Cricket score and latest updates from first T20 clash - England face the world champions in Brendon McCullum’s first match in charge of the white-ball side

India has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series-opening T20 against England's cricketers in Kolkata.

Brydon Carse will replace Gus Atkinson for England's second T20 International against India on Saturday while Jamie Smith has also been added to the squad.

England lost to India in the first T20I of the five-match T20I series by seven wickets at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Among all the visiting players, Gus Atkinson had arguably the worst day for any player in the history of T20 cricket as he created an embarrassing record.

Ahead of the five-match T20 series between India and England that gets underway in Kolkata on Wednesday, we take a look at some of the major talking points including senior Indian pacer Mohammed Shami’s much-awaited return to international cricket after more than a year.

England overcame Varun Chakravarthy’s 5-24 to beat India by 26 runs in the third T20 to keep the series alive.

India have taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match series with two very different victories in Kolkata and Chennai. They will now hoping to seal a series win with two matches to spare in Rajkot.

England produce a strong bowling performance to beat India by 26 runs in Rajkot and keep the T20 series alive.

England defeated India by 26 runs in the must-win third T20I to keep their hopes of winning the series alive. After the hosts won the first two games of the five-match series, Jos Buttler’s team knew they had to win in Rajkot and did so thanks to a superb bowling display.