The 34-year-old is returning to the national team for the first time since the 2023 Cricket World Cup final after an extended period away from the game.

India vs England, IND vs ENG 1st T20I Live Score Streaming Online; Telecast Channel: India will take on England in the first game of the five-match T20 series at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.

India has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series-opening T20 against England’s cricketers in Kolkata

India chase down 133 with 43 balls to spare to win by seven wickets Abhishek smashes 79 off 34 balls England 132 (20 overs): Buttler 68 (44); Chakravarthy 3-23 India take 1-0 lead in five-match series Second T20 in Chennai on Saturday (13:30 GMT) by Timothy Abraham & Matthew Henry Well,

England take on India in the first of a five-match T20 series in Kolkata today, with Brendon McCullum hoping to make the perfect start leading the side. The match sees England Test coach McCullum in charge of his first match in international white-ball cricket,

India's T20 team showed it was unaffected by the ailments afflicting the longer-format sides as the reigning world champions completed a comprehensive seven-wicket win in the first T20 against England in Kolkata on Wednesday.

The past several months have been a forgettable experience for . A Test whitewash at home against New Zealand was something nobody would have predicted, bearing in mind the two sides' respective form coming into the three-match series.