A series without real context. Sealed with a game to spare. Sounds like a familiar tale for Men in Blue, although the format has changed from shorter to the shortest with every passing year over the last decade, isn’t it?
Despite most of these boxes ticked, India’s last T20I game of the season at the Wankhede Stadium will be far from being a meaningless affair. After all, the game will be Mohammed Shami’s major litmus test in a bid to prove his fitness in time for the Champions Trophy, that starts in less than three weeks.
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England XI: Jos Buttler (Capt.), Harry Brook (vice-capt.), Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.
India probable playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy
India vs England 5th T20I Dream11 Team
Wicketkeepers
Jos Buttler
Batters
Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ben Duckett, Abhishek Sharma
All-rounders
Hardik Pandya, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Dube
Bowlers
Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Adil Rashid
Team composition: IND 7-4 ENG
Squads
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Dhruv Jurel, Harshit Rana
England: Ben Duckett, Philip Salt(w), Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood, Brydon Carse, Jamie Smith, Rehan Ahmed
