India v England, second T20I: TV times, streaming, weather, team news, odds and more

The Cricketer runs down the who, what, where, when, why, how much, which channel and how wet will it be for the second T20I between India and England

What is it?

The second T20I of the five-match series between Virat Kohli and Eoin Morgan’s teams.

When is it?

The second game takes place on Sunday, March 14.

March 12: 1st T20I (Ahmedabad) – 7pm (IST), 1.30pm (GMT) - England won by eight wickets

March 14: 2nd T20I (Ahmedabad) – 7pm (IST), 1.30pm (GMT)

March 16: 3rd T20I (Ahmedabad) – 7pm (IST), 1.30pm (GMT)

March 18: 4th T20I (Ahmedabad) – 7pm (IST), 1.30pm (GMT)

March 20: 5th T20I (Ahmedabad) – 7pm (IST), 1.30pm (GMT)

Where is it?

All five games will be played at the renamed Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

What are the odds?

Dafabetare offering odds of 4/7 for an India win, while England are available at 7/5.

Who’s involved?

India are without Jasprit Bumrah for the entire T20 series after he was released from duty by the BCCI. Ravindra Jadeja is also not considered ready for the matches, while Kuldeep Yadav has been overlooked.

The group includes a trio of uncapped players at this level including Suryakumar Yadav, Rahul Tewatia and Ishan Kishan, who are all awaiting their opportunity.

Rohit Sharma was left out of the first T20, as KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan were partnered at the top of the innings. Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini and T Natarajan were also forced to watch from the sidelines, as Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur leading the pace attack.

England are virtually at full-strength with Jofra Archer expected to be fully fit for the duration despite an elbow concern. After not featuring during the Test series, Sam Curran and Mark Wood are available, while Liam Livingstone is knocking on the door for a first international outing since 2017.

India Squad: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur

England squad: Eoin Morgan, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, Mark Wood

Reserves: Jake Ball, Matt Parkinson

^{England cruised to victory in the first T20}

Will fans be permitted?

Crowds are being allowed to watch the T20Is at the reconstructed Narendra Modi Stadium. The stadium is apparently operating at 50% capacity to allow social distancing to be in operation throughout the ground. But the first T20 saw 67,200 attend at the 110,000-capacity venue.

Where can I follow it?

Sky Sports Cricket (Sky 404, Talk Talk 404, BT TV 423, Virgin 504) will broadcast the series in the United Kingdom, with the content available online via its streaming platform Sky Go.

Radio coverage of the series will be provided by TalkSPORT2.

In India, the series will be broadcast on Star Sports.

SuperSport are showing the matches in South Africa.

Fox Sports and Kayo have footage of the T20Is in Australia, which fans can following the action in New Zealand on Sky Sport 2.

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