Kolkata, February 16 England captain Harry Brook won the toss and chose to bat against Italy in their must-win Group C match in the T20 World Cup here on Monday.
A victory in this match would take England into the Super Eights stage and eliminate Scotland.
Italy, who won their last match against Nepal by 10 wickets for their maiden victory in the T20 World Cups, will aim to build on this momentum.
Both teams have retained their respective playing eleven.
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.
