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India opt to bowl in 1st T20I against England, Shami not picked

Shami's India return in 14 months after playing in ODI World Cup final loss to Australia in November 2023 due to an ankle injury was on the cards
Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav with head coach Gautam Gambhir during a training session ahead of the first T20 match of the series against England, at Eden Garden in Kolkata. PTI
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India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bowl first in the opening T20 International against England here on Wednesday.

Senior pacer Mohammed Shami surprisingly missed out of the India eleven. His India return in 14 months after playing in the ODI World Cup final loss to Australia in November 2023 due to an ankle injury was on the cards.

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“A good headache (playing XI selection), we want to stick to our strengths,” Yadav said.

“We want to bowl first. The wicket looks sticky, there will be dew later on. It will be heavier later on.

“The preparations have been good, looking forward to this series. It's going to be great competition between both the sides.”

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Teams:

India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (w), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy

England: Jos Buttler (c), Ben Duckett, Philip Salt (w), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

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