IND Vs Eng 3rd T20I: Shadow of Smog today on Rajkot T20? How will the mood of the pitch, know everything – India vs England T20I Rajkot Smog Weather Update Pitch Conditions Playing
IND vs Eng 3rd T20i Pitch, Weather: Team India and England teams will face each other in the third T20 of the five-match series in Rajkot on Tuesday (January 28). The British team has lost the first 2 matches of this series. Which took place in Kolkata and Chennai.
The star batsman of the British team, Harry Brook, stirred up in this series saying that due to the mist in Kolkata, it became more difficult to take the wicket of Indian spinner Varun Chakraborty. He had said this about the condition of Kolkata, in that match, Brook was caught in Varun Chakraborty’s Firki.
At the same time, Brook once again fell victim to Varun in Chennai. After his dismissal, veteran cricketer Sunil Gavaskar questioned whether Brook had a visibility problem in Chennai too?
In such a situation, can the shadow of smog can also be seen in Rajkot? How will the weather be during the match here, let us tell you about it. The first thing is that there will be no barrier of rain during the third T20 match, this match will start today (Tuesday) at 7 pm Indian time. In such a situation, the weather is expected to be clear, the temperature will be between 22 and 27 degrees Celsius.
According to Aqueder, air quality will be fine. The PM10 level is expected to be 114 micrograms per cubic meter, while the PM2.5 level is about 58 micrograms per cubic meter, which reflects general visibility, which is definitely better than Kolkata. According to Aqi.in, the visibility in Rajkot on Tuesday is 10 km and 10 percent is cloudy.
How will the mood of Rajkot be?
Talking about the conditions of Rajkot ground, it is considered to be suited to bat. Niranjan Shah Stadium hosted a high scoring match in 2023, which is also the last T20I played on this venue. India had scored 228 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs thanks to Suryakumar Yadav’s century. Then there was assistance for both spin and pace, as India covered Sri Lanka for 137 runs in only 16.5 overs, in which Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya took five wickets.
In the Test match between India and England in 2024, the hosts made more than 400 in every innings. England scored more than 300 runs in the first innings, but after taking five wickets of Ravindra Jadeja in the final innings, he was dismissed for just 122 runs.
England did not make any changes for the third T20
England captain Jose Butler has not made any changes in his playing-11 for the third T20 match. The second match was quite exciting. Despite these two defeats, Butler will enter the field without changes in his playing-11.
England’s playing-11 for Rajkot T20I:
Jose Butler (Captain), Phil Soult (wicketkeeper), Ben Docket, Harry Brook, Liam Livingston, Jamie Smith, Jamie overton, Bridan Cars, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.
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The perfect synergy 🌀#Teamindia 🇮🇳 all in readness for the 3rd t20i in rajkot 💪🏻#INDVENG , @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/vcaeeiehpc7– BCCI (@Bcci) January 28, 2025
There will also be changes in India’s playing 11
Both Shivam Dubey and Ramandeep Singh are included in the playing-11, while Dhruv Jurlel as well as leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi may have to stay out of this match. Bishnoi has not been able to take a single wicket in this series so far. While Jurael could not redeem the opportunity in Chennai T20 and kept on scoring only 4 runs. ,
Surya-Samson expected a strong game
In this match, everyone’s eyes will be on Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav, who has not been able to do anything special in this series. Apart from Surya, Sanju Samson will also expect a big innings, whose weakness has been revealed on the short ball. As far as England are concerned, he will have to win in this match to keep the T20 series alive. So far, only captain Jose Butler has been able to perform well in batting for England. Archer has taken wickets in bowling, although he proved to be very expensive in the last match. Adil Rashid has done well so far. At the same time, Mohammed Shami will also have to see whether or not it will get a chance in this match.
Indian team’s possible playing XI in the third T20: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Ramandeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Akshar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty.
Team India lost only one match in Rajkot so far
If the Indian team wins the third T20 match, it will capture the series. In this way, she will win the 5th consecutive T20 series against England. Let us know that a total of 8 bilateral T20 series have been played between the Indian team and England so far. In this, the Indian team won 4 series and lost 3. There was a series draw.
The Gland team will play their first T20 match in Rajkot. While the Indian team has already played 5 T20 matches here. In this, Team India has won 4 matches, while one has lost. The Indian team has not lost any T20 match since 2017 at this ground. In such a situation, he has a record on this ground.
India-England H2H (T20I)
Total Match – 26
India won- 15
England won- 11
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First T20- 22 January- Kolkata, India won by 7 wickets
Second T20- 25 January- Chennai, India won by 2 wickets
Third T20- 28 January- Rajkot
Fourth T20- 31 January- Pune
Fifth T20- 2 February- Mumbai
First ODI- 6 February- Nagpur
Second ODI- 9 February- Cuttack
Third ODI- 12 February- Ahmedabad
India-England squad for T20 series
Indian Team: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akshar Patel (Vice-Qetan), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarti, Ravi Bishnoi , Washington Sundar and Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper).
England Team: Jose Butler (Captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gas Atkinson, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Bridan Cars, Ben Docket, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt and Mark Wood .
