Fast bowler Mark Wood will play for the first time since August in England's first T20 against India in Kolkata on Wednesday.

The series is set to kick off in Kolkata on Wednesday, with Chennai, Rajkot, Pune and Mumbai to host the remaining T20Is. In recent years, India have used Axar to good effect as a

India will operate with a flexible middle order during the five-match T20 series against England, all-rounder Axar Patel said on Monday. India, who won last year's T20 World Cup, have tended to pack their batting lineup with "floaters" such as Axar,

India are set to face England in the first T20I of a five-match series at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on January 22. The match will be the first meeting between the two teams since the Men in Blue defeated the Three Lions in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024.

New vice-captain Axar Patel emphasizes flexibility in the T20I setup, with batters from positions 3 to 7 ready to adapt based on the match situation and opponent bowlers. Patel, backing skipper Suryakumar Yadav,

India's vice-captain Axar Patel has suggested that apart from the opening pair, everyone in the batting line-up can have flexible roles in the T20I format. He made the remarks ahead of the five-match series against England.

The past several months have been a forgettable experience for . A Test whitewash at home against New Zealand was something nobody would have predicted, bearing in mind the two sides' respective form coming into the three-match series.