On Saturday, January 11, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the lineup of the Indian national cricket team for the upcoming T20I series against the England national cricket team.

The England national cricket team will travel to India in January-February for a lengthy white-ball series that will include five T20Is and three ODIs.

India and England will play at 8 different venues

England’s India tour 2025 will begin with a T20I series, with the first match taking place on Wednesday, January 22 at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

The next two matches will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday, January 25 and at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Tuesday, January 28.

The fourth T20I will be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Friday, January 31, and the fifth and final match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday, February 2 .

After that, the ODI series between the Three Lions and the Men in Blue will begin. The series opener will be played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday, February 6, while the second ODI is scheduled to be played at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday, February 9.

England’s tour of India 2025 will begin with the third and final ODI on Wednesday, February 12 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

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Home team led by Suryakumar Yadav, Mohammed Shami returns

Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team in the series against the Three Lions. On the batting front, Suryakumar will be supported by the likes of Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh. Rishabh Pant has reportedly been dropped from the T20Is, while Dhruv Jurel has been picked.

The bowling department will be led by the returning Mohammed Shami, who is making his comeback with India after being out of the national team since November 2023. Additionally, the bowling department features left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh and spinner Varun Chakravarthy, both of whom have done well for the team in the recent past work.

The trio of top all-rounders Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar and vice-captain Axar Patel will provide the much-needed balance to the team . Notably, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was rested during the T20I series along with Mohammed Siraj.

Meanwhile, the series against Jos Buttler-led side will be India’s first T20I since November 2024 when they defeated the Proteas in South Africa. The Men in Blue performed brilliantly in the four-match T20I series against the South African national cricket team as the team won 3-1.

The Suryakumar Yadav-led team started the series with a 61-run victory and ended their tour with a dominant 135-run victory. They will look to put in a similar performance against England and keep their incredible T20I record intact.

India T20I series vs England

Lineup: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vc), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi , Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wk).