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England vs India, ENG vs IND 2026, Today Match Prediction
ENG vs IND Win Probability
Toss Winner - India won the toss and choose to bowl first
England beat India by 56 runs
Can India avoid a series sweep at Southampton?
- Jos Buttler has scored 257 runs in 7 matches at The Rose Bowl, Southampton.
- Shreyas Iyer is the leading run-scorer in the series with 190 runs in 4 matches.
- Harry Brook scored 134 runs in the last 3 innings for England.
England to win and sweep the series (4-0)
| Tournament: | India tour of England, 2026 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | The Rose Bowl, Southampton, United Kingdom, United Kingdom |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 30.1°C|Sunny |
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ENG vs IND Match Prediction & Analysis
England and India square off in the 5th match of the India Tour of England 2026 T20I Series on Saturday, 11th July, at The Rose Bowl, Southampton, with the scheduled start time at 7:00 PM IST.
It has been a one-sided series so far, where England has outdone India in all facets of the game, especially bowling, and in the 3rd and 4th T20Is their top-order batters have come to the party, smashing the Indian bowlers with ease.
India are left with a lot of question marks regarding the team combination, the form of the players, and the omission of some of the key match-winners. They are winless in their last five T20Is—a really poor start to Shreyas Iyer's career as captain of the side.
With the series done and dusted with England winning it 3-0, this final T20I match is a dead rubber, but both teams will have something to play for as England aim for a clean sweep and India look to get their first win on the tour of Ireland and England.
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England continued their dominance with the bat in the series to take a 3-0 lead heading into Southampton after they made a mockery of the Indian bowling attack at Bristol on Thursday night. After being asked to bowl first, England's bowlers did a really good job of restricting the Indian batters to 158/7.
Jofra Archer once again set the tone by dismissing Vaibhav Sooryavanshi early on with some really good short-pitched bowling, finishing with figures of 2/20, while Josh Tongue from the other end bowled equally well, taking two wickets and conceding 36 runs.
Sam Curran kept things tight from one end, not allowing the Indian batters to get away in the middle overs (0/24 in 4 overs), and Will Jacks also managed to get the wicket of Shivam Dube to finish with 1/28.
The only bowler who conceded heavily and was taken to the cleaners was Adil Rashid; he conceded 49 runs, out of which the Indian skipper Shreyas Iyer scored more than 40 runs off his bowling, though Rashid did manage to get the key wicket of Abhishek Sharma early on in the innings.
Chasing a moderate target of 159 runs on a ground where the conditions got better for batting, England started slowly, losing Buttler for 8 runs while Salt struggled for his first 10 balls.
Amidst all this, Harry Brook took the attack to the Indian bowlers from the start, smashing 79 runs off 35 balls with 8 fours and 4 sixes, while Salt then started accelerating to score 59 runs off 42 balls. This duo added 146 runs in 68 balls and chased down the target in just 13.5 overs.
With the series in the bag, England might give a chance to Jordan Cox, Sonny Baker, Saqib Mahmood, and Liam Dawson, but it is going to be a game-time decision. England have played 13 T20Is at The Rose Bowl, winning 7 and losing 6, with one of those losses coming against India, so they will look to get on level terms against the Men in Blue at this venue.
England Predicted Playing XI:
Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue
England Key Players From Previous Game Of India tour of England, 2026
England Actual Playing XI:
Harry Brook, Will Jacks, Jacob Bethell, Liam Dawson, Sam Curran, Philip Salt, Jos Buttler, Tom Banton, Josh Tongue, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer
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The world champions have been absolutely clueless about what is going on with them; they have neither batted well nor bowled well on this tour, and what has been lacking is the intent to win. Wrong decisions at the toss, where the Indian captain Shreyas Iyer assessed the conditions incorrectly on a couple of occasions, have cost the team heavily.
The best example was the last match where, at a venue where it swings a touch early on and gets better for batting in the later stages of the game, India chose to bat first. As a result, they only managed to score 158/7, out of which Shreyas Iyer scored 80* runs off 49 balls as the lone warrior, hitting 4 fours and 5 sixes, while Shivam Dube provided some support with 22 runs off 23 balls—not the kind of innings expected from a big hitter like him.
The top order has crumbled in the last two matches, where they were consistently troubled by short-pitched bowling. Tilak Varma has looked clueless against spin and pace. The constant shuffling of the batting order isn't helping the batters either.
Then in the bowling department, Arshdeep Singh has been the only bowler who has bowled well with the new ball. Prince Yadav bowled well in the 3rd T20I, but he took a beating along with all the other bowlers. In the middle overs, India are not able to build pressure on the batters, which is costing them heavily.
With them being 3-0 down in the series, it is high time India get back on track and avoid a clean sweep, which would make it one of the worst records for them as they have already lost the series against Ireland 2-0.
India Predicted Playing XI:
Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna
India Key Players From Previous Game Of India tour of England, 2026
India Actual Playing XI:
Prasidh Krishna, Suryansh Shedge, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Abhishek Sharma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
The weather at Southampton on Saturday is sunny and mild, with temperatures sitting at 18°C. A moderate wind is blowing at 13 km/h, while humidity levels remain relatively high at 79%. There is a 0% chance of precipitation, ensuring clear and completely dry conditions for the day.
ENG vs IND Pitch Report
The pitch at The Rose Bowl, Southampton favours both the batters and bowlers offering a balanced surface. It is a venue where the batters can score runs once they are set and new batters struggle to get going straight away. The average 1st innings score in the 13 T20I's played at this venue is 179 runs and it dips to 146 runs while batting second.
Toss: To Bat
Teams batting first won 9 of the 13 T20I's played at The Rose Bowl, Southampton. It's a venue where chasing can always be tough as the surface slows down considerably and run scoring becomes difficult. The team that win's the toss will look to bat first in this fixture.
Toss Prediction: England to win the coin toss
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Winning Prediction
England are the in-form side heading into today's match; they have won the series 3-0 and are really high on confidence, while India are in deep waters at the moment, struggling in all facets of the game. Expect a tight contest, with England prevailing to hand India a woeful 4-0 series sweep.
England to win and sweep the series (4-0)
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