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Head to Head
In T20Is - Matches 23 | India 12 | England 11
In T20 World Cups - Matches 4 | India 2 | England 2
Venue details and weather conditions
Venue: Providence Stadium, Guyana
Weather: Close your eyes. The weather update isn’t the best, considering that rain is predicted for the entire day in Guyana. There’s close to 65% around noon, just two hours after the start of the game. However, there is an extended cover for the match to be completed, an extra 250 minutes.
Average first innings score: 146/7 (four matches thus far)
Bat first/second split: Teams batting first have won thrice out of the five matches at the venue
Pace/spin split: Average 14.7 vs 14.5; Economy 6.4 vs 5.5; Percentage of wickets 63.3% vs 36.7%
Players to watch out for
Jos Buttler: While Phil Salt is definitely doing the damage in the powerplay, Jos Buttler has found his magic touch as the competition has progressed. The English captain is coming on the back of a destructive 38-ball 83 against the United States of America, where he smacked Harmeet Singh for five sixes in a single over. Not to forget, the last time these two sides met each other at the T20 World Cup, Buttler scored an 80.
Arshdeep Singh: Another player who has gone under the radar has been Arshdeep Singh. While it is true that Jasprit Bumrah has been a monster at the World Cup, Arshdeep’s early strikes have definitely given India an edge over the opposition. The left-arm seamer has picked up five powerplay wickets with an economy rate of just 7.3. Arshdeep also has been a crucial cog in India’s death-over wheel, with nine wickets in that phase, averaging just 6.4. He could be vital against England’s right-handed openers.
Rohit Sharma: Rohit batted like a man possessed in India’s dominant win over Australia in their last Super 8 clash, scoring a 41-ball 92 laced with 13 boundaries. The Indian skipper has the third-most runs in the first six-over phase, with his 125 runs coming at a strike rate of 147.1. He also has hit 20 boundaries, the fourth-most for any batter in overs 1-6. The 37-year-old has an average of 45.5 against England, his best record against a top-ten team after Australia (49.25).
Key battles
Jasprit Bumrah vs England batters
Can the English batters tackle one of the greatest white-ball bowlers in the world, Jasprit Bumrah? That’s one of the biggest questions heading into this electrifying contest between the two teams. Here are the match-ups for Bumrah:
Cricket.com’s suggested Fantasy XI
Probable playing XI
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah
England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley
Streaming and telecast details
The match will be telecasted on Star Sports and streamed on Disney + Hotstar in India from 8:00 PM on June 27 (Thursday).
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