1st T20 International between India and England will be played in Kanpur today

The first T-20 International of the three match cricket series between India and England will be played in Kanpur today. The match will begin at 4:30 PM. 

All eyes will be on Suresh Raina, who will be back in the Indian cricket team at his home ground. The spotlight will also be on the six players who were not part of the 50-over squad. They include Rishabh Pant, Mandeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parvez Rasool and Ashish Nehra.

India have rested leading spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja for the three-match Twenty20 international series against England. It



will be a good test for Virat Kohli’s team to play minus the troika of leading spinners.It will be the ninth Twenty-20 international match between the two teams and fourth in India. England have won five and India three in the eight previous encounters between the two teams. England have won two and lost one in three matches played against India in India.

England captain Eoin Morgan informed that Joe Root has recovered from a niggle that kept him out of the third ODI in Kolkata and is available for selection for today's T20 match. However, pacer David Willey will not take part in today's game.