The match was attended by 67,200 people.
India made three changes to their playing (Pat)eleven
– Sanju Samson, Deepak Chahar and Thangarasu Natarajan made way for Rishabh
Pant, Axar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
England made four changes to the eleven that last
played the Indians – Alex Hales, David Willey, Liam Plunkett and Jake Ball made
way for Dawid Malan, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer and Mark Wood.
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 22,
and lost three wickets.
Lokesh Rahul, who faced four balls, scored a run.
Eight balls later, Archer broke the two-run stand.
Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, faced five balls,
failing to get off the mark. Seven balls later, he was caught by Chris Jordan. Adil
Rashid broke the one-run stand.
Shikhar Dhawan, who faced a dozen balls, scored just
four. Fifteen balls later, Wood broke the 17-run stand.
Pant, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and a six, scored 21. Five overs later, he was caught by Jonny
Bairstow. Ben Stokes broke the 28-run stand.
India scored 50 off 10.2 overs (62 balls). England
hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.
Shreyas Iyer’s half-century – which included seven
boundaries – came off 36 balls.
India scored 100 off 17 overs (102 balls). England
hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 42 balls. While
Iyer’s contribution to the partnership was 35, Hardik Pandya’s contribution to
it was 19. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.
Pandya, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary and
a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty-four balls after Pant’s
dismissal, he was caught by Jordan. Archer broke the 54-run partnership.
The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Shardul
Thakur, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught
by Malan off the bowling of Archer.
Iyer, whose 48-ball innings included eight boundaries
and a six, eventually scored 67. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Malan.
Jordan broke the 15-run stand.
Washington Sundar, who faced three balls, scored as
many. He was unbeaten, as was Patel, who scored seven. His three-ball innings
included a boundary.
England eventually conceded a couple of extras. India
scored 124 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs. Sam Curran, who bowled a
couple of wicketless overs, conceded 15.
Stokes and Rashid bowled three overs each, picking up
a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 25, the latter conceded 14. Jordan
and Wood bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former
conceded 27, the latter conceded 20.
Archer bowled four overs, including a maiden. He
conceded 23, picking up three scalps.
The first Powerplay of England’s innings – which was
the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over.
Twenty-seven balls into the match, India sought a
bowling review. Jos Buttler was the batsman. Under the umpire’s call, it was
struck down by K N Ananthapadmanabhan.
At the end of the Powerplay, England’s openers had put
on 50. India hadn’t conceded any extras at that point. While Jason Roy’s
contribution to the partnership was 24, Buttler’s contribution to it was 26.
Buttler, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and a six, eventually scored 28. Eight overs into the chase, he was
trapped leg before wicket by Yuzvendra Chahal, who broke the 72-run
partnership.
Sixty-seven balls into the match, England sought a bowling
review. Roy eventually scored 49. His 32-ball innings included four boundaries
and three sixes. Under the umpire’s call, it was struck down by Nitin Menon.
The batsman was trapped leg before wicket by Sundar, who broke the 17-run
stand.
England scored 100 off 12.4 overs (76 balls). India
hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.
Malan, whose 20-ball innings included two boundaries
and a six, conceded 24. He was unbeaten, as was Bairstow, who scored 26. His
17-ball innings included a boundary and two sixes.
India eventually conceded three extras. England, who
scored 130 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 15.3 overs, won by eight
wickets with 27 balls to spare.
Thakur, Kumar and Pandya bowled a couple of overs
apiece. They conceded 16, 15, and 13, respectively, and were wicketless, as was
Patel, who bowled three overs, conceding 24. Sundar bowled 2.3 overs, conceding
18. He picked up a wicket, as did Chahal, who bowled four overs, conceding 44.
England led the five-match series 1-0.
