IND vs ENG 1st T20I; Brendon McCullum on Baseball Cricket: England coach Brendon McCullum (Brendon McCullum on IND vs ENG 1st T20), the father of the aggressive style of batting, surprised everyone by saying that his team will play very cautiously in the limited overs series against India. McCullum has been the coach of the England Test team since May 2022 and during his tenure the team has achieved many good successes. However, he will take up this responsibility for the first time in the limited overs format in the series against India. McCullum told reporters here, “I know this tour is going to be difficult because we are facing a strong Indian team but I am confident that our team will play a cautious style of cricket.”

The first match of the five-match T20 series between the two teams will be played at Eden Gardens here on Wednesday. After this, there will be a series of three One Day International cricket matches which will be very important in terms of the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan and United Arab Emirates from 19th February. McCullum said, “This will be a great and exciting series.” We knew about it two months ago and it’s great. ,

There will be three ODI matches against India and the Champions Trophy in Pakistan and Dubai in February-March. On Monday, the former New Zealand opener, best known in India for his unbeaten 158 off 73 balls for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League opener in 2008, said he was trying to change England’s style. And force them to play freely instead of going for victory in every match.

McCullum’s England team will start with the first T20I in Kolkata on Wednesday, after which it will travel to Chennai (January 25), Rajkot (January 28), Pune (January 31) and Mumbai (February 2) for the remaining four T20Is. ODIs will be played in Nagpur (6 February), Cuttack (9 February) and Ahmedabad (12 February). England will fly to Pakistan later. England will face arch-rivals Australia in their first match of the Champions Trophy in Lahore on 22 February.

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