{"id":221029,"date":"2025-01-22T04:34:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T04:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/ind-vs-eng-1st-t20i-pitch-report-how-will-surface-at-eden-gardens-in-kolkata-play-for-india-england-match\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T04:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T04:34:47","slug":"ind-vs-eng-1st-t20i-pitch-report-how-will-surface-at-eden-gardens-in-kolkata-play-for-india-england-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/ind-vs-eng-1st-t20i-pitch-report-how-will-surface-at-eden-gardens-in-kolkata-play-for-india-england-match\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs ENG 1st T20I pitch report: How will surface at Eden Gardens in Kolkata play for India-England match?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2025\/01\/kolkata-1737516019.webp?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"IND vs ENG 1st T20I pitch report: How will surface at Eden Gardens in Kolkata play for India-England match?\" title=\"IND vs ENG 1st T20I pitch report: How will surface at Eden Gardens in Kolkata play for India-England match?\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : AP<\/span> India will lock horns against England in the first T20I of the five-match series in Kolkata on Wednesday, January 22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">India will take on England in the first T20I of the five-match series, which promises to be nothing short of a humdinger. Great grounds, small boundaries, high-scoring venues and two teams filled with T20 superstars, wanting to rip apart bowling attacks for fun. After almost four years, England will be playing a T20 series in India and even though the likes of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a> have retired, it doesn&#8217;t take the sheen off the series given how well the new-age T20 specialists have applied themselves in the last few series under skipper Suryakumar Yadav.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>The series begins in Kolkata, which is hosting its first T20I in almost three years. England have already named their playing XI while including four pace-bowling options and just a lone pure spin bowling option, with a couple of part-timers. India are likely to play a couple of spinners and may even add a third given England batters&#8217; vulnerability against spin. However, does that work anymore on pitches that are dished out in Kolkata for white-ball games?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eden Gardens, Kolkata pitch report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The last time India played a T20I in Kolkata, Rohit Sharma was still India&#8217;s captain in T20Is, Shardul Thakur was part of the setup in the shortest format and three key players of the current squad hadn&#8217;t even made their debuts. However, Eden Gardens has been an important part of T20 cricket round the year in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/ipl\" rel=\"noopener\">IPL<\/a> and domestic cricket for India. The surface, as it was in the IPL last year, is likely to be a belter. 262 was chased down by Punjab Kings in one of the games at the venue in IPL last year, without breaking a sweat.<\/p>\n<p>Under lights, the fresh surface might aid a bid of movement. Hence, the likes of Arshdeep Singh, Gus Atkinson and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/mohammed-shami\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammed Shami<\/a> will enjoy bowling in the first few overs before the wicket settles down. The spinners are unlikely to get much help, unless there&#8217;s some mystery. India will be lucky to have the expertise of Varun Chakravarthy, who has bowled day in and out at this venue to trouble the English batters.\u00a0    <\/p>\n<p>The captain winning the toss will be eager to bowl first at this venue, with straight boundaries being a little short and dew being a probable factor. It will be a high-scoring game and bowlers are going to have a tough outing.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-eng-1st-t20i-pitch-report-how-will-surface-at-eden-gardens-in-kolkata-play-for-india-england-match-2025-01-22-972484\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : AP India will lock horns against England in the first T20I of the five-match series in Kolkata on Wednesday, January 22 India will take on England in the first T20I of the five-match series, which promises to be nothing short of a humdinger. 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