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India Vs England 5th T20 Highlights
Virat-Rohit helps India defeat England in a decider
Virat Kohli’s magnificent unbeaten 80, Rohit Sharma’s splendid 64 as well as Shardul Thakur’s effective 3 wickets for 45 guided Team India to defeat England by 36 runs and register the victory in the 5-match series at Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday. India scored 224 for the loss of two wickets while England innings in reply ended in 188 for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.
In the India Vs, England 5th T20 England won the toss and elected to field. Indian batting as a whole returned to tremendous form as Rohit Sharma, shrugging off last match’s failure, scored a superb 64 playing juts 34 deliveries, hitting 4 fours and 5 sixes. His strike rate was 188.24.
However, K.L. Rahul did not get a place in the playing eleven. T. Natarajan, one of the country’s promising fast bowlers replaced him on the day. So Virat Kohli opened the innings with Rohit and displayed mesmerizing innings of unbeaten 80 off 52 deliveries hitting 7 fours and 2 huge sixes at an exciting strike rate of 153.85. Kohli was perfectly assisted by Surya Kumar Yadav who also struck a quick 32 off 17 deliveries at an astonishing strike rate of 188.24. Yadav has stumped his authority already in his previous Twenty20 International.
India Vs England 5th T20 highlights also should mention Hardik Pandya’s return to form as he also remained unbeaten 39, playing only 17 deliveries, hitting 4 fours and 2 sixes. With the ball, Pandya was expensive on the day, giving away 34 runs in 4 overs at an economy rate of 8.50. Still, he managed to earn Eoin Morgan’s important wicket.
India Vs England 5th T20 highlights must say that England also started well under the leadership of Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan. Till 12.5 overs England was 130 for the loss of only two wickets. But Bhuvneshwar Kumar first cracked the visitor’s innings, forcing Buttler to return to the pavilion at 52. Buttler scored it off 34 deliveries. The second crucial wicket of Malan was captured by Shardul Thakur and it was enough to break England’s backbone as they lost 5 wickets in 48 runs. Malan who was posing the real threat scored 68 off 46 deliveries, hitting 9 fours and 2 sixes.
Among the Indian bowlers, Bhuvneshwar was best. He scalped 2 for 15 in 4 overs with an amazing economy rate of 3.75. Shardul although managed 3 crucial wickets, was expensive, giving away 45 runs an economy rate of 11.25. The debutant, T. Natarajan managed one wicket at the cost of 39 runs in 4 overs.
