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Next up, India play England in the 3rd T20I at the Trent Bridge, tomorrow.
Last time around, England lost by 50 runs, this time, they lose by 49. They lost wickets in heaps as they faltered in their chase of 170.
As a result, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was handed the player of the match award for his magnificent spell with the ball.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the pick of the bowlers, as he went on to pick up 3 wickets for 15 in his 3 overs. This spell also includes a wicket-maiden over in the first over of the innings!
Bumrah, Chahal picked up 2 wickets each, while Hardik Pandya and Harshal Patel chipped in with 1 each.
Just like the previous match, Bhuvi picked up a wicket in the first over itself. He then got rid of Buttler, before Bumrah came on and got rid of the dangerous looking Liam Livingstone.
That’s it, India take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3 match T20I series. A fitting win as India dominated from the get go. The only positives for England are the performances of debutant Richard Gleeson and Chris Jordan with the ball and the attacking innings by David Willey and Moeen Ali.
2ND T20I. 16.2: Harshal Patel to David Willey 4 runs, England 120/9
2ND T20I. 16.1: Harshal Patel to David Willey 6 runs, England 116/9
2ND T20I. WICKET! 15.4: Richard Gleeson 2(3) ct Virat Kohli b Bhuvneshwar Kumar, England 109/9
2ND T20I. 14.6: Hardik Pandya to David Willey 6 runs, England 105/8
2ND T20I. 14.4: Hardik Pandya to David Willey 4 runs, England 99/8
2ND T20I. WICKET! Chris Jordan 1(1) run-out Yuzvendra Chahal/ Rohit Sharma, England 95/8
2ND T20I. WICKET! 14.2: Moeen Ali 35(21) ct Rohit Sharma b Hardik Pandya, England 94/7
2ND T20I. 14.1: Hardik Pandya to Moeen Ali 6 runs, England 94/6
2ND T20I. 13.5: Ravindra Jadeja to Moeen Ali 6 runs, England 87/6
2ND T20I. 13.3: Ravindra Jadeja to David Willey 4 runs, England 80/6
2ND T20I. 11.6: Ravindra Jadeja to Moeen Ali 4 runs, England 69/6
2ND T20I. WICKET! Sam Curran 2(4) ct Hardik Pandya b Jasprit Bumrah, England 60/6
2ND T20I. WICKET! 9.1: Dawid Malan 19(25) ct Harshal Patel b Yuzvendra Chahal, England 55/5
2ND T20I. 8.2: Harshal Patel to Moeen Ali 4 runs, England 50/4
2ND T20I. WICKET! 6.4: Harry Brook 8(9) ct Suryakumar Yadav b Yuzvendra Chahal, England 41/4
2ND T20I. 6.2: Yuzvendra Chahal to Harry Brook, England 41/3
2ND T20I. 5.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Harry Brook 4 runs, England 36/3
2ND T20I. 5.3: Harshal Patel to Dawid Malan 4 runs, England 31/3
2ND T20I. WICKET! 4.1: Liam Livingstone 15(9) b Jasprit Bumrah, England 27/3
2ND T20I. 3.4: Hardik Pandya to Liam Livingstone 4 runs, England 26/2
2ND T20I. 2.5: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Liam Livingstone 4 runs, England 19/2
2ND T20I. 2.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Liam Livingstone 4 runs, England 15/2
2ND T20I. WICKET! 2.3: Jos Buttler 4(5) ct Rishabh Pant b Bhuvneshwar Kumar, England 11/2
2ND T20I. 1.3: Jasprit Burmah to Dawid Malan 4 runs, England 7/1
2ND T20I. WICKET! 0.1: Jason Roy 0(1) ct Rohit Sharma b Bhuvneshwar Kumar England 0/1
Jordan backed up his brilliant performance at the Ageas Bowl with a 4-fer today. The pacer picked up 4/27 in his 24 balls to restrict India as much as possible. But it was the man with the sword in hand as Jadeja’ 46* off 29 guided India to a very competitive score on a tricky wicket.
Chris Jordan and Gleeson were the chief destructors as the duo picked up 7/42 while the other English bowlers went for 138!
In his next over, Gleeson went on to take the wickets of Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant in what turned out to be a double wicket maiden!
Richard Gleeson, on his debut, got rid of the Indian skipper, a huge name for a first wicket.
Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant, opening for the first time together ever, ended up getting 49 runs off the first 5 overs, before the Indian skipper was dismissed.
India put up a very good score on a wicket that is not very easy to bat on. The extra bounce has caused each and every batsman a lot of trouble.
2ND T20I. 19.3: Sam Curran to Ravindra Jadeja 4 runs, India 166/8
2ND T20I. WICKET! 18.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2(4) ct David Willey b Chris Jordan, India 159/8
2ND T20I. 18.4: Chris Jordan to Ravindra Jadeja 4 runs, India 158/7
2ND T20I. WICKET! 16.6: Harshal Patel 13(6) ct Richard Gleeson b Chris Jordan, India 145/7
2ND T20I. 16.5: Chris Jordan to Harshal Patel 6 runs, India 145/6
2ND T20I. 16.1: Chris Jodran to Ravindra Jadeja 4 runs, India 136/6
2ND T20I. 15.6: Liam Livingstone to Harshal Patel 4 runs, India 132/6
2ND T20I. 15.3: Liam Livingstone to Ravindra Jadeja 4 runs, India 127/6
2ND T20I. WICKET! 15.1: Dinesh Karthik 12(17) run-out Harry Brook/ Jos Buttler, India 122/6
2ND T20I. 15.1: Liam Livingstone to Ravindra Jadeja 4 wides, India 120/5
2ND T20I. 14.3: Sam Curran to Dinesh Karthik 4 runs, India 112/5
2nd T20I. 12.6: David Willey to Ravindra Jadeja 4 runs, India 101/5
2ND T20I. WICKET! 10.4: Hardik Pandya 12(15) ct Dawid Malan b Chris Jordan, India 89/5
2ND T20I. WICKET! 10.3: Suryakumar Yadav 15(11) ct Sam Curran b Chris Jordan, India 89/4
2ND T20I. 9.4: Matt Parkinson to Suryakumar Yadav 4 runs, India 84/3
2ND T20I. 9.1: Matt Parkinson to Hardik Pandya 4 runs, India 77/3
2ND T20I. 7.2: Matt Parkinson to Suryakumar Yadav 4 runs, India 65/3
2ND T20I. WICKET! 6.2: Rishabh Pant 26(15) ct Jos Buttler b Richard Gleeson, India 61/3
2ND T20I. WICKET! 6.1: Virat Kohli 1(3) ct Dawid Malan b Richard Gleeson, India 61/2
2ND T20I. 5.2: Moeen Ali to Rishabh Pant 4 runs, India 59/1
2ND T20I. 5.1: Moeen Ali to Rishabh Pant 6 runs, India 55/1
2ND T20I. WICKET! 4.5: Rohit Sharma 31(20) ct Jos Buttler b Richard Gleeson, India 49/1
2ND T20I. 4.2: Richard Gleeson to Rohit Sharma 4 runs, India 47/0
2ND T20I. 4.2: Richard Gleeson to Rohit Sharma 4 runs, India 47/0
2ND T20I. 3.5: Moeen Ali to Rohit Sharma 4 runs, India 42/0
2ND T20I. 3.3: Moeen Ali to Rohit Sharma 4 runs, India 38/0
2ND T20I. 2.6: David Willey to Rishabh Pant 4 runs, India 32/0
2ND T20I. 2.3: David Willey to Rishabh Pant 4 runs, India 26/0
2ND T20I. 2.1: David Willey to Rohit Sharma 6 runs, India 21/0
2ND T20I. 1.5: Sam Curran to Rishabh Pant 4 runs, India 15/0
2ND T20I. 0.6: David Willey to Rohit Sharma 6 runs, India 8/0
ENG vs IND : England won the toss and decided to bowl first in the 2nd T20I
England’s Playing XI
Jos Buttler (C), Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Reece Topley, Harry Brook , Matthew Parkinson.
India’s Playing XI
Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant ,Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal.
It would be a fitting end, given India lost the 5th test here to England.
ENG vs IND: After a convincing win against England in the first T20I, India will be looking to seal the series today, in Edgbaston.
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