England's Harry Brook believes Kolkata's smog was partly responsible for his side's poor batting display against spinners in the series-opening T20I against India.

Chennai: The evening smog in Kolkata made it doubly harder to pick mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy from his hand, feels England vice-captain Harry Brook, who is hoping that Chennai air will be comparatively clearer for sighting the white Kookaburra.

India bowled England out for 132 in the first of the five-match T20I series at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The visitors, who were once 65/2, grappled in the middle overs before perishing. Skipper Jos Buttler, who scored a fifty, found no support in the middle.

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Indian fast bowler Harshit Rana made his T20I debut in the ongoing series against England. He was called up as a concussion substitute for Shivam Dube, who sustained a head injury in the final over of India's innings.

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Two fearless batting line-ups with the exuberance of youth and some experienced heads in the mix, with the coaches, who want their players to play entertaining and watchable cricket, the upcoming five-match T20 series between India and England,

India has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series-opening T20 against England's cricketers in Kolkata.

India and England have reached Kolkata ahead of the first T20I of the five-match series on Wednesday, January 22 at the iconic Eden Gardens. T20Is are set to return to the iconic venue after nearly three years.

After struggling against spin at Kolkata, England could be up for a bigger challenge against the spin bowling trio of Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi at spin-friendly Chepauk ...

The world champions, Team India, and the visiting England squad arrived in batches on Saturday evening ahead of their series-opening T20I here on Wednesday.

Pune: Sanju Samson’s technical weaknesses against express pace along with Rinku Singh’s dip in form and fitness issues will be a concern for India when they take on a resurgent England in the fourth T20 International here on Friday.