Brydon Carse will replace Gus Atkinson for England's second T20 International against India on Saturday while Jamie Smith has also been added to the squad. Atkinson bled 38 runs in his two wicketless overs in the series opener in Kolkata where India cruised to a seven-wicket victory with more than seven overs to spare.

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

Follow live coverage of India vs England from the England in India 2025 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the winner.

England’s white-ball tour of India got underway on Wednesday in Kolkata with a seven-wicket defeat as the tourists’ batters were blown away by the hosts’ spinners and opening batter Abhishek Sharma. In Brendon McCullum’s first limited-overs game as England’s head coach across all formats,

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,