ENG vs WI | T20I Series | 11-03-2019 01:30

Post Toss News:

Toss won by Windies, who chose to bat.

England XI: A Hales, J Bairstow, J Root, E Morgan, J Denly, S Billings, D Willey, T Curran, C Jordan, A Rashid, M Wood

WI XI: J Campbell, S Hope, S Hetmyer, DM Bravo, N Pooran, J Holder, F Allen, C Brathwaite, D Bishoo, S Cotterrell, O McCoy


ENG Team News:

-> England have rested some of their T20 specialists for this series.

-> Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes won’t be available for the series.

-> David Malan, David Willey and Sam Billings have been named as their replacements.

-> Malan is expected to play and will bat one down, in the place of Root.

ENG Full Squad: Eoin Morgan(c), Sam Billings, Jonny Bairstow, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Alex Hales, Mark Wood, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Dawid Malan, Liam Plunkett, Sam Curran, David Willey.

-> Hales and Bairstow will open, both are in prime form and expected to blast again.

-> Root/Malan is expected to bat one down(RISKY)

(IF ROOT DOESN'T PLAY THEN MALAN WILL BAT ONE DOWN)

-> D Malan is one of the good T20 players in this English side, Malan can bowl few overs also.

-> Morgan is a destroyer in this format, if he gets to play 10-12 balls then he can definitely score 25+.

-> Wicket keeping duty will be managed by Sam Billings, he will bat lower down the order and he will be followed by Tom, Tom Curran showed some classy batting in Big Bash so he can be handy with the bat too if English players get out early.

-> Fast bowling department will be managed by Tom, Plunkett, Wood and Jordan, in these 4 Jordan is very economical, Jordan will be bowling the last overs too.

-> Willey will bat next and he is a very good bowler, bowl good yorker also.

-> Adil Rashid will be the spinner for the team and Denly can assist him.

Expected Playing XI: Bairstow, Hales, Denly, Root/Malan, Morgan, Tom, Plunkett, Adil, Jordan, Plunkett, Willey


Must Pick Players: Hales, Bairstow, Morgan, Jordan



WI Team News:

-> Jason Holder will lead the Caribbean side for the first time in T20Is.

-> All-rounder Andre Russell suffered a knee injury and won’t be available for the series.

-> A Nurse ruled out due to injury.

WI Full Squad: Chris Gayle, John Campbell, Shai Hope (wk), Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder (c), Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Devendra Bishoo, Pooran, Allen

-> Gayle and Hope will open the innings, Gayle is in sublime form and now he will be playing his favourite format too, so Gayle will be once again doing the damage and meanwhile, Hope bats sensibly but their best in the business currently.

-> Hetmyer will be following him next, Hetmyer starts with a good strike rate and T20 is his favourite format too, he starts hitting the ball from the very first ball.

-> Darren, Pooran, Brathwaite, Holder will be batting deep, They all can finish well in fewer balls. Holder and Brathwaite will bowl 4-4 overs each too.

-> Pooran scored a brilliant fifty in the first game and we can expect something same again as he bats well in this format.

-> Bishoo will replace Nurse.

-> Cottrell, Thomas, Holder, Brathwaite will be the pacers for the Windies team, Thomas/McCoy and Cottrell are their best T20 bowlers.


Expected Playing XI: Chris Gayle, Shai Hope (wk), Pooran, Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder (c), Carlos Brathwaite, Bishoo, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas/McCoy, Allen

Must Pick Players: Gayle, Hope, Hetmyer, Pooran



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