India are ViKtorious; England disappointed

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Ishan Kishan and Yuzvendra Chahal made way for Suryakumar Yadav, the player of the match, and Rahul Chahar.

England made no changes to the eleven that last played the Indians.

On winning the toss, Morgan, England’s skipper, (Eo)inserted the Indians.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 45, and lost a wicket.

Rohit, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 12. Twenty-two balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Jofra Archer, who broke the 21-run stand.

India scored 50 off 6.4 overs (40 balls). England had conceded five extras at that point.

Lokesh Rahul, whose 17-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. Twenty-four balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Archer. Ben Stokes broke the 42-run stand.

Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, faced five balls, scoring a run. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was stumped by Jos Buttler. Needless to say, Adil Rashid was in seventh heaven.

Yadav’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 28 balls.

India scored 100 off 12.4 overs (76 balls). England had conceded eight extras at that point.

Yadav, whose 31-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 57. Twenty-eight balls after Kohli’s dismissal, he was caught by Dawid Malan. Sam Curran broke the 40-run stand.

Rishabh Pant, whose 23-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 30. Eighteen balls later, Archer broke the 34-run stand.

India scored 150 off 17.1 overs (103 balls). England had conceded eight extras at that point.

Hardik Pandya, whose eight-ball innings included a six, scored 11. Fifteen balls after Pant’s dismissal, he was caught by Stokes. Mark Wood broke the 26-run stand.

Shardul Thakur, whose four-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, was unbea‘ten’.

Shreyas Iyer, whose 18-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 37. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Malan. Archer broke the four-run stand.

Washington Sundar, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Three balls later, he was caught by Rashid. Archer broke the five-run stand.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

England eventually conceded nine extras. India scored 185 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Chris Jordan, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 41.

Curran, who bowled an over, conceded 16. He picked up a wicket.

Stokes, who bowled three overs, conceded 26. He picked up a wicket.

Rashid and Wood bowled four overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 25.

Archer, who bowled four overs, conceded 33. He picked up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of England’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 48, and lost a wicket.

Buttler, whose six-ball innings included a six, scored nine. Seventeen balls into the chase, he was caught by Rahul. Kumar broke the 15-run stand.

England scored 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

Malan, whose 17-ball innings included a six, scored 14. Thirty balls after Buttler’s dismissal, Chahar broke the 45-run stand.

Jason Roy, whose 27-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, scored 40. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Yadav. Pandya broke the run-a-ball stand.

England scored 100 off 12.5 overs (77 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 29 balls. While Jonny Bairstow’s contribution to the partnership was 23, Stokes’ contribution to it was 27. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Bairstow, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 25. Thirty-six balls after Roy’s dismissal, he was caught by Sundar. Chahar broke the 65-run partnership.

Stokes, whose 23-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, eventually conceded 46. Eight balls later, he was caught by Yadav. Thakur broke the nine-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Morgan, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. The next ball, he was caught by Sundar off the bowling of Thakur.

England scored 150 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.

Curran, who faced five balls, scored three. Ten balls later, Pandya broke the 13-run stand.

Jordan, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Pandya. Thakur broke the 24-run stand.

Archer, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 18. He was unbeaten, as was Rashid, who didn’t face a ball.

India eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. England, who scored 177 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs, lost by eight runs.

Sundar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 52.

Kumar bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30, picking up a wicket.

Chahar and Pandya bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. They conceded 25, and 16, respectively.

Thakur, who bowled four overs, conceded 42. He picked up three scalps.

The five-match series was levelled 2-2.