India vs England 1st T20 Highlights: All-round Pandya leads India to dominant 50-run win over England

Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal

There were allegations of racist abuse directed at Indian fans at Edgbaston during the fifth Test and England's Test captain has spoken against it. “Amazing week on the pitch but really disappointed to hear reports of racist abuse at Edgbaston. Absolutely no place for it in the game. Hope all the fans at the white-ball series have a brilliant time and create a party atmosphere. That's what cricket's about!!” said Stokes in his tweet. 

India may have gone into the fifth Test with the prospect of facing an England team regaining their confidence, but they are facing a different beast here. England's white ball teams have been sent bowlers scurrying for cover for about six years now. India themselves had a good taste of their captain Jos Buttler's swashbuckling form when he scored all those runs this year and this team also consists of the likes of Jason Roy, Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone, among ot

Apart from the fact that Kohli had a terrible IPL and his form seems to have fallen off a cliff in all formats, the uncertainty around his place for the T20 World Cup also stems from the fact that he simply hasn't played too many times for India in the recent past. Out the 16 T20I matches India have played since the end of the T20 World Cup last year, Kohli has played just two. 

Kohli has been rested for the first T20I and there are murmurs that his performance in the second and third matches may just prove to be his last chance to ensure his spot is secure going into the T20 World Cup. Dropping Kohli may have been unthinkable for the majority of the last 10 years at least but such has been the former India captain's stunning drop in form that the news, if true, is not surprising at all. 

There are a few players who come in and go out of the squad after the first T20I. Interesting days. 

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik

His dodgy hamstring and an unlucky bout with Covid-19, coupled with India's ridiculous schedule, has meant that Rohit Sharma has missed a significant amount of matches since being made captain of the team in all formats. In fact, he is one of SEVEN players, yes you read that number correctly, to have captained India this year. That number becomes eight if you consider the fact that Dinesh Karthik had led the team in a practice match but we might be clutching straws by that point.   

India will do well to put the disappointment of the fifth Test behind because they now arguably have a far more difficult task - facing the mighty England white ball squads on their own home grounds. Eoin Morgan may have retired but that doesn't guarantee that England will lose any of their potency and in Jos Buttler, they have a captain who is in the form of his life. For India, Rohit Sharma returns and he will be looking to hit the ground running. This should be an entertaining watch.