SOUTHAMPTON (United Kingdom):
Hardik Pandya
blasted his maiden Twenty20 world half-century and took four wickets as India beat England by 50 runs in Southampton on Thursday.
Within the hole game of the three-match assortment, Pandya powered to his 50 off 30 balls as India scored 198-8.
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The 28-yr-mature hit six fours and one towering six, off Matt Parkinson, earlier than being brushed aside for 51.
Pandya’s fireworks came after Suryakumar Yadav (39) and
Deepak Hooda
(33) had attach the tone with some flamboyant photographs.
Pandya tormented England with the ball as successfully, taking 4-33 from his four overs because the hosts might perchance well simplest arrange 148 of their limp creep-race.
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India captain Rohit Sharma, abet within the facet after recuperating from Covid-19, used to be rewarded for his resolution to bat first because the tourists received a runt measure of revenge for their stunning Take a look at loss to England earlier this week.
England had routed India by seven wickets within the fifth Take a look at as Ben Stokes’ facet authored the splendid Take a look at creep race of their history.
That victory used to be England’s fourth in a row under Stokes and new red-ball coach Brendon McCullum, with their astonishingly a hit originate impressed by a fearless commitment to aggressive strokeplay.
With the Take a look at employees on a successfully-earned fracture, Jos Buttler took tag of England for the principle time since replacing Eoin Morgan because the nation’s runt overs skipper.
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Insisting England can be “the truth is aggressive and no longer alarmed of failure”, Buttler is following the template laid out by Stokes and McCullum as he prepares for the T20 World Cup in October.
However Buttler perished for a golden duck, splendid five balls into England’s race, when he used to be bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s inswinger.
Dawid Malan’s 21 from 14 balls featured four boundaries but Pandya bowled him and then brushed aside Liam Livingstone to trot away England wobbling on 29-3.
India’s swing bowling used to be too great for England and Jason Roy had made simplest four from 16 balls when he used to be eradicated by Pandya.
Harry Brook (28) and Moeen Ali, 36 from 20 balls, hammered their portion of boundaries to snappily give England renewed hope.
India dropped six catches, but Yuzvendra Chahal delivered the knockout blows because the spinner brushed aside both batsmen to connect his facet on the level of victory.
India’s T20 debutant Arshdeep Singh claimed his maiden world wickets. The 23-yr-mature whisk bowler eradicated Reece Topley and Parkinson to connect the seal on the associates’ dominant define.
India had seized the initiative from the originate, with Rohit making a handy guide a rough 24 earlier than Hooda blasted two consecutive sixes off Moeen.
On 33 from 17 balls, Hooda used to be threatening to connect India in total lend a hand watch over, but Chris Jordan’s slower ball brushed aside him earlier than he might perchance well trigger from now on ruin.
Yadav’s 19-ball onslaught, that includes four boundaries and two sixes, ensured India’s creep-fee raced previous 10 an over earlier than he fell caught at the abet of off Jordan after a overview.
Having eventually reached 50 in his 62nd match and 43rd innings, Pandya holed out on the boundary off Topley.