ENG vs IND: Why is Deepak Hooda Not Playing Today?

Deepak Hooda ENG vs IND: In an important news development, India’s in-form batsman Deepak Hooda is not playing the second T20I match against England scheduled to be hosted at the Edgbaston in Birmingham. Team India got the better of an in-form England side on their home soil in the first T20I match having registered a convincing 50-run victory. The Men in Blue have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series.

ENG vs IND: Why is Deepak Hooda Not Playing Today?

After losing the toss and being asked to bat first, India’s captain Rohit Sharma mentioned that unfortunately Deepak Hooda has been dropped for this game. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named quite different squads for the second and third T20I matches against England. The star players who were involved in the fifth and final rescheduled Test match in England have joined the rest of the white-ball teammates. On the other hand, Hooda has been in a brilliant form recently having scored an amazing maiden T20I hundred against Ireland.

” We would have batted first. Looks like a good pitch, it has been used before for the Blast game. We just need to adjust quickly and adapt our game. We have four changes. Kohli, Jadeja, Bumrah are back, and we have one more change. These guys are one of the best teams in the world, so we want to challenge ourselves. We want to back our game in Southampton. We want to be fearless, but we need to play according to the situation. We know there will be some failures along the way,” said India skipper Rohit Sharma during the toss.

England vs India: Confirmed India Playing 11

The visiting Indian side have made as many as four changes to their playing 11 from the last game against England. The likes of Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah are back in the Indian T20I team. On the other hand, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Kishan, Arshdeep Singh and Axar Patel are not playing today.

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India Playing 11
1. Rohit Sharma (C)
2. Virat Kohli
3. Suryakumar Yadav
4. Rishabh Pant (wk)
5. Hardik Pandya
6. Dinesh Karthik
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
9. Harshal Patel
10. Yuzvendra Chahal
11. Jasprit Bumrah

England vs India 2022 Schedule

Date	Format	Match	Time	Venue	Result
1 – 5 July, 2022	5^th Test	England vs India	3 PM IST	Edgbaston, Birmingham	England won by 7 wickets
7 July, 2022	1^st T20I	England vs India	10:30 PM IST	The Rose Bowl, Southampton	India won by 50 runs
9 July, 2022	2^nd T20I	England vs India	7 PM IST	Edgbaston, Birmingham	TBA
10 July, 2022	3^rd T20I	England vs India	7 PM IST	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	TBA
12 July, 2022	1^st ODI	England vs India	5:30 PM IST	Kennington Oval, London	TBA
14 July, 2022	2^nd ODI	England vs India	5:30 PM IST	Lord’s, London	TBA
17 July, 2022	3^rd ODI	England vs India	3:30 PM IST	Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester	TBA