MATCH PREVIEW
When England and Scotland extend their 154-year-old sporting rivalry beyond football and rugby fields to cricket in a T20 World Cup Group-C encounter at the Eden Gardens here on Saturday, coinciding with the historic Calcutta Cup rugby match in Edinburgh, a lot will be at stake for both teams.
Having survived a scare against 18th-ranked Nepal and losing to West Indies, World No. 3 England is precariously placed fourth in the group. A defeat to last-minute entrant Scotland will seriously dent England’s reputation and its chances of making it to the Super Eight.
Familiar with the conditions, England will bank on its batting strength, consisting of Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Jacob Bethell and Will Jacks. Its bowling attack has adequate resources in pace and spin departments, featuring Jofra Archer, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid and Liam Dawson.
READ FULL PREVIEW HERE: Precariously placed England takes on Scotland in crunch clash
SQUADS
England: Harry Brook (c), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood
Scotland: Richie Berrington (c), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Zainullah Ihsan, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Bradley Wheal. Travelling reserves: Jasper Davidson, Jack Jarvis, Non-travelling reserves: Mackenzie Jones, Chris McBride, Charlie Tear
STREAMING INFO
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 between England and Scotland will be live-streamed on JioStar and will be broadcast on the Star Sports Network.
Published on Feb 14, 2026
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