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Cricket
oi-Manojit Maulik
England, the world’s number one team, took a 2-1 lead in the five-game T20 international series by defeating India at Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad. Virat Kohli lost to Eoin Morgan by 8 wickets today. The Indian team did not play as they won this match. Virat Kohli, Yuzbendra Chahal trapped. Chahal got a wicket but gave up 41 runs in four overs!
England got off to a good start chasing a target of 156 for victory. Jason Roy was fired 9 of 23 balls by Yuzbendra Chahal. Then Joss Butler and David Malan made 56 of 36 balls. Butler hit aggressively. Malan was fired 16 of 16 by Washington Sundar. England then scored 71 of 2 in 9.4 overs. After that, India was unable to take England’s window. The England wicketkeeper-batsman had the best streak of his career at T20 International on this day. England hit the target on 19. Butler was undefeated on 63 of 52 balls. He hit five fours and four sixes. Johnny Bairstow was undefeated with 40 of 26 balls with five fours.
England captain Eoin Morgan won the draw and chose to participate in the 100th International T20 of his career. India captain Virat Kohli said he would have played if he had won the draw. Batting with the lead from the front with great challenges but the rest did not meet expectations. Due to the failure of the higher order and the middle order, India could not score more than 156 runs for 8 wickets. Then experts said India scored at least 20 fewer runs. That turned out to be true, even on a difficult field, England broke in early on. With the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes, Virat Kohli remained undefeated with a maximum of 6 runs on 46 balls. Hardik Pandya did not find himself in the familiar rhythm either. He scored 17 runs of 15 balls.
The openers failed. Lokesh Rahul was knocked out. Suryakumar Yadav was unable to hit in his previous debut game, but was eliminated today. Rohit Sharma returned in the first XI in his place. In the second over of the match, Rohit failed to make a great run despite receiving the life of the ball from Joffra Archer. He was fired for 15 of 16 balls. Wood’s second victim is Rohit. Ishan Kisan, who fell for three with four runs, was caught behind by Chris Jordan. After that, Rishabh Panth faced a storm with Virat Kohli. However, he ran out of 25 of 20 balls to take a risky run. Third victim of Shreyas Ayre Wood. He was out of 9 races. Mark Wood took three of 31 and Chris Jordan took two of 35.
