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India National Cricket Team vs England Cricket Team: England’s Harry Brook provided a rather unusual explanation ahead of the second T20I against India in Chennai, attributing his struggle against Varun Chakravarthy's spin in Kolkata to smog.

"With the smog the other night, it was a lot harder to pick. Hopefully, the air is a bit clearer here, and we can see the ball a bit easier. Facing spin in T20 cricket is probably the hardest thing in the game, especially because I always get out trying to absolutely smack it," Brook remarked.

Former India coach Ravi Shastri didn’t hold back, offering a sarcastic response: "Good news for Harry Brook. There is no smog here." Adding to the banter, when Chakravarthy dismissed Brook in the seventh over, Sunil Gavaskar humorously commented, "Light is clearer here. There is no smog."

India skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bowl in the second T20 International against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Saturday.

India made two changes to the side, bringing in Washington Sundar and Dhruv Jurel in place of the injured Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh. Pace-bowling stalwart Mohammed Shami once again missed out on the playing XI.

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England skipper Jos Buttler too made two changes, giving a debut cap to Jamie Smith, who came in place of an unwell Jacob Bethell, while Brydon Carse replaced Gus Atkinson.

India had won the opening T20I of the five-match series by seven wickets.

India National Cricket Team vs England Cricket Team Players:

India National Cricket Team: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (w), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy.

England Cricket Team: Jos Buttler (c), Ben Duckett, Philip Salt (w), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

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