England vs India, 2018: India's predicted XI for first T20I after Bumrah and Sundar's injury

Middle Order: Virat Kohli (C), KL Rahul, and Suresh Raina

KL Rahul and Suresh Raina

Virat Kohli, the skipper of the Indian team, would be looking forward to hitting back to the form with a long tour ahead. In the last two matches, Kohli has batted at the most unusual positions which have been a reason for his rare failures. Thus, Kohli is expected to re-appoint himself the No.3 position for the T20I series against England.

KL Rahul has been in tremendous touch ever since the start of IPL. He has been scoring runs at flashing rate with no jeopardize to his consistency. An example of it was in the previous match against Ireland where he scored 70 runs off just 36 balls. Thus, with the No.4 spot up for the grab, the Indian management is expected to push him in the middle-order and make him settle for the No.4 spot.

Suresh Raina seems to have a perfect comeback to the Indian team. Having batted wonderfully at the No.3 spot, Raina has wonderfully acclimatized to the needs of the Indian team. However, with the addition of KL Rahul, Raina might be shifted to the No.5 slot.