IND vs ENG: Who Will Dominate Kolkata’s Eden Gardens Pitch—Bowler or Batsman?
IND vs ENG: The first T20 match of the 5-match T20 series between India and England will be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The Indian team will be led by Suryakumar Yadav. On the other hand, England will be led by Jos Buttler.
Both teams are prepared to give each other a tough fight. Each team has experienced and excellent players who have the ability to change the course of the match. Earlier, India and England played the last T20 match in the World Cup 2024. Now, they are set to clash again on the Eden Gardens pitch in Kolkata. Let’s find out for whom the Kolkata pitch will prove beneficial.
IND vs ENG Pitch Report:
The bounce on the Eden Gardens pitch is very favourable for batsmen. In such a situation, a lot of fours and sixes will be seen on this ground. However, Due to dew, bowlers might face additional challenges here. To strengthen its bowling department, the Indian team can field two spinners and three fast bowlers in its playing eleven.
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The important role of toss:
The role of toss can be very important in Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. If we look at the statistics of the pitch, a total of 12 T20 International matches have been played here so far. Out of these, 5 matches have gone in favour of the team batting first. 7 games have been won by the team bowling first. The average score of the first innings on this ground is 155 runs and the average score of the second innings is 137 runs.
Highest record on this pitch:
The record of scoring the most runs in T20 on this pitch is in the name of Pakistan. Pakistan scored the highest 201 runs against Bangladesh in 2016.
If we talk about the lowest score, it is recorded in the name of Bangladesh. In 2016, Bangladesh was restricted to only 70 runs against New Zealand.
The Indian team has changed the highest score on this pitch and has also defended the lowest score. India chased a score of 162 runs in a T20I match against West Indies in the year 2022.
Squad of both the teams for the T20 series:
India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper).
England: Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.