India vs England 3rd T20I Toss and Playing 11 Report: IND win toss and opt to bowl first, Mohammed Shami makes international return

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India vs England 3rd T20I: India captain Suryakumar Yadav opted to bowl first after winning the toss at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on January 28 -- Tuesday. After winning the toss, SKY confirmed that Mohammed Shami makes much-awaited international return after a gap of more than a year.

"We will bowl first, looks nice and hard, don't think it will change later as well. Rajkot has always been a good track, sure it will be a sporting one. We wanted to play a different brand of cricket but at the same time you need to understand the situation and he (Tilak) bailed the side out. We'll look at it as a 3 game series from here, boys are charged up. Arshdeep Singh is rested, Mohammed Shami comes in."

Meanwhile England captain Jos Buttler said their is a change in gloves for the match as Phil Salt misses out due to calf injury. Looks a really good surface, looking forward to batting. We would've chased as well. "Looks a good wicket, guys have had a good practice yesterday and we're excited for the match. (2nd) T20I) was a really good game of cricket, we fought really hard and pushed them all the way. We need to play really well tonight. We know how well India play, they're a strong team. We need a good total to defend. Same team but Jamie Smith will keep wickets, Salt has got a little stiff calf," said Buttler.

India vs England Playing 11

India Playing XI: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Dhruv Jurel, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy

England Playing XI: Philip Salt, Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith(w), Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood