England opts to bat against Italy in must-win T20 World Cup tie

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England's skipper Harry Brook (L) shakes hands with Italy's skipper Harry Manenti during the flip earlier the commencement of the 2026 ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup radical signifier lucifer betwixt England and Italy astatine the Eden Gardens successful Kolkata connected February 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP

England skipper Harry Brook won the flip and opted to bat against Italy successful their must-win Group C brushwood successful the T20 World Cup present connected Monday (February 16, 2026).

A triumph successful this contention volition instrumentality England into the Super Eights signifier and sound Scotland retired of contention.

Italy, who won their past lucifer against Nepal by 10 wickets for a maiden triumph successful T20 World Cups, volition look to physique connected the momentum.

Both teams retained their respective playing eleven.

Teams:

England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid.

Italy: Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, JJ Smuts, Harry Manenti (c), Ben Manenti, Marcus Campopiano, Grant Stewart, Gian-Piero Meade (wk), Jaspreet Singh, Crishan Kalugamage, Ali Hasan.

Published - February 16, 2026 03:13 p.m. IST

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