Pushing England under challenging conditions, a confident India will find themselves back on track to win the series-decider in Ahmedabad on Saturday and take another firm step towards finalizing their corps for the T20 World Cup. India, which went into the series with a fresh and fearless approach in the shortest format, has positioned itself well for the mega event to be held at home later this year, regardless of anything in the fifth game. The Virat Kohli-led team, which did not have the depth to attack under all circumstances, finds itself full of ‘X-Factors’ with the rise of Ishaan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, whose willows ripped apart the England bowlers. With which he became a dream. First film on Friday.
His innings at number three was pure joy and Kohli also liked to be “shocked”, which solidified the role of the IPL in providing the talented talent to the national team.
It was not surprising that Suryakumar got a place in the team for the upcoming ODI series.
Kohli said, “It was not easy to walk to three in your first game and we were all taken aback. He confirmed his authority and allowed Shreyas, Hardik and Pant to do their job. I am a fan of these youngsters.” To Suryakumar
With Kishan and Suryakumar making a big impact in their first series, Haryana all-rounder Rahul Tewatia is the only team left to make his debut and it could happen on Saturday.
Another big plus for India in the series has been Hardik Pandya’s regular contributions with the ball.
He was among the star bowlers on Thursday, taking two wickets for 16 runs in four overs. Rahul Chahar, who replaced Yuzvendra Chahal, also did well, while Washington Sundar had fewer days.
India will now be hoping to top KL Rahul, who showed some form after scoring 1, 0, 0 in the previous game.
Kohli must have been very satisfied with the fact that India was able to put up a big score and defend against dew at night.
It was the first time in the series that the team batted first and won the game.
On the other hand, England would expect Jose Butler and world number one batsman Dawood Malan to show more consistency with the bat.
The Pace duo of Joffra Archer and Mark Wood have been impressive, but have not received much support from Chris Jordan, who scored the most runs in the fourth T20.
Morgan said after the eight-run loss, “We are trying to learn as much as we can in this series. The progress of the World Cup in seven months is important.”
“…. We really want to win games like these. Surely everybody plays for now. It would be great to play away from home and win.”
Squad:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini , Deepak Chahar, Rahul Teotia, Ishan Kishan.
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England: Eoin Morgan (captain), Joss Butler, Jason Roy, Liam Livingstone, David Malan, Ben Stokes, Moin Ali, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Chris Jordan, Mark Wood, Sam Curren, Tom Curren, Sam Billings, Johnny Bairstow, Joffra Archer .
The match will start at 7 pm.
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