The 1st T20 match of the India tour of England, 2022 is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 7th July 2022 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton

India is on the tour of England for three T20s and the same ODI matches. A couple of warmup matches were played earlier by Team India where they won against Northamptonshire while losing against England XI. India is playing with full force against England and this series is going to be very interesting. England had a decent record against India while playing against India in the home conditions. Will they repeat that history in this series? the time will tell us. Remember that the squad of team India will remain the same as it was against Ireland but from the second match, they will change the squad. Our reports of today prediction confirm that England is going to win this match.

England had appointed Jose Buttler as the new captain as Eoin Morgan had retired from international cricket. Buttler had been good in recently played T20 matches but it will interesting to see whether the pressure of captaincy affects his performance or not. It is also an interesting point that no any single player who was part of the test squad in England will be playing this match. The start players of England like Mark Wood, Adil Rashid, Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, Tom Curran, and Saqib Mahmood are not available for the selection for this match due to many reasons behind this. England still has some match-winners in the squad. We think that Jason Roy and Jose Buttler will be opening the batting inning for England while Liam Livingstone, Brook, Malan, and Moeen Ali. We don’t think that Phil Salt will be part of the final playing eleven for this match.

Jose Buttler is the best T20 batter and he was just outstanding in the recent season of IPL where he scored four centuries. He is also in the good form these days and we are sure that he will be the highest run-scorer from the side England in this match. Liam Livingstone is another dangerous batsman in the squad of England. He has the ability to hit the sixes to any bowler in the world and he will also create problems for the bowlers of India. Brook is the other batter who had scored runs in the most recent matches he had played and he can also be dangerous for India. David Willey and Sam Curran can bat well in the middle and last overs which adds extra power to the batting of England. Matt Parkinson and Chris Jordan will be leading the bowling squad of England with Reece Topley and Tymal Mills.

Rohit Sharma is back to team India and will be leading the side. We are sure that he will open the batting inning for India with Ishan Kishan. India will be playing this match with the same squad as they were against Ireland. They won both T20 matches against Ireland and also won the warmup matches but it will be interesting to see their performance against the full strength of England. India has the best opening pair in the shape of Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma. Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Suryakumar Yadav, and Deepak Hooda are available to handle the rest of the batting department. We are sure that India will shuffle the batting order as required as per conditions.

Hardik Pandya and Deepak Hooda are in good form for India and this is a positive sign as both batters can be game changers. In our opinion, Axar Patel will get a chance to play this match and he will be batting at number seven. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar will be leading the bowling department of India with Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, and Harshal Patel. Yuzvendra Chahal can be dangerous for the batting order of England on the conditions of The Rose Bowl.

England had played a total of 148 T20 matches so far. They won 79 matches while other teams won 64 matches. 5 matches of England were ended with no result and one match was tied.

India had played 166 T20 matches right now with 108 wins to their name while they had lost 53 matches. Their five matches were ended with no result.

England had played 19 T20 matches against India where they had won 9 matches while India had won 10 matches.

According to our match prediction, England is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make India a favorite team in this match, Some of the key factors are mentioned below:

• England is overall a strong and experienced team than India
• Jose Buttler and Jason Roy are in good form for India
• England has better six-hitting capability when we compare it with India
• Home ground conditions can help England

England has a strong batting order and bowling unit compared to India, so the winning chances of England for today’s match have increased. The equation of the winning chances of both teams for today’s match is below.

England has a 52% chance of winning this match
England has a 48% chance of winning this match

The toss is going to play an important role in the decision of each and every match of this series. According to toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 1st T20 Match match between England and India is going to be played at The Rose Bowl, Southampton. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match. A total of 190 can be difficult for batting second to chase.

The weather forecast in Southampton on match day is good for a cricket match. There are some chances of rain but that is possible that we may have an interrupted match.

England
Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Craig Overton.

India
Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan.

Captain: Jose Buttler
Vice-Captain: H Panday
S Yadav, Jason Roy, Deepak Hooda, David Malan, Liam Livingstone, Ishan Kishan, Y Chahal, Chris Jordan, David Willey

Date: Thursday, 7th June 2022
Time: 05:00 PM GMT / 06:00 PM LOCAL / 10:30 PM IST

Stadium: The Rose Bowl
Location: Southampton, England
Opened: 2001
Capacity: 6,500 (20,000 with temporary seating)
Known as: The Ageas Bowl, West End
Ends: Pavilion End, Northern End
Time Zone: UTC +01:00
Home to: Hampshire, Hampshire 2nd XI
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 9
Matches won batting first: 5
Matches won bowling first: 4
Average 1st Inns scores: 168
Average 2nd Inns scores: 143
Highest total recorded: 248/6 (20 Ov) by AUS vs ENG
Lowest total recorded: 79/10 (14.3 Ov) by AUS vs ENG
Highest score chased: 158/4 (18.5 Ov) by ENG vs AUS
Lowest score defended: 162/7 (20 Ov) by ENG vs AUS

Ben Stokes (c), Joe Root, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Matty Potts, Ollie Pope.