At the end of a spectacular all-round show, India are not only claiming a 3–2 series by beating England in the Twenty20 International but also proving that their preparations for the T20 World Cup are in the right direction Increasing. Rohit Sharma’s 64 off 34 balls and captain Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 80 off 52 balls helped India to their best performance against England by scoring 224 for two wickets. Saturday.
In the run chase, Jos Buttler (52 for 34) and David Malan (68 out of 46) kept India in danger of 130 runs, but challenged England’s wicketkeeper-batsman in the 13th over. Bhubaneswar Kumar.
England’s innings eventually ended at 188 for eight and they lost the match by 36 runs.
Dew was a factor in the second innings, but the Indian bowlers defended the target on the beauty of that batting.
Bhuvneshwar performed brilliantly in his comeback series and tried his best to end the decider by taking two wickets for 15 runs in four overs.
Apart from Bhubaneswar’s successful return from injury, the big plus for India was the emergence of Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan.
Hardik Pandya came back to bowl regularly, another positive marking for Kohli’s team which proved in the series that he could bat as well as win first.
England made a brilliant four, catching the stump of Jason Roy off Bhuvneshwar to the inswinger.
However, the incoming batsman Malan ensured the necessary big hits and led England to victory by scoring 104 runs for one wicket in 10 overs in the company of the dangerous Butler.
Malan, the world’s number one batsman who had not fired earlier in the series, was in his elements. His off-side play was the highlight of his innings which included nine fours and two sixes.
The momentum in India’s favor changed decisively when Butler, along with Bhubaneswar, conceded just three runs in that over.
Butler’s dismissal also fired Kohli, who, in turn, needed the umpire’s intervention with opposition players.
Three more wickets, including Malan in quick succession, effectively sealed the game for India.
Earlier, to prepare themselves for success in all circumstances ahead of the World Cup, India tried to produce their batting performance of the series under pressure from a series-decider.
Jofra Archer and Mark Wood upset the Indians with their extra pace in earlier games, but Rohit and Kohli put them on 94 off 94 balls.
Other major contributions came in the form of Suryakumar Yadav (32 off 17 balls) and Hardik Pandya (39 not out from 17 balls). The host team smashed 67 runs in the last five overs to make the innings the right place.
Barring Ben Stokes and Adil Rashid, all England bowlers leaked more than 10 runs per over, with Chris Jordan (0/57) being the most expensive.
India decided to select open bowler KL Rahul for the all-important game as an additional bowling option in left-arm fast bowler T Natarajan.
Not having Rahul at the top, Virat Kohli ordered himself to open up with Rohit, a move that worked wonders.
Rohit did a big job of scoring in their partnership as Kohli was more than happy to enjoy the sensational performance of making strokes from the other end.
Rohit, who was rested for the first two matches and did not get much in the next two, enhanced the reputation of a big match player on Saturday.
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Most of his five sixes were his trademark shots, effortlessly drawn on deep square feet. Also treating the eye was Rasping, who was driving directly from a serious Mark Wood in his first over.
Kohli also drew Woods in the stands, a shot that completely pummeled him. As Kohli advanced his innings beautifully at the other end, he had the company of a highly confident Suryakumar from where he left his first game. Kohli, along with Hardik, took India beyond 200.
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