Sharma-led India beat England again

India made four changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Axar, and Arshdeep Singh made way for Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah.

England made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Tymal Mills and Reece Topley made way for David Willey and Twenty20 International debutant Richard Gleeson.

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 61, and lost a wicket.

Rohit, whose 20-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 31. Twenty-nine balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Buttler. Gleeson broke the 49-run stand.

India scored 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). England had conceded three extras at that point.

Kohli, who faced three balls, scored a run. Eight balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Dawid Malan. Gleeson broke the 12-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Pant, whose 15-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 26. The next ball, he was caught by Buttler off the bowling of Gleeson.

Suryakumar Yadav, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Sam Curran. Chris Jordan broke the 28-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Hardik Pandya, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. The next ball, he was caught by Malan off the bowling of Jordan.  

India scored 100 off 13 overs (78 balls). England had conceded five extras at that point.

Jadeja, whose 29-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 46. He was unbeaten.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 33. Dinesh Karthik, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Twenty-seven balls after Pandya’s dismissal, Harry Brook and Buttler ran him out.

Harshal, whose six-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 13. (Pat)Eleven balls later, he was caught by Gleeson. Jordan broke the 23-run stand.

India scored 150 off 17.5 overs (107 balls). England had conceded 11 extras at that point.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the player of the match, faced four balls, scoring a couple. A couple of overs after Harshal’s dismissal, he was caught by Willey. Jordan broke the 14-run stand.

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

England eventually conceded a dozen extras. India scored 170 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Liam Livingstone and Moeen Ali bowled a couple of wicketless overs each, conceding 23 apiece.

Matt Parkinson bowled two wicketless overs, conceding 21.

Willey and Curran bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 35, the latter conceded 26.

Gleeson bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15, picking up three wickets.

Jordan bowled four overs, conceding 27. 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 36, and lost three wickets.

England’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Jason Roy, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the chase, he was caught by Sharma off the bowling of Bhuvneshwar.

Fifteen balls (2.3 overs) into the chase, India sought a bowling review. Buttler, the batsman, faced five balls, scoring four. It was upheld by English umpire David Millns. He was caught by Pant. Bhuvneshwar broke the 11-run stand.

Livingstone, whose nine-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 15. Ten balls later, Bumrah broke the 16-run stand.

Twenty-seven balls (4.3 overs) into the chase, India sought a bowling review. Brook was the batsman. It was struck down by Millns.

Brook, who faced nine balls, scored eight. His runs came by way of boundaries. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Yadav. Yuzvendra Chahal broke the 14-run stand.

England scored 50 off as many balls (8.2 overs). India had conceded an extra at that point.

Malan, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. Fifteen balls after Brook’s dismissal, he was caught by Harshal. Chahal broke the 14-run stand.

Curran, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Seven balls later, he was caught by Hardik. Bumrah broke the five-run stand.

Willey, whose 22-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 33. He was unbeaten.

Ali, whose 21-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 35. Twenty-four balls later, he was caught by Sharma. Hardik broke the 34-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on a run. Jordan, who faced a ball, scored a run. The next ball, Sharma and Chahal ran him out.

England scored 100 off 14.5 overs (89 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Gleeson, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Seven balls after Jordan’s dismissal, he was caught by Kohli. Bhuvneshwar broke the 14-run stand.

Parkinson, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. Eight balls later, Harshal broke the 12-run stand.

England, who were bundled out for 121 off 17 overs, lost by 49 runs.

Jadeja, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 22.

Pandya, who bowled three overs, conceded 29. He picked up a wicket, as did Harshal, who bowled four overs, conceding 34.

Chahal, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 10. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Bumrah bowled three overs, including a maiden. He conceded 10.

Bhuvneshwar bowled three overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15, picking up three scalps.

India led the three-match series 2-0. In fact, they won the series with a match to spare.

 

 

 

 

England’s narrow win D(hon)isappoints India

India (Shar)made four changes to their playing eleven – Rohit, Yuvraj Singh, Amit Mishra and Bhuvneshwar Kumar made way for Shikhar Dhawan, a couple of Twenty20 International debutants (Ambati Rayudu and Karn Sharma) and Mohammed Shami.

England made (Ra)VI changes to their playing (Micha)eleven – Lumb, Luke Wright, Samit Patel, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Meaker and Jade Dernbach made way for Twenty20 International debutant Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Bopara, Chris Woakes, Steven Finn and Harry Gurney.  

On winning the toss, Eoin Morgan, England’s skipper and the player of the match, chose to bat.

The Powerplay of England’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth Powerplay. They scored 46, and lost a couple of wickets.

Roy, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Seventeen balls into the match, he was caught by Ajinkya Rahane. Shami broke the 26-run stand.

Ali, who faced a couple of balls, failed to get off the (Shar)mark. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Rahane. Mohit broke the one-run stand.

England scored 50 off 6.5 overs (41 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Alex Hales, whose 25-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 40. Forty balls after Ali’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahane. Ravindra Jadeja broke the 48-run stand.

Joe Root, whose 29-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 26. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Rayudu. Karn broke the 10-run stand.

England scored 100 off 15.1 overs (92 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Morgan’s half-century – which included a boundary and five sixes – came off 26 balls.

Jos Buttler, who faced 15 balls, scored 10. Thirty-three balls later, he was caught by Rayudu. Shami broke the 45-run stand.

England scored 150 off 18.4 overs (113 balls).

Morgan, whose 31-ball innings included three boundaries and seven sixes, eventually scored 71. Thirteen balls after Buttler’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahane. Shami broke the 36-run stand.

Bopara, whose nine-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 21. He was unbeaten.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 14. Woakes didn’t face a ball. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, ran him out.

England scored 180 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece. Ravichandran Ashwin, who was wicketless overs, conceded 27. Mohit, Jadeja and Karn picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 39, 35 and 28, respectively. Shami, who conceded 38, picked up three scalps.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth Powerplay. They scored 53, and lost a wicket.

Rahane, whose four-ball innings included a six, scored eight. Eight balls into the chase, Ali broke the 10-run stand.

India scored 50 off half-a-dozen overs (36 balls). England had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 31 balls. While Dhawan’s contribution to the partnership was 21, Virat Kohli’s contribution to it was 28. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Dhawan, whose 28-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 33. Forty-nine balls after Rahane’s dismissal, Woakes broke the 79-run partnership.

India scored 100 off 11.4 overs (70 balls). England had conceded four extras at that point.

Kohli’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six – came off 34 balls. He eventually scored 66 off 41 balls, which included nine boundaries, in addition to the six. Twenty-five balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by Hales. Finn broke the 42-run stand.

Suresh Raina, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 25. Fifteen balls later, Gurney broke the 14-run stand.

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

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, scored 27 off 18 balls, which included a couple of boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten.

The fifth-wicket pair put on eight. Jadeja, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – five balls later, Bopara and Finn ran him out.

Rayudu, who faced five balls, scored three. He was unbeaten.

England eventually conceded eight extras. India, who scored 177 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs, lost by three runs.

Bopara, who bowled an over, conceded 14. He was wicketless, as was James Tredwell, who bowled four overs, conceding 28. Ali, who bowled three overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket, as did Woakes, Gurney and Finn, who bowled four overs apiece. They conceded 43, 29, and 28, respectively.

England won the one-off match.