The focus shifts back from the squad for the ICC Champions Trophy to actual cricket. The Indian team arrived in batches yesterday (January 18) in Kolkata to start their preparations for the 1st India vs. England T20I. Rinku Singh and Nitish Kumar Reddy were the first ones to arrive, and captain Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma joined them a little later.
Gautam Gambhir joins Team India in Kolkata
Most of the other players and the head coach, Gautam Gambhir, came in the evening, while Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya arrived around midnight.
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England makes way from Dubai
Not just the Indian team, but the touring party, England, also arrived yesterday in Kolkata. Barring Liam Livingstone, who joined the side from South Africa, where he was playing for the Pretoria Capitals in the SA20, Jos Buttler led the team from Dubai, where they were training for the India vs. England series and the ICC Champions Trophy.
First training session under Sitanshu Kotak
Both teams will start training today (January 19) for the series, which kicks off on January 22. Team India will also hold their first session under new batting coach Sitanshu Kotak, who has been added to the mix after batting failures over the last couple of series.
India vs England T20Is, squads
India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vc), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wk)
England: Jos Buttler (c), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood
