IND vs ENG 1st T20I match prediction 12 Mar 2021

IND vs ENG Match Predictions and Betting Tips

India and England will be battling in the first of 5 matches of their T20I series to be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday, March 12. Here are the best IND vs ENG betting tips for you to make some cash.

The first phase of matches between India and England this season, was a game changer for the men in blue, where India won 3 out of the 4 test matches played and Ravichandran Ashwin was the Player of the Series. India played the last T20I series against Australia where they won two of the three matches played, and England played the last T20I series against South Africa, where England won all the three games. India have made it to the final of the World Test Championship, and will face New Zealand in the final. India picked up the trophy against England in the first format, but will the Englishmen fight their way in the Twenty20 series. While we let the teams buckle up for the next match, take a look at the top three India vs England head to head match predictions for the T20I series.

Virat Kohli To Score More Than KL Rahul

The first bet is in favour of the top two assets of the Indian team. Virat Kohli has racked up a mountain of runs and strung together a garland of centuries in all three formats. While Indian opening batsman KL Rahul, is flexible in the batting order and serves as an asset to the Indian team. From the 50 T20I innings played Kohli has racked up a mountain of runs being 2928 at an average of 50.48, including 25 half centuries. On the contrary, from his 41 T20I innings KL Rahul has scored 1542 runs at an average of 44.05. Kohli has played 12 innings against England and scored 346 runs from them at an average of 31.46. KL Rahul, on the other hand, has played 6 innings against England and scored 227 runs at an average of 45.40 but this is because KL Rahul hit a century against England in one match, and from the 6 games the players have come out to bat against England in the same game, both have scored higher in 3 games each. If we compare the last three innings both the players played, Kohli has assembled 134 runs from them, averaging at 44.66 while Rahul, from the same number of innings has mere 81 runs at an average of 27.00. In the last game India played against Australia, KL Rahul got out on a duck from 2 balls played, Kohli on the other hand had scored the highest score of 85 runs from 61 balls played. Undoubtedly Kohli is the favourite to win this bet and will be scoring more runs than Rahul, to which Bet365.com has offered betting odds of 1.80 in the next IND vs ENG T20I opening match.

India To Have The Highest Opening Partnership

Comparing the two teams average from the last five innings played, England averages at 60 runs from their opening partnerships, which averages to 12.0 runs per match while India have gathered a total of 162 runs from their opening partnerships in the last 5 matches which averages at 32.4 runs per match. Evidently, India has an upper hand when it comes to scoring more runs from opening partnerships. KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan have been opening for India in the T20I format when they played against Australia and won the match, they scored 56 11, while Jason Roy and Jos Butler who have opened for England playing against South Africa scored 25,25 runs winning against South Africa. Bet365.com has offered betting odds of 1.80 for India to have the highest opening partnership in the India vs England T20 Series.

England To Hit Most Match 6’s

The last time England and India met for a T20I series was in 2018, India won two of the three match series. England scored 6,4 and 12 sixes against India who had scored 4,7 and 11 sixes which shows that even if by a slight margin, they are ahead of the men in blue in hitting bigger boundaries. In the last 5 innings played by England, they hit a total of 34 sixes, compared to India who have hit a total of 29 sixes, which averages to 6.8 six per match for England and 5.8 six per match for team India. Players like Johnny Bairstow, Joss Buttler and Eoin Morgan have individually hit 40,64 and 113 sixes each, on the contrary Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul are with 49,81 and 63 sixes each when it comes to scoring sixes in T20I. Bet365.com has offered high betting odds of 2.67 for England to hit most match sixes in the END vs ENG match.