England captain Harry Brook won the toss and chose to bat against Italy in their crucial Group C clash of the T20 World Cup on Monday.
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England must win the contest to secure a place in the Super Eights and eliminate Scotland from the tournament.
Italy, meanwhile, enter the game with confidence after registering their maiden T20 World Cup victory, a commanding 10-wicket win over Nepal, and will aim to carry that momentum forward.
Both sides have opted to field unchanged playing XIs for the high-stakes encounter.
Teams
England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid.
Italy: Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, JJ Smuts, Harry Manenti (c), Ben Manenti, Marcus Campopiano, Grant Stewart, Gian-Piero Meade (wk), Jaspreet Singh, Crishan Kalugamage, Ali Hasan.
