India vs England 3rd T20I Match Preview, Fantasy Picks and Pitch Conditions

India will play the third match of the five-match T20I series against England on 28 January 2025 (Tuesday) at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. India currently have a 2-0 lead in the series. The England team is on a tour of India to play 5 T20Is and 3 ODIs.  

The first win of this T20 series was easy for India but they had to struggle a lot for the second win. England came very close to victory in the second match, but young batsman Tilak Verma won the match by giving a wonderful example of brilliant batting. It will be interesting to see whether India will be able to seal the series by winning the third T20.

Weather & Pitch Report 

The weather is expected to be warm on the day of the match at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. It will be sunny and partly cloudy. The stadium has hosted several Test, ODI and T20I matches. It is one of the most favourable conditions to bat in India.

The team winning the toss on Tuesday should bat first. Out of the five T20 matches played at this ground, 3 have been won by teams batting first.  

England's Probable Playing XI:

Ben Duckett, Philip Salt (wicket-keeper), Jos Buttler (captain), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

India's Probable Playing XI:

Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy

Fantasy XI: Jos Buttler (captain), Sanju Samson (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Harry Brook, Tilak Varma, Jamie Overton, Liam Livingstone, Hardik Pandya, Jofra Archer, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh.