{ "id": "103210", "author": "23", "cnmid": "0", "title": "Arshdeep Singh Makes His Debut; India Opt To Bat First Against England", "lang": "en", "series": "498", "cup_year": "2022", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first against England in the first T20I of the three-match series on Thursday.", "subtype": null, "editor1": "

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first against England in the first T20I of the three-match series, here on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh is making his India debut from this game and skipper Rohit called him an exciting prospect.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We are gonna bat first. Looks like a good pitch, decent ground to play. Good pitch, sun is out, better thing to bat first. Recovered pretty well, had a couple of hits before getting into this game. Looking forward to the game as well," said Rohit at the toss.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We know the scheduling, we have to have the understanding, players will be swapped every now and then. You can create your bench strength as well, a lot of opportunities for guys to come out and play. Exciting times, these guys have been here for a while playing in Ireland and played a couple of games here as well. We are making him (Arshdeep) play.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

There were a few choices for us, the other guys will have their time. Arshdeep has done well in the IPL, looks an exciting prospect," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

On the other hand, Jos Buttler is leading England for the first time as a full time captain and he called it a great honour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Very proud day, great honour to get to captain your country. I'm looking forward to the challenges ahead. Eoin has been a fantastic captain for a very long time, he has left the team in a great place and now the pressure is on to keep it moving forward," said Buttler.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"The Test team has been fantastic to watch. Hopefully we can ride that momentum as well. Gleeson, Willey and Salt miss out. We have got a couple of all-rounders in Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone, they give us a lot of options with both ball and bat," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Playing XI:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

England: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w\/c), Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley, Matthew Parkinson<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Also Read: <\/strong> Scorecard<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

India : Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Indian young fast bowler Arshdeep has a great start in his International career. I don’t expect to believe that a lot of records in international career are waiting for him. #arshdeepsingh #ENGvIND<\/a>\r\n\r\n
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