We bring to you the Weather Report, Pitch Report and Head to Head of the 2nd T20I between England and India to be played at the Sofia Gardens in Cardiff.
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Weather report
Although Cardiff will be a little bit cooler as compared to Manchester, the temperatures still would be pretty comfortable by English standards. It would be mostly sunny throughout the day. There is no forecast of rain, though it can get partly cloudy at times.
The temperatures would range between 20 to 25 degree Celsius and there are no chances of rain. The average humidity would be 50 and 70; however it would not have any impact on the match.
Pitch report
The last game that was played here was the 2nd ODI between England and Australia. The game saw England score a mammoth 342 run score. Australia too breached the 300-run mark but fell short by 38 runs.
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The pitch will have runs to offer and the batsmen. 190 would be a par score at this pitch but if the batsman click, you never know, no score is big enough.
Head to Head
England and India have played 12 T20Is till now and things are pretty even stevens. The English have won 6 matches while Indian have managed to win 6 games as well.
However, the one who wins the match at Cardiff would take the lead in the all-time list of more T20I wins against each other.
Squads
India T20I squad
Virat Kohli(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav
England T20I squad
Eoin Morgan(c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, David Willey, Dawid Malan
