India skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bat against England in the second T20I here on Saturday (July 4, 2026), handing 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi his international debut.
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The left-handed opener replaced Sanju Samson at the top of the order in India's only change to the playing XI.
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ENG vs IND 2nd T20I preview: Samson's inconsistency, Tilak's approach under radar England made two changes to their playing XI bringing in Jofra Archer, while handing debut to pacer Josh Tongue.
The opening T20I at Chester-le-Street was abandoned due to rain after India had posted 189 for seven.
Teams: India: Shreyas Iyer (c),Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Harshit Rana, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy.
England: Harry Brook (c), Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue.
