Overview

• The ECB confirmed a rotated XI for Wednesday’s opener, recalling Sam Curran and naming Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Tom Banton, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid.
• Salt reunites with Buttler at the top and Brook captains, with Ben Duckett and Jamie Smith rested after heavy recent workloads.
• Archer returns alongside Overton in a three-seamer setup, while Rashid and Dawson provide the primary spin options supported by Jacks and Bethell.
• South Africa arrive off a 2-1 ODI series win but lose David Miller to a hamstring injury as Aiden Markram leads a squad including Keshav Maharaj and Donovan Ferreira.
• First ball is 6:30pm BST (11:00pm IST) at Sophia Gardens; live on Sky Sports in the UK, Sony/SonyLIV/FanCode in India, and Willow/Fubo in the US, with conditions expected to aid seam early and chasing teams later.