Kohli leads; England beat India

India (Shar)made seven changes to their playing eleven – Rohit, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja. Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, and Mohammed Shami made way for Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, T20 International debutant Parvez Rasool, Ashish Nehra and Yuzvendra Chahal. 

England made (Ra)VI changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Alex Hales, Bopara, Chris Woakes, James Tredwell, Steven Finn and Harry Gurney made way for Sam Billings, Ben Stokes, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Tymal Mills and Adil Rashid.  

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

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 47, and lost a wicket.

Lokesh Rahul, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Twenty-seven balls into the match, he was caught by Rashid. Jordan broke the 34-run stand.

India scored 50 off 6.2 overs (39 balls). England had conceded three extras at that point.

Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, scored 29. His 26-ball innings included four boundaries. Sixteen balls after Rahul’s dismissal, he was caught by Morgan. Moeen Ali, the player of the match, broke the 21-run stand.

Yuvraj, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Rashid. Plunkett broke the 20-run stand.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose 27-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 36. He was unbeaten.

Raina, whose 23-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 34. Fourteen balls after Yuvraj’s dismissal, Stokes broke the 20-run stand.

India scored 100 off 13.4 overs (83 balls). England had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Pandey, who faced five balls, scored three. Five balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Ali, who broke the three-run stand.

Pandya, who faced a dozen balls, scored nine. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Billings. Mills broke the 20-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 27. Rasool, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. Twenty balls later, Jordan and Morgan ran him out. He has never represented India since.

Jasprit Bumrah, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

England eventually conceded 11 extras. India scored 147 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece. Stokes, who conceded 37, picking up a wicket. Plunkett, who bowled conceded 32, picking up a wicket. Mills and Jordan conceded 27 each, picking up a wicket apiece. Ali, who conceded 21, picking up a couple of 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 couple of wickets.

Jason Roy, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 19. Twenty balls into the chase, Chahal broke the 42-run stand.

Billings, whose 10-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 22. Three balls later, Chahal broke the one-run stand.

England scored 50 off 6.2 overs (38 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 48 balls. While Joe Root’s contribution to the partnership was 18, Morgan’s contribution to it was 30. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

England scored 100 off 12.3 overs (75 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

Morgan’s half-century – which included a boundary and four sixes – came off 37 balls. He eventually scored 51 off 38 balls. Sixty-nine balls later, he was caught by Raina. Rasool broke the 83-run partnership.

Root, whose run-a-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 46. He was unbeaten, as was Stokes, who faced five balls, scored a couple.

India eventually conceded eight extras. England, who scored 148 for the loss of three wickets off 18.1 overs, won by seven wickets with 11 balls to spare. Raina and Pandya bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 17, the latter conceded a dozen.

Nehra, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 31. Bumrah, who bowled 3.1 wicketless overs, conceded 26. Rasool, who bowled four overs, conceded 32. He picked up a wicket. Chahal, who bowled four overs, conceded 27. He picked up two scalps.

England led the three-match series 1-0.