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England selectors have made three changes to the one-day squad that lost 5-2 to Sri Lanka in December. Led by Eoin Morgan, James Anderson and Stuart Broad return from injury with batsman Gary Ballance also included. Alastair Cook, Ben Stokes and Harry Gurney are the three players to miss out from the most recent one-day squad. England Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (Capt) Moeen Ali (Worcestershire) James Anderson (Lancashire) Gary Ballance (Yorkshire) Ian Bell (Warwickshire) Ravi Bopara (Essex) Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire) Jos Buttler (Lancashire) Steven Finn (Middlesex) Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire) Chris Jordan (Sussex) Joe Root (Yorkshire) James Taylor (Nottinghamshire) James Tredwell (Kent) Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)

This was the eighth Twenty20 International between these two sides. ( Also Read:  Only T20I: England v India, Birmingham ) Jason Roy, Ambati Rayudu and Karn Sharma were making their T20I debut. A total of 70 and 49 players have now represented England and India in T20Is respectively. MS Dhoni was playing his 50th Twenty20 International match. He became first Indian to do so. By an odd coincidence his counterpart Eoin Morgan was also playing his 50th match. R Ashwin conceded 17 runs in first over of England innings – most expensive opening over of the match by an Indian bowler. The previous record was of 13 runs. Eoin Morgan (71) became first England captain to score a fifty in T20 Internationals since November 2009 when Paul Collingwood made 57 against South Africa at Johannesburg. Morgan scored 15 runs off his first 15 balls (Strike-rate 100.00). Of his next 16 balls he scored 56 (strike-rate 350.00). Ajinkya Rahane became first Indian and only the fifth player to take four c...

Chasing 181 runs, India lost the only T20I of the tour against England by three runs at Edgbaston. A blistering 31-ball 71 by the England T20I captain Eoin Morgan helped the hosts to a competitive total after opting to bat first. This after Alex Hales had got England off to a good start with a quick-fire 40. In a late flourish, the hosts accumulated 81 runs off the last five overs to set the visitors a stiff target.  ( Also Read:  Stats Highlights: Only T20I - England v India, Birmingham ) Virat Kohli (66 off 41) then kept India in reckoning with two crucial partnerships with Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina. But the runs conceded in the last quarter of the England innings and the tight bowling by the host’s bowlers kept the pressure on India. Although MS Dhoni made a match of it as he took India within sniffing distance of the target, he couldn’t take the team across the line in the nerve-wracking last over.  Earlier, Ravichandran Ashwin opened the bowling after Engla...

Remember that Irish guy, with glittering blue eyes? Eyes that lit up the moment it saw an opportunity to score or catch a ball? Yes, that Irish guy who later on went on to don the England jersey and at the moment is basking in the purples of KKR in IPL 2013?  Yes, Eoin Morgan got a packed Eden Gardens to its feet with an array of strokes that got even the opposition’s appreciation. Improvisation, proper cricketing strokes and the free flow of the bat; Morgan displayed it all in his 21 ball 47 that helped the Knights get to a 180-plus score .  Morgan in his casual self, bearing and welcoming smile spoke exclusively to IPLT20.com after the match. In his chat, he opens up about his rich vein of form, his action packed innings of 47 against the Sunrisers Hyderabad and his love for the people of Kolkata and the Eden Gardens.  You seem to have hit a purple patch for the Knights this season. I would not quite call it a purple patch, but I think I am strikin...

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Statistical highlights of the 2nd T20I between India and England: # Wankhede Stadium became the seventh Indian ground to host a Twenty20 International. All seven Twenty20 Internationals on Indian soil have all been played at different grounds! # Joe Root became the 63rd player to represent England in Twenty20 Internationals. # India (177/8) have posted their third highest total in T20Is in India - the highest is 211 for four against Sri Lanka at Mohali on December 12, 2009. # Gautam Gambhir’s innings of 17 off 27 balls (SR 62.96) is the second slowest for an Indian facing at least 25 balls in a T20I; MS Dhoni scored 9 off 27 balls (SR 33.33) against Australia in 2008. # Gambhir and Kohli were associated in a stand of 57 - India's highest against England for the second wicket in T20Is in India. # Virat Kohli (38 off 20 balls) registered strike of 190.00 - his best in an innings in T20Is, eclipsing the 170.73 in the course of his 70 of...