The T-20 series between India and England is starting from January 22. The first match will be played in Kolkata. Although England have beaten India in 46% of T20 matches, the team last won a series in this format in India in 2011, 14 years ago.
MS Dhoni was the captain of India in 2011. After that, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma took charge of the team, but neither of them could lose the T20 series against England. Now Team India will play a 5 match series under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav and English team Jos Buttler.
Both teams' T20 records in the story…
India beat England in 54% T-20s
The first T-20 match was played between India and England in the 2007 World Cup. Then, in the group stage match, Yuvraj Singh from India hit 6 sixes in a single over against England's fast bowler Stuart Broad. India won this match by 18 runs.
Since 2007, 24 T-20s have been played between the two teams. India won 54% i.e. 13 and England won 11. Both the teams have played 11 matches in India, here also Team India is ahead. The team has won 6 matches and England has won 5 matches.
India defeated England in 4 consecutive series
The first T-20 series was played in 2011 between India and England. In which India was defeated. Till 2014, a total of 4 series were played between the two teams, with 1 draw, while India lost 3.
From 2017 to 2022, both teams played 4 more series. Only India won in all four. India beat England twice at home. 4 series were played between the two in India. 1 match was a draw and 1 was won by England, while 2 series were won by Team India.
Dhoni could not beat England in a single series
3 players captained India in the T-20 against England. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Under Dhoni's leadership, the team played 4 series from 2011 to 2014, in which the team lost 3, while one was a draw. Under Kohli's leadership, the team won all three series from 2017 to 2021. India also won the last series under Rohit's captaincy in 2022.
When England won the last T20 series in India in 2011, the team was captained by off-spinner Graeme Swann. Eoin Morgan was the captain when the team defeated India in the last T20 series at home in 2014. Dhoni captained India in both the series.
India's dominance in the ICC tournament as well
India qualified for the final of the 2024 T-20 World Cup by defeating England in the semi-finals. England did something similar in the 2022 World Cup. So far 5 matches have been played between the two in the ICC T-20 World Cup. India won 3 and England won 2. Both the teams also have 2-2 T20 World Cup to their name. India won the titles in 2007 and 2024. While England had success in 2010 and 2022.
Buttler close to 500 runs against India
England's white ball captain Jos Buttler is the team's highest run scorer against India. He has scored 498 runs in 22 T-20s with the help of 4 fifties. Jason Roy is second with 356 runs and Eoin Morgan is third with 347 runs. Both Roy and Morgan have retired, now the English team is going to play the T20 series against India with its young batsmen.
Rohit-Kohli top scorer against England
Former Indian captain Virat Kohli has scored the most runs for the team against England. He has 648 runs with 5 fifties in 21 T20Is. He has also won the Player of the Series award in 2021. Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav scored 1 century each against England. Both are among the team's top-3 run scorers against England.
Jordan took 24 wickets against India
Fast bowler Chris Jordan has taken the most wickets against India with 24. After that, Adil Rashid has taken 9 wickets and Jofra Archer has taken 8 wickets. Both Archer and Rashid will be seen playing in the T20 series, while Jordan has not been picked in the squad.
Chahal top bowler against England
Yuzvendra Chahal from India tops the list of players who have taken the most T20 wickets against England. He has taken 16 wickets in 11 T20Is, including taking 6 wickets in one innings. Hardik Pandya is second with 15 wickets and Jasprit Bumrah is third with 9 wickets.
Butler team's top scorer
In the current England team, captain Jos Buttler has scored the most runs for the team with 3526 runs. Their names are 1 century and 27 fifty. Leg-spinner Adil Rashid is the team's highest wicket-taker in T-20s. He has taken 130 wickets in 121 T20Is.
Arshdeep India's highest wicket taker
India's highest wicket-taker in T-20s is Arshdeep Singh, just 1 wicket away from taking 100 wickets. He has 99 wickets in 62 T20 matches to his name. Captain Suryakumar Yadav is the highest run scorer in the current team. He has scored 2580 runs with the help of 4 centuries and 21 fifties.
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