New Delhi. India registered a thumping victory in the first two matches of the 3 T20 series against England. In the first match, where the host country was crushed by 50 runs, the margin of victory in the second was 1 run less than this. This is England’s two biggest defeats in T20s in terms of runs at home. In both the matches, Indian batsmen as well as bowlers shone. Now the third T20 is to be played between the two countries on Sunday. India’s eyes will be on winning this match and making a clean sweep. Meanwhile, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who often cursed India, also became a fan of Team India. He praised Team India fiercely.
Shahid Afridi made a tweet about India’s explosive series on England. In it, he wrote, “India played great cricket and deserved to win the series. Especially India’s bowling was amazing. If the same performance continues, then India will be a strong contender to win the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia this year.
India’s batting style changed
India batted with a strategy to put pressure on England from the start in the second T20 at Edgbaston. Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant came out to bat with this thought and both batted aggressively in the powerplay and scored 61 runs in the first 6 overs. Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 31 runs in 20 balls at a strike rate of 155. Even after his dismissal, Pant did not change his style of play and in the very next over, Moeen Ali hit sixes and fours in two consecutive balls. However, after Pant’s dismissal, the Indian innings faltered. But, the batsmen who came later also did not change their style of play.
Ravindra Jadeja played an innings of 46 runs in 29 balls in the last few overs to take India to the score of 170.
Bhuvneshwar looks the same color as before
After this it was the turn of the bowlers to show amazing. Bhuvneshwar bowled brilliantly with the new ball. He got Jason Roy caught at slip on the very first ball of the English innings. After this, he also got the dangerous Jos Buttler caught behind the wicket by Rishabh Pant. Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria also praised Team India. Especially he became a fan of Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s swing bowling.
He said on his YouTube channel, “No matter how much one talks, there is no better bowler than Bhuvneshwar to swing the new ball in world cricket in the current era. Earlier, he had also compared his inswing balls with Mohammad Asif.
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Bhuvneshwar got full support of Jasprit Bumrah in the second T20. Bumrah also bowled well with the new ball. Harshal Patel and Hardik Pandya also kept the English batsmen in their nose in the middle over. The team management will be happy with the way Indian bowling is shaping up ahead of the T20 World Cup. Along with the fast bowlers, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also gave a strong performance. Since his return to the Indian team, he has been performing consistently well in the middle overs.
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July 10, 2022, 13:05 IST