England and India will face off against each other at Old Trafford, Manchester, on Saturday after the series opener was called off due to rain. Light rain is expected on match day, but it is not expected to play a killjoy.

India was able to come up with an improved batting performance against Harry Brook’s team after they were recently stunned 0-2 by Ireland. Abhishek Sharma and Shreyas Iyer scored valuable fifties and delivered for the visitors. Sanju Samson has returned with scores of 5, 0, and 1 in his last three T20I innings, and he would look to get back amongst the runs.

On the other hand, Saqib Mahmood was the pick of the English bowlers on Wednesday, returning with figures of 3-33 in his quota of four overs.

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Indian captain Shreyas Iyer needs two fours and five sixes to complete 100 boundaries and 50 maximums, respectively, in T20Is.

India’s vice-captain Tilak Varma needs 24 runs to complete 1500 runs in T20Is.

Axar Patel needs one wicket to complete 100 wickets in the shortest format.

Sanju Samson needs 95 runs to complete 1500 runs in T20Is.

Sam Curran needs 10 fours to complete 50 boundaries in T20Is.

Jacob Bethell needs 10 sixes to complete 50 maximums in T20Is.

England Squad: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Harry Brook(c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood, Jordan Cox, James Coles, Rehan Ahmed, Sonny Baker

India Squad: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Washington Sundar, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi