India: 1. Abhishek Sharma 2. Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), 3. Suryakumar Yadav (captain), 4. Tilak Verma, 5. Hardik Pandya, 6. Dhruv Jurel, 7. Washington Sundar, 8. Axar Patel, 9. Ravi Bishnoi 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11. Varun Chakraborty.
England: 1. Phil Salt (wk), 2. Ben Duckett, 3. Jos Buttler (c), 4. Harry Brook, 5. Liam Livingston, 6. Jamie Smith, 7. Jamie Overton, 8. Brendon Carse, 9. Jofra Archer , 10. Adil Rashid, 11. Mark Wood
Before the start of the match, Team India suffered a big setback. All-rounder Nitish Reddy suffered a side strain injury during a practice session in Chennai on January 24. He has been ruled out of the ongoing 5-match T20 series against England. Apart from this, Rinku Singh has back spasm and he is out of the second and third matches of the series. (Live Scorecard)