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India Vs England
T20 Series – 3rd T20 |
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| Match Basics |
| T20 Tri-Series – 3rd T20: India Vs England |
| Date: 8th July 2018 |
| Venue: County Ground, Bristol |
| Umpires: Rob Bailey, Tim Robinson |
| Toss won by: India, elected to field first |
| Scorecard Summary |
England’s Innings: 198/9 (20 overs, RR: 9.9)
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| Performers: |
| Batting: Jason Roy 67 off 31 balls, Jos Buttler 34 off 21 balls, Alex Hales 30 off 24 balls, Johnny Bairstow 25 off 14 balls. |
| Bowling: S Kaul 2/35 in 4 overs, Hardik Pandya 4/38 in 4 overs, DL Chahar 1/43 in 4 overs, Umesh Yadav 1/48 in 4 overs. |
| Target: 199 runs from 20 overs. |
| India’s Innings: 201/3 (18.4 Overs, RR: 10.76) |
| Performers: |
| Batting: Rohit Sharma 100* off 56 balls, Hardik Pandya 33* off 14 balls, Virat Kohli 43 off 29 balls, KL Rahul 19 off 10 balls. |
| Bowling: David Willey 1/37 in 4 overs, Jake Ball 1/39 in 3 overs, Chris Jordan 1/30 in 3.4 overs. |
| Result: India won by 7 wickets.
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| Man of the Match: Rohit Sharma |
| Highlights & Analysis |
India Vs England: 1st Innings
- The wicket was hard and with a good coverage of grass. This factor plus the ‘India chasing factor’ led Virat Kohli to bowl first in the decisive T20 of this series (India Vs England).
- English openers, Jason Roy and Jos Buttler came out to bat. Deepak Chahar was given the new ball by Virat Kohli.
- Both batsmen made a blazing start to the innings as England reached 43 runs in 4 overs.
- Siddharth Kaul was brought into the attack. But, the onslaught continued as Jason Roy reached his half century in just 23 balls.
- The power play ended and at this point, England had scored 73 runs without the loss of a single wicket.
- Spin was introduced in the form of Yuvezendra Chahal. Some pressure was added by spinner and in the very next over, Kaul uprooted the stumps of Jos Buttler.
- Alex Hales joined Jason Roy. But, this partnership could only survive for one over as Chahar claimed the wicket of Roy to send England 2 wickets down in 10 overs.
- The English captain, Morgan joined Hales. Both added 32 runs to the total after which Hardik Pandya finally delivered in his third over to claim the wickets of both batsmen.
- At this point England were 4 wickets down for 140 runs with Ben Stokes and Bairstow on the crease.
- Stokes and Bairstow added 35 more runs to the total.
- However, Pandya returned for his last over and got the wickets of the middle order batsmen.
- With 2 overs left in the innings and David Willey on the crease, England aimed for 200 runs.
- But, they fell 2 runs short from their target as three wickets were claimed by Indian bowlers and England finished on 198 runs in 20 overs.
India Vs England: 2nd Innings
- With 199 runs to chase in 20 overs, Indian batsmenShikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma opened the innings. David Willey started off for England.
- A blazing start was made by Rohit Sharma but Shikhar Dhawan’s batting woes continued as David Willey struck in this 2nd over.
- KL Rahul joined Rohit Sharma. The added runs in quick time as India crossed the 50 run mark in 5 overs.
- Jake Ball was given the last over of the power play and he struck straightaway as Chris Jordan took a stunning catch to dismiss the explosive batsman.
- The Indian captain, Virat Kohli joined Rohit Sharma. England introduced spin i.e. Adil Rashid into the attack.
- But, Rohit Sharma continued the onslaught and reached his fifty in 28 balls.
- Kohli also began scoring quite effortlessly from the other end and soon the 50 run stand was up between the two prolific batsmen.
- No tactic was working for England as India’s total crossed 150 runs. But, in the very same over Chris Jordan took a catch off his own bowling to dismiss Virat Kohli.
- Hardik Pandya was sent up the order as he joined Rohit Sharma who was nearing a century.
- At this point, India required 48 runs from 30 balls to win this match and claim the 3 match series.
- Both batsmen made this chase look easy as after scoring 20 runs off the 18th over, Rohit Sharma reached his century in the 19th over.
- Following that a six from Pandya sealed the series for India.
India Vs England T20 Series – Highlights – 1st T20: India Win By 8 Wickets
India Vs England – 2nd T20: Alex Hales Conquers India
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| Teams |
| India |
England |
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DL Chahar
HH Pandya
KL Rahul
MS Dhoni (Wkt.)
RG Sharma
S Dhawan
S Kaul
SK Raina
UT Yadav
V Kohli (Capt.)
YS Chahal
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AD Hales
AU Rashid
BA Stokes
CJ Jordan
DJ Willey
EJG Morgan (Capt.)
JC Buttler
JJ Roy
JM Bairstow (Wkt.)
JT Ball
LE Plunkett
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