ENG vs IND 1st T20I Dream11 Prediction: Harry Brook-led England will square off against Shreyas Iyer-led India in the 1st T20I match on July 01 at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street.

Tournament	India tour of England 2026
Match	England vs India, 1st T20I
Venue	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Date	Wednesday, July 01, 2026
Time	10:00 PM IST / 04:30 PM GMT / 05:30 PM Local

ENG vs IND 1st T20I Squad

England

Harry Brook (c), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Sonny Baker, Tom Banton (wk), Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler (wk), James Coles, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Will Jacks, Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood

India

Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Shivam Dube, Varun Chakaravarthy, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

England Unavailable Players

• Injury:  NIL
• Others: NIL

India Unavailable Players

• Injury:  NIL
• Others: NIL

ENG vs IND 1st T20I Probable Playing 11

England

Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (WK), Harry Brook (C), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Will Jacks, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Liam Dawson/Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue

India

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (WK), Shreyas Iyer (C), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav

ENG vs IND 1st T20I Pitch Report

The pitch at Riverside Ground usually offers a balanced competition with bat and ball. The pacers will have early movement with swing and bounce.

However, as the game progress, the conditions will get better for batting. The powerplay will be crucial in both innings and spinners will be dominant in the middle overs.

ENG vs IND 1st T20I Dream11 Prediction

• Batters: A Sharma, P Salt
• All-rounders: W Jacks, S Curran, S Dube
• Bowlers: J Archer, P Krishna, H Rana, V Chakravarthy
• Wicketkeeper: S Samson, I Kishan
• Captain: A Sharma
• Vice-Captain: J Archer