England (171/9) defeat India (145/9) by 26 runs to register their first win in the 5-match T20I series

[Champ_Pal]

Even if India win 5-0, this is just a bilateral T20 series. Teams generally use these series to try out combinations/players.

I am not sure if England is even playing their full side here. For example, Sam Curran is missing. Also, what is Brook doing in a T20 team? It seems like England is experimenting.

Agreed. This series only matters if India loses 5-0.

 

[jnaveen1980]

There is a lot of temptation to include him. Not sure why Sundar and Jadeja both play or even Axar for that matter.

 

[sweep_shot]

Brook was in their World T20 XI

Last World T20?

Maybe that was one of the reasons why England lost. Can't be filling up T20 team with Test players.

 

[RidiculousMan]

yes. Jadeja never did anything good in ODI after 2013 CT. He should have been retired out.

He has been useless for a while now. If it weren't for the impression that he can bat at no. 7. He would've been out if contention long ago.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Yea.. it will be a toss up between Kuldeep and Varun C always.

Very tough choice. On current form, VC should be selected over Kuldeep. But Kuldeep will get the nod.

 

[sweep_shot]

Great to see?

It is just a bilateral T20 game. It is fun cricket like WWE.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Very tough choice. On current form, VC should be selected over Kuldeep. But Kuldeep will get the nod.

Rohit trusts Kuldeep more than any spinner

 

[Devadwal]

England is decimating TEAM IPL.

Great to see.



ENG - 82/1 (8.3 overs).

England 127/8 in 16 overs

Hahahahaha

 

[OldWarHorse]

It is just a bilateral T20 game. It is fun cricket like WWE.

Off course. Team IPL too fun though

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rohit trusts Kuldeep more than any spinner

Justifiably. HE would have been mighty effective in Australia as well. He is quality. On certain wickets you can play both of them.

 

[Devadwal]

Back to back six for Livingston.

I want them to score 180. Can they do it?

 

[Justcrazy]

Once again English batters falling to spin

 

[jamie smith]

Back to back six for Livingston.

I want them to score 180. Can they do it?

155 will be a miracle

 

[jnaveen1980]

If they were smart they should have seen off Varun C and gone after others

 

[jamie smith]

Once again English batters falling to spin

they suck against spin especially overrated brook

 

[Justcrazy]

170 will not be enough on this pitch

 

[Justcrazy]

they suck against spin especially overrated brook

I mentioned that before the start of series , hitting spin will not be easy for English batters. Indian spinners use conditions very well.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Varun drinks much?

 

[jamie smith]

200 is bare minimum on this pitch

170 will not be enough on this pitch

 

[jnaveen1980]

I mentioned that before the start of series , hitting spin will not be easy for English batters. Indian spinners use conditions very well.

This is probably one of the least spin friendly surface. So there is something wrong with their technique. NZ, Australia respond much better against spin.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Varun bhai rescuing us once again. What a spell from him.

Still a decent total on the cards for England.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Varun drinks much?

No. He just looks that way. Very unassuming, unexpressive guy. Was doing 9 to 5 job before taking up tennis ball cricket.

 

[Justcrazy]

Just one wicket left , India will again chase this down in the last over.

 

[Justcrazy]

Varun bhai rescuing us once again. What a spell from him.

Still a decent total on the cards for England.

KKR will be pleased to see the form Varun is in.

 

[jamie smith]

Just one wicket left , India will again chase this down in the last over.

this is a much placid surface,they will get it done in about 16 overs

 

[jnaveen1980]

Shami is yet to recover i think lol Beamer from him. Never seen a beamer.

 

[Justcrazy]

Shami has looked fit , he will be an important clog for India in CT.

 

[jamie smith]

wood shouldve taken the free hit lol

 

[RahulBose]

Indian players are generally likeable minus guys like Kohli.

It is mostly the Indian fans who are really obnoxious. Possibly the most obnoxious cricket fans in the world.

Well, when you have to watch padosis being openly hostile towards Indian team and
never ever acknowledges

their contribution to the upliftment of cricket,

some jingoism does seep in....

Regretful but understandable.

 

[Justcrazy]

this is a much placid surface,they will get it done in about 16 overs

I think India will go all out , they will attack , so like to lose a few wickets , and then look to gradually grind. India has to have very ordinary day for England to win.

 

[jamie smith]

eng 162/9

 

[jamie smith]

england tailenders cant hit a boundary

 

[sweep_shot]

England recovered well. 165/9.

 

[jamie smith]

Shami has looked fit , he will be an important clog for India in CT.

him being unfit,will beneficial for pak

 

[Justcrazy]

India strongest format right now is 20 20 .

 

[jnaveen1980]

Shami is not ready yet. This is not even close to the shami we know.

 

[jamie smith]

England recovered well. 165/9.

can we expect a win today??

 

[jnaveen1980]

India strongest format right now is 20 20 .

Take a guess why lol Once all the oldies were wiped out they look good. That has to happen in ODI as well.

 

[Justcrazy]

England issue has been losing wickets in heap in middle overs , that has prevented them to go all out in final 3 - 4 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Take a guess why lol Once all the oldies were wiped out they look good. That has to happen in ODI as well.

It worked for 20 20 , but in OD you need grinders as well , I would like to see how these batters adapt to OD , it will be interesting transition.

 

[OldWarHorse]

171 is a decent effort

 

[jamie smith]

india need 172 runs

 

[Justcrazy]

172 is the target for India

 

[jnaveen1980]

It worked for 20 20 , but in OD you need grinders as well , I would like to see how these batters adapt to OD , it will be interesting transition.

Like Kohli and Rahul? lol No Thanks. You need multi skilled long batting line up This way you can keep going harder at bowling

 

[Justcrazy]

171 is a decent effort

Not that good.

England will need at least 3 bowlers to bowl out of there skin here to win this.

 

[RamLakhan]

This is what is T20 all about... (even ODIs...) You should keep on updating your resources... Team should be like a flowing river... India got struck with Jadeja, Kuldeep, Chahal... forever and paid the price (lost many ICC tournaments). Finally they needed Bumrah, Arshdeep, Pandya & SKY heroics, slow WI pitches and Choking SA to win an ICC tournament after a decade with the cringey uncles!

Even in tests it is the same issue... Sticking to oldies for way too long, in the name of so-called experience and seniority....

But I somehow feel that Kohli & Rohit are the last two Demigods in Indian Cricket (their predecessor was Dhoni). From now on we will keep producing stars in quick intervals before someone grow to the stature of superstar! Kohli & Rohit came before the prime of IPL, so they are the last legs!

Now thanks to IPL we will keep producing quality cricketers (this is one big positive of IPL), earlier we used to find just one Sachin or one Kumble or one Yuvaraj or one Dhoni for the entire decade! Even hardcore haters of IPL @Bhaag Viru Bhaag should acknowledge this fact!

Even Bumrah and Pant fall in the IPL era, so they are not invincible (Pant is dropped from T20s and Bumrah is anyhow a bowler and is rotated - doesn't play all matches - bowlers were never a bane for India, they usually are good workhorses except Kapil who stayed for bit too longer chasing record)

 

[jamie smith]

It worked for 20 20 , but in OD you need grinders as well , I would like to see how these batters adapt to OD , it will be interesting transition.

these batters will go missing on even a little bit bowling friendly surface

 

[Justcrazy]

Like Kohli and Rahul? lol No Thanks. You need multi skilled long batting line up This way you can keep going harder at bowling

I said it will be interesting to see how The current batters like Jaiswal , Rinku , Tilak Abhishek adapt in OD format

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

India could have gone with Chakravarty over Jadeja for the CT.

Itnay all-rounders ka achar dalna hai?

 

[RidiculousMan]

This is what is T20 all about... (even ODIs...) You should keep on updating your resources... Team should be like a flowing river... India got struck with Jadeja, Kuldeep, Chahal... forever and paid the price (lost many ICC tournaments). Finally they needed Bumrah, Arshdeep, Pandya & SKY heroics, slow WI pitches and Choking SA to win an ICC tournament after a decade with the cringey uncles!

Even in tests it is the same issue... Sticking to oldies for way too long, in the name of so-called experience and seniority....

But I somehow feel that Kohli & Rohit are the last two Demigods in Indian Cricket (their predecessor was Dhoni). From now on we will keep producing stars in quick intervals before someone grow to the stature of superstar! Kohli & Rohit came before the prime of IPL, so they are the last legs!

Now thanks to IPL we will keep producing quality cricketers (this is one big positive of IPL), earlier we used to find just one Sachin or one Kumble or one Yuvaraj or one Dhoni for the entire decade! Even hardcore haters of IPL @Bhaag Viru Bhaag should acknowledge this fact!

Even Bumrah and Pant fall in the IPL era, so they are not invincible (Pant is dropped from T20s and Bumrah is anyhow a bowler and is rotated - doesn't play all matches - bowlers were never a bane for India, they usually are good workhorses except Kapil who stayed for bit too longer chasing record)

While IPL is good for T20I Cricket. I'm not sure it's enough to make red ball legends for India

 

[RidiculousMan]

India could have gone with Chakravarty over Jadeja for the CT.

Itnay all-rounders ka achar dalna hai?

I always believe. If you need your number 8 to be an all rounder as well then your batting is *****

 

[jnaveen1980]

While IPL is good for T20I Cricket. I'm not sure it's enough to make red ball legends for India

Even in Tests there are lot of First class performers languishing waiting for Kohli and Rohit to exit.

 

[Devadwal]

India could have gone with Chakravarty over Jadeja for the CT.

Itnay all-rounders ka achar dalna hai?

Different mindsets. in T20 cricket ,players are always going for runs so mystery spinner always have maximum chance of getting the wickets due to variations.

In ODI cricket batters can milk for single/ double and odd boundries here and there.

But yes he is not a bad options for ODI cricket also.

 

[sweep_shot]

can we expect a win today??

England have 171 on the board. They have given bowlers something to defend.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Different mindsets. in T20 cricket ,players are always going for runs so mystery spinner always have maximum chance of getting the wickets due to variations.

In ODI cricket batters can milk for single/ double and odd boundries here and there.

But yes he is not a bad options for ODI cricket also.

Jadeja is not needed. He has never been useful for us since 2013 final.

 

[Devadwal]

England have 171 on the board. They have given bowlers something to defend.

Only if england can reduced india to 30/4 in PP

 

[jnaveen1980]

SKY last time made 100 in 45 balls on this ground. He has to do it again. He is the worst in the current side in terms of form.

 

[Justcrazy]

There we go , Indian openers are out here , the chase is on

 

[Justcrazy]

Only if england can reduced india to 30/4 in PP

No ,30 for 4 after 8 overs , because India has depth in batting to win if it is around 7 - 8 runs an over

 

[sweep_shot]

May British Empire/England win today.

I am rooting for them.

IND - 4/0 (1 overs).

England need some tight overs.

 

[Justcrazy]

SKY last time made 100 in 45 balls on this ground. He has to do it again. He is the worst in the current side in terms of form.

His issue is that he is on the other side of hill , he also is not part of other two formats.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Different mindsets. in T20 cricket ,players are always going for runs so mystery spinner always have maximum chance of getting the wickets due to variations.

In ODI cricket batters can milk for single/ double and odd boundries here and there.

But yes he is not a bad options for ODI cricket also.

Mystery spinners have been quite successful in ODIs aswell. Chakravarty offers something different and could have been a trump card against teams unfamiliar with him. Having Jadeja and Axar in there makes very little sense considering both have the same role, and then you have Washington too, who is a similar player but atleast offers something different with his off-spin.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Not that good.

England will need at least 3 bowlers to bowl out of there skin here to win this.

I mean it's a decent effort considering they were 8 down for 130

 

[jnaveen1980]

150k , flat batted over bowler for 4.

 

[Devadwal]

Wood is bowling fast but abhishek is hitting back to back four

 

[jnaveen1980]

Abhishek has the full license. Infact all of them have the license. Finally India is playing T20 like T20 on good pitches

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I always believe. If you need your number 8 to be an all rounder as well then your batting is *****

I dunno I think in white-ball No.8 can have a significant role to play. But thing here is that both him and Axar have the same role. I would rather just have gone with Axar over Jadeja, who should only be playing tests.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Once Reddy and Parag become regular in the side this will become a deadly dangerous side

 

[dravidthewall]

@sweepshot what is your prediction for today's match

 

[sweep_shot]

Adil Rashid needs to be economical and Archer should ensure he doesn't bowl like an IPL agent.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

The way this opening combination is doing its hard to see Jaiswal breaking into this playing XI

 

[Devadwal]

Mystery spinners have been quite successful in ODIs aswell. Chakravarty offers something different and could have been a trump card against teams unfamiliar with him. Having Jadeja and Axar in there makes very little sense considering both have the same role, and then you have Washington too, who is a similar player but atleast offers something different with his off-spin.

Kuldeep is first choice spinner for us. Only one of axar and jadeja will play and Axar is ahead at this stages.

Varun fielding is very pathetic so this is big negative for him. you can hide a below average fielder in T20 match but not in ODI cricket

 

[jnaveen1980]

The way this opening combination is doing its hard to see Jaiswal breaking into this playing XI

I think they will go with form. 2 years back Gill was a certain starter in every T20 match with the way he batted. Look at him now.

 

[dravidthewall]

The way this opening combination is doing its hard to see Jaiswal breaking into this playing XI

Jaiswal defenetely can make it in place of samson.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I think they will go with form. 2 years back Gill was a certain starter in every T20 match with the way he batted. Look at him now.

Gill has regressed considerably. But I never saw him consistently batting at the kind of SR Abhishek bats at

 

[sweep_shot]

India lose their first wicket.

16/1.

 

[Devadwal]

Sanju Gone.

I think they will go with form. 2 years back Gill was a certain starter in every T20 match with the way he batted. Look at him now.

Jaiswal is first choice opener so whenever he will be selected for T20 team than directly open without any problem.

 

[Justcrazy]

India need 155 runs in 105 balls.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Adil Rashid needs to be economical and Archer should ensure he doesn't bowl like an IPL agent.

Yes. He should bowl like a Bangladeshi bowler who are unlikely to bowl like agents because they don't get selected in IPL anymore

 

[Justcrazy]

It will be interesting to see how England slow bowlers bowl.