Sharma-led India bea‘ten’ by England

India made no changes to their playing eleven.

England made half—a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, David Willey, Richard Gleeson, and Reece Topley made way for Alex Hales (the player of the match), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, and Adil Rashid.

On winning the toss, Jos Buttler, England’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of India's innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 38, and lost a wicket.

Lokesh Rahul, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Ten balls into the match, he was caught by Buttler. Woakes broke the nine-run stand.

India scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). England had conceded an extra at that point.

Rohit Sharma, India’s skipper, scored 27 off 28 balls, which included four boundaries. Forty-three balls after Rahul’s dismissal, he was caught by Curran. Chris Jordan broke the 47-run stand.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. India had scored 62, and lost a couple of wickets at that point. While Virat Kohli was batting on 26, Suryakumar Yadav had scored three.

Suryakumar, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 14. Fifteen balls after Rohit’s dismissal, he was caught by Phil Salt. Jordan broke the 19-run stand.

India scored 100 off 15 overs (90 balls). England had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Ninety-two balls into the match, England sought a bowling review. Kohli was the batsman. Using the umpires’ call, it was struck down by Australian umpire Paul Reiffel.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 20, Hardik Pandya’s contribution to it was 30. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Kohli’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a six – came off 39 balls.

He eventually faced 50 balls, failing to add to the aforementioned score. Forty balls after Suryakumar’s dismissal, he was caught by Rashid. Jordan broke the 61-run partnership.

India scored 150 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). England had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Hardik’s half-century – which included three boundaries and four sixes – came off 29 balls.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 22. Rishabh Pant, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Nine balls after Kohli’s dismissal, Buttler and Jordan ran him out.

Hardik, whose 33-ball innings included four boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 63. Three balls later, he was dismissed hit wicket by Jordan, who broke the 10-run stand.

India scored 168 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Stokes, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 18.

Liam Livingstone, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 21.

Curran, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 42.

Woakes, who bowled three overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket, as did Rashid, who bowled four overs, conceding 20.

Jordan, who bowled four overs, conceded 43. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of England's innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 63, without the loss of a wicket.

England’s openers put on 50 off 4.5 overs (29 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point. While Buttler’s contribution to the partnership was 24, Hales’ contribution to it was 40.

Hales’ half-century – which included a boundary and five sixes – came off 28 balls.

Fifty balls (8.2 overs) into the chase, there was an all-run four.

Nine overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. England had scored 91, without the loss of a wicket at that point. While Buttler was batting on 36, Hales was batting on 51.

England’s openers put on 100 off 10.1 overs (61 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point. In fact, that was the number of extras they eventually conceded. While Buttler’s contribution to the partnership was 37, Hales’ contribution to it was 63.

Buttler’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and three sixes – came off 36 balls.

England’s openers put on 150 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). While Buttler’s contribution to the partnership was 66, Hales’ contribution to it was 80.

Buttler, whose 49-ball innings included nine boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes, eventually scored 80. He was unbeaten, as was Hales, who eventually scored 86 off 47 balls, which included four boundaries and seven sixes.

England who scored 170 without the loss of a wicket off 16 overs, won by 10 wickets with four overs to spare.

Each of the bowlers was wicketless.

Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep Singh bowled a couple of overs apiece. They conceded 27, 25, and 15 resepctively.

Mohammed Shami and Hardik bowled three overs apiece. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 34.

Axar, who bowled four overs, conceded 30.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rohit-led India, rain disappoint Bangladesh

India made one change to their playing (Pat)eleven – Deepak Hooda made way for Axar.

Bangladesh (Moham)made eight changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Naim, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, the Islams (Aminul and Shafiul) and Al-Amin Hossain made way for Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan (who was leading the team, and chose to field on winning the toss), Yasir Ali, Mosaddek Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, and Shoriful Islam.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 27, and lost a wicket.

Rohit, India’s skipper, faced eight balls, scoring just a couple. Twenty-one balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Ali. Mahmud broke the 11-run stand.

India scored 50 off 7.4 overs (47 balls). Bangladesh had conceded an extra at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 32 balls. While Lokesh Rahul’s contribution to the partnership was 29, the contribution of Virat Kohli, the player of the match, to it was 23. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Rahul’s half-century – which included three boundaries and four sixes – came off 31 balls.

He eventually faced 32 balls, failing to add to the aforementioned score. Thirty-seven balls after Rohit’s dismissal, he was caught by Mustafizur Rahman. Shakib broke the 67-run partnership.

It was at that point that the drinks break was taken. India had scored 78 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. Kohli was batting on 23.

India scored 100 off 11.5 overs (73 balls). Bangladesh had conceded three extras at that point.

Suryakumar Yadav, whose 16-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 30. Twenty-five balls after Rahul’s dismissal, Shakib broke the 38-run stand.

Hardik Pandya, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. Ten balls later, he was caught by Ali. Mahmud broke the 14-run stand.

India scored 150 off 16.5 overs (104 balls). Bangladesh had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 20. Although his five-ball innings included a boundary, Dinesh Karthik had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 11 balls after Hardik’s dismissal, Shakib and Shoriful ran him out.

Although his six-ball innings included a boundary, Axar had no reason to be in seventh heaven – seven balls later, he was caught by Shakib. Mahmud broke the run-a-ball stand.

Kohli’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 37 balls.

He eventually scored 64 off 44 balls, which included eight boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten, as was Ravichandran Ashwin, who scored 13 off half-a-dozen boundaries, which included a boundary and a six.

India scored 184 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Shoriful, Rahman, and Ahmed were wicketless. They conceded 57, 31, and 15, respectively.

Shakib conceded 33, picking up two wickets.

Mahmud conceded 47, picking up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of Bangladesh’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 60, without the loss of a wicket.

Bangladesh’s openers put on 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). While Shanto’s contribution to the partnership was three, Litton Das’ contribution to it was 51. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Das’ half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes – came off 21 balls.

Seven overs into the chase, the match was interrupted by rain. Bangladesh had scored 66 without the loss of a wicket at that point. They were 17 runs ahead when rain stopped play. While Shanto had scored seven, Das had scored 59.

As a result of the rain, Bangladesh’s target was reduced to 151 off 16 overs.

Bangladesh’s openers put on 68. Das, whose 27-ball innings included seven boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 60. Forty-four balls into the chase, Rahul ran him out.

Shanto, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 21. Eleven balls after Das’ dismissal, he was caught by Suryakumar. Mohammed Shami broke the 16-run stand.

Afif Hossain, who faced five balls, scored three. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Suryakumar. Arshdeep Singh broke the 15-run stand.

Bangladesh scored 100 off 11.3 overs (69 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Shakib, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Four balls after Afif’s dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, Hooda. Arshdeep broke the one-run stand.

Ali, who faced three balls, scored a run. Three balls later, he was caught by Arshdeep. Hardik broke the two-run stand.

Nurul, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 25. He was unbeaten.

Mosaddek, who faced three balls, scored half-a-dozen. His runs came by way of a six. Three balls later, Hardik broke the six-run stand.

Ahmed, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded four extras. Bangladesh, who scored 145 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 16 overs, lost by five runs (under the Duckworth-Lewis method).

Axar, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded half-a-dozen.

Ashwin, who bowled two wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Bhuvneshwar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 27.

Shami, who bowled three overs, conceded 25. He picked up a wicket.

Hardik, who bowled three overs, conceded 28. He picked up two scalps, as did Arshdeep, who bowled four overs, conceding 38.

 

 

Australia D(hon)isappointed; India win comfortably

India made five changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Ambati Rayudu, Axar, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit (Shar)made way for Yuvraj Singh, a couple of T20 International debutants (Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah), Ravindra Jadeja and Ashish Nehra.

Australia made eight changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Cameron White, Glenn Maxwell, George Bailey, the Brads (Hodge and Haddin), Mitchell Starc, James Muirhead and Doug Bollinger and made way for Steve Smith, T20 International debutant Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, Kane Richardson, Cameron Boyce and Shaun Tait.

(Aar)On winning the toss, Finch, Australia’s skipper, inserted the visitors.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 54, and lost a couple of wickets.

Rohit, whose 20-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 31. Twenty-five balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Faulkner. Shane Watson broke the 40-run stand.

Shikhar Dhawan, who faced eight balls, scored five. Four balls later, he was caught by Wade. Watson broke the one-run stand.

India scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). Australia had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While the contribution of Virat Kohli, the player of the match, to the partnership was 31, Suresh Raina’s contribution to it was 21. Extras’ contribution to it was a couple.

India scored 100 off 12.2 overs (74 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Australia no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Kohli’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six – came off 32 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 68 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 68, Raina’s contribution to it was 26. Extras’ contribution to it was half-a-dozen.

India scored 150 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). Australia had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Kohli, whose 55-ball innings included nine boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 90. He was unbeaten.

Raina, whose 34-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 41. Eighty-seven balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, Faulkner broke the 134-run partnership.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose three-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 11. He was unbeaten.

India scored 188 for the loss of three wickets off 20 overs.

Head, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded nine. Boyce, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 23. Tait and Richardson bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 45, the latter conceded 41.

Faulkner, who bowled four overs, conceded 43. He picked up a wicket. Watson, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 56, and lost a wicket.

David Warner, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 17. Thirty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by Kohli. Bumrah broke the 47-run stand.

Australia scored 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Smith, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Jadeja broke the 42-run stand.

The third-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Finch, whose 33-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 44. A couple of balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Ravichandran Ashwin.

Head, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Ten balls later, he was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Jadeja.

Australia scored 100 off 11.5 overs (71 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Watson, whose 10-ball innings included a six, scored a dozen. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Nehra. Ashwin broke the 17-run stand.

Lynn, whose 16-ball innings included a six, scored 17. Nine balls later, he was caught by Yuvraj. Pandya broke the 14-run stand.

Wade had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. Seven balls later, he was caught by Jadeja. Pandya broke the five-run stand.

Faulkner, whose seven-ball innings included a six, scored 10. Bumrah had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the 14-run stand.

Richardson had on reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored nine. Half-a-dozen balls later, Nehra broke the run-a-ball stand.

Australia scored 150 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). India had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Boyce, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. Seven balls later, he was caught by Pandya. Bumrah broke the two-run stand.

Tait, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

Australia, who were dismissed for 151 off 19.3 overs, lost by 37 runs. Yuvraj, who bowled a wicketless overs, conceded 10.

Nehra, who bowled four overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket. Pandya, who bowled three overs, conceded 37. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Ashwin and Jadeja, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 28, the latter conceded 21.

Bumrah, who bowled 3.3 overs, conceded 23. He picked up three scalps.

India led the three-match series 1-0.