Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Six for Chahal, 2-1 to India after 75-run win

Victory over England in Bengaluru  has completed a hat-trick of series victories for Virat kohil’s Indian cricket over the visitories in all formats, with this 2-1. England win the toss and choose to ball first. Virat kohil run out 2, KL Rahul out at 22 , Suresh Raina out at 63, M.S Dhoni out at 56, Yuvraj Singh out at 27, Hardik Pandya out at 11 and Rishabh pant not out at6. Suresh Raina  and M.SDhoni launched the classic rescue against England and Yuvraj Singh who hit three sixer at a time and ended the game to 202 at 20 overs .With a big target ahead of them, Jason Roy and Joe Root decided to not allow Billings’s exit to bog them down, and continued to attack. They took England to 55 for 1 in six overs to set a solid platform for their side, but immediately after that, Roy fell top-edging Amit Mishra high up in the air. MS Dhoni called for it early, and made no mistake in completing the catch to peg England back once again. Morgan and Root then combined aggression with caution to keep England in the hunt, taking them to the halfway point of the chase inside the 12th over. Root’s stay in the middle wasn’t all smooth – he was dropped at point when Rishabh Pant and Yuvraj Singh both went for a catch. But luck turned India’s way in the following over, as Chahal removed Morgan (40 in 21 balls) and Root (42 in 37) off consecutive deliveries to bring new batsmen to the crease. He then bagged three more by removing Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes and Chris Jordan to make India close to the victory. Towards the end pacer Jasprit Bumrah cleaned up the tail.


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