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Team India is returning to action after suffering a shocking defeat at the hands of Ireland in the T20 series. This time he faces a more difficult challenge because there is a clash with former T20 World Champion England. The same England, which had almost achieved the target of 254 runs against Team India in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup earlier this year. The first match of the T20 series between India and England will start from Wednesday, July 1. This match is to be held in Chester-le-Street, Durham, where Team India took the field only twice and coincidentally both the matches were cancelled.
This 5-match series between India and England will start on Wednesday, the venue of which is Chester-le-Street city of Durham County. The first match of the T20 series will be held at the famous Riverside Ground here, which is very important for Team India, important because after losing 2 consecutive matches in Ireland, Team India will be under pressure to register a win. But this is not going to be so easy because no player of Team India has ever played a match on this ground before.
This is because the Indian team is returning to the Riverside Ground after 15 years. The last match India played here was against England in 2011, which was an ODI match. In that match, Team India batted first and Virat Kohli scored a strong half-century. But that match could not be completed and was canceled due to rain. But the surprising thing is that Team India’s last match on this ground also ended in a similar manner. Earlier, the India-England match in the 2002 NatWest Trophy was washed out due to rain, in which Sachin Tendulkar had scored a century.
That is, it is clear that Chester-le-Street as a venue has not proved auspicious for the India-England match. Here the Indian team took the field only twice, both the ODI matches were against England, in which India batted first and then the matches were canceled due to rain during England’s innings. Now for the third time, India and England are going to clash on this ground, so it would be hoped that this time the weather will be kind and for the first time a result can be achieved here.
