With a T20I between India and England set to be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Gahunje today (January 31), Pune Metro, in collaboration with Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML), has launched a feeder bus service for cricket enthusiasts to easily reach the stadium.
The feeder buses will run between the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) Metro Station and the MCA Stadium. The buses will depart from PCMC Metro Station at 4:15pm, 4:45pm, 9pm, and 9:30pm. Additionally, buses have been arranged for after the match concludes, allowing fans to board the metro and reach their homes.
Recently, Pune Metro extended its operational hours. Instead of the usual 10pm closing, metro services now run until 11pm, which will indeed benefit the fans.
Samson's weakness against raw pace, finishing woes in focus
Sanju Samson's technical weaknesses against express pace along with Rinku Singh's dip in form and fitness issues will be a concern for India when they take on a resurgent England at the MCA Stadium.
Having fluffed their chances in the third T20I in Rajkot, the penultimate game of the five-match series gives the hosts another opportunity to seal the series going into the final game in Mumbai on February 2. Suryakumar Yadav's men won the first two games in Kolkata and Chennai.
Team to be selected from:
India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana.
England: Jos Buttler (captain), Phil Salt (wk), Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith (wk), Adil Rashid, Brydon Carse, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Jacob Bethell, Saqib Mahmood.
Match starts at 7 pm
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