England wins the first T20 with ease
England defeated India in the first T20 by 7 wickets at
Green Park, Kanpur just finished few minutes ago. After winning the toss,
England bowled well and restricted India to a modest total of 147 and then
chased down the target with ease.
England won the toss and choose to field. The Indian openers
Virat Kohli and KL Rahul gave the team a solid start putting on 34 for the
first wicket. KL Rahul was the first batsmen to be dismissed for 8. At the end
of first six overs India was 47 for 1. In the 8th over captain Kohli
was dismissed for 29. After that none of the Indian batsmen scored runs at
brisk pace as wickets fell at regular intervals. Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya
did not contribute. MS Dhoni was the top scorer for India with 36 off 27 balls.
India scored 147 for 7 in 20 overs. The pick of bowlers for England was Moeen
Ali taking 2 wickets giving away just 21 runs. All the other England bowlers
did an excellent job to restrict the Indian batting.
Chasing the target of 148, England openers Jason Roy and Sam
Billings gave the team a flying start hitting Bumrah and Ashish Nehra.
Yuzvendra Chahal was brought in the 4th over and took 2 wickets in
the same over to bring back India into the game. At the end of six overs
England was 48 for 2. Eoin Morgan and Joe Root played with positive intent
putting on 83 runs for the third wicket. Eoin Morgan completed his half century
and was dismissed for 51. England chased down the target of 148 in 18.1 overs
with 7 wickets. Chahal picked 2 wickets but it was enough for India to win the
match.
England 148 for 3 in 18.1 overs ( Eoin Morgan 51, YS Chahal
2/27) beat India 147 for 7(MS Dhoni 36, Moeen Ali 2/21)
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