captain Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten innings of 80 runs, the team could score only 158 runs. England reached the target of 159 runs with the loss of only one wicket.
Jofra Archer and Josh Tong’s pace and bouncing balls have caused trouble for the Indian batsmen in this series. Team India’s batsmen will have to overcome this weakness in Southampton. Before the last match, the Indian team’s bowling options also became limited. Mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty and fast bowler Harshit Rana are out due to a hamstring injury.
There are three possible major changes to Game 11
The Indian team may make changes to the playing 11 for the last match. To balance a batting order full of left-handed batsmen, wicketkeeper Sanju Samson may be given a chance at number 3. In such a situation, Ishan Kishan may be left out of the game-11. Young all-rounder Suryansh Shedge and spinner Ravi Bishnoi are also in contention for a place in the playing-11.
Suryansh Shedge might get a chance in place of Washington Sundar, while Ravi Bishnoi might be in the team instead of Prasidh Krishna, while the team management might give another chance to 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi. His problems with short balls have come to the fore, but looking to the future, he is likely to be given opportunities frequently.
Likely India-11 game: Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Sanju Samson (watchman), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Akshar Patel, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi.
Probable England 11 game: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brooke (capt), Jacob Bethel, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacques, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Josh Tong.
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Full composition of India: Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (watchman), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Sanju Samson, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi and Suryansh Shedge.
England squad: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brooke (capt), Jacob Bethel, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacques, Jofra Archer, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Josh Tong, Sonny Baker, Rehan Ahmed, Jordan Cox, Saqib Mahmood and Luke Wood.
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