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India (223/2) defeat England (188/8) to win 5th T20I by 36 runs; Win series 3-2
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If he is opening in the IPL, it's with an eye on doing it for the World T20.
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England lost their Twenty20 series decider to an India side that followed a batting masterclass with some wonderful bowling in Ahmedabad.
Virat Kohli anchored India with 80 not out from 52 balls, allowing Rohit Sharma (64 from 34), Hardik Pandya (39 not out from 17) and Suryakumar Yadav (32 from 17) to blaze around him.
The hosts' 224-2 was their highest T20 score against England and set the tourists what would have been their second-highest successful chase in the shortest format.
They were on course at 127-1 after 12 overs, only for Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl a brilliant 13th, conceding three runs and crucially having Jos Buttler caught at long-off for 52.
Dawid Malan remained, but when he was bowled by the impressive Shardul Thakur for 68, 83 from the final five overs was a huge ask.
England ended on 188-8, losing by 36 runs, with India taking the series 3-2.
A three-match one-day international series in Pune begins on Tuesday.
England fall short
England wanted this series to test them before the World Cup, with the decider delivering the stiffest of challenges.
After the India assault, Jason Roy was bowled swiping at Bhuvneshwar from the second ball of the innings, only for Malan to arrive with a fluency that was missing in the previous four games.
Buttler was typically powerful, and with Malan driving and deflecting, their partnership of 130 had England in the hunt.
However, on a run-filled pitch, it was the performance of Bhuvneshwar that proved the difference. With no great pace, he held his nerve with accuracy and trickery to return incredible figures of 2-15 from his four overs.
Thakur supported with his own changes of pace. Around the time of Buttler's wicket, England went 22 deliveries without finding the boundary.
Jonny Bairstow, Malan and Eoin Morgan fell for two runs in the space of seven deliveries, all to slower balls, and England ground to a halt.
India blaze away
Kohli's decision to open alongside Rohit united India's best two players, with devastating and thrilling results.
The languid Rohit played beautifully, driving and pulling with awesome force. A wild hack to inside-edge a Ben Stokes slower ball on to the stumps was the first mistake he made.
The first-wicket stand of 94 came in only nine overs, but there was no respite for England, with Suryakumar hitting two glorious lofted drives for sixes off Adil Rashid from the second and third balls he faced.
Kohli was the anchor, taking only 25 from his first 23 balls, then 55 from the next 29. He was joined for the final assault by Hardik, who muscled boundaries off the back foot.
England were almost powerless in the face of such destruction on a superb surface, but at times the bowling lacked variety.
Still, Chris Jordan's outrageous moment of brilliance to remove Suryakumar will live long in the memory. Sprinting round the long-on boundary, he was in perfect control when he held Suryakumar at waist height in his right hand, the catch completed when Jordan under-armed to Roy, who could only laugh in disbelief.
England have been keen to emphasise the importance of this series, with the World Cup in India now only seven months away.
Morgan even said it might be the last time he gets his first-choice side together before the squad for that tournament is named.
England have learnt that the express pace of Wood is a huge asset in the powerplay, while Malan gave a reminder of why he is rated as the world's number one batsman after a run of low scores.
The tourists only won games when batting second and there are questions over the quality of their back-up bowling. Jordan and Sam Curran struggled to make an impact, while Moeen Ali never made it on to the pitch.
There is also a suspicion they are not finding the best way to utilise Stokes in the shortest format.
However, England's power-packed batting means they will always carry a threat. India will probably start the World Cup as favourites, but England are still to be feared.
'Lot of positives for England'
England captain Eoin Morgan: "[It has been] Extremely productive. To play a strong India team in their own conditions was fantastic. Ideally we would have played on wickets that turned more just to get that exposure. Regardless of the result we are looking to grow and get better. We played some really good cricket. There are a lot of positives to build on."
England T20 bowler Tymal Mills: "It was an excellent performance all-round from India. They held their nerve when Buttler and Malan were flying. Bhuvneshwar Kumar's third over was ultimately the one that swung it India's way."
India captain Vorat Kohli: "It was a complete game for us. We totally outplayed the opposition. The fact Rishabh and Shreyas didn't get the chance to bat and still got close 230 is testament to how we did with the bat.
"I have batted in different positions in the past but I feel we have a solid middle order now. Now it is about the two best players getting the maximum number of balls in T20 cricket. I would like to partner Rohit at the top."
BBC
Virat Kohli anchored India with 80 not out from 52 balls, allowing Rohit Sharma (64 from 34), Hardik Pandya (39 not out from 17) and Suryakumar Yadav (32 from 17) to blaze around him.
The hosts' 224-2 was their highest T20 score against England and set the tourists what would have been their second-highest successful chase in the shortest format.
They were on course at 127-1 after 12 overs, only for Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl a brilliant 13th, conceding three runs and crucially having Jos Buttler caught at long-off for 52.
Dawid Malan remained, but when he was bowled by the impressive Shardul Thakur for 68, 83 from the final five overs was a huge ask.
England ended on 188-8, losing by 36 runs, with India taking the series 3-2.
A three-match one-day international series in Pune begins on Tuesday.
England fall short
England wanted this series to test them before the World Cup, with the decider delivering the stiffest of challenges.
After the India assault, Jason Roy was bowled swiping at Bhuvneshwar from the second ball of the innings, only for Malan to arrive with a fluency that was missing in the previous four games.
Buttler was typically powerful, and with Malan driving and deflecting, their partnership of 130 had England in the hunt.
However, on a run-filled pitch, it was the performance of Bhuvneshwar that proved the difference. With no great pace, he held his nerve with accuracy and trickery to return incredible figures of 2-15 from his four overs.
Thakur supported with his own changes of pace. Around the time of Buttler's wicket, England went 22 deliveries without finding the boundary.
Jonny Bairstow, Malan and Eoin Morgan fell for two runs in the space of seven deliveries, all to slower balls, and England ground to a halt.
India blaze away
Kohli's decision to open alongside Rohit united India's best two players, with devastating and thrilling results.
The languid Rohit played beautifully, driving and pulling with awesome force. A wild hack to inside-edge a Ben Stokes slower ball on to the stumps was the first mistake he made.
The first-wicket stand of 94 came in only nine overs, but there was no respite for England, with Suryakumar hitting two glorious lofted drives for sixes off Adil Rashid from the second and third balls he faced.
Kohli was the anchor, taking only 25 from his first 23 balls, then 55 from the next 29. He was joined for the final assault by Hardik, who muscled boundaries off the back foot.
England were almost powerless in the face of such destruction on a superb surface, but at times the bowling lacked variety.
Still, Chris Jordan's outrageous moment of brilliance to remove Suryakumar will live long in the memory. Sprinting round the long-on boundary, he was in perfect control when he held Suryakumar at waist height in his right hand, the catch completed when Jordan under-armed to Roy, who could only laugh in disbelief.
England have been keen to emphasise the importance of this series, with the World Cup in India now only seven months away.
Morgan even said it might be the last time he gets his first-choice side together before the squad for that tournament is named.
England have learnt that the express pace of Wood is a huge asset in the powerplay, while Malan gave a reminder of why he is rated as the world's number one batsman after a run of low scores.
The tourists only won games when batting second and there are questions over the quality of their back-up bowling. Jordan and Sam Curran struggled to make an impact, while Moeen Ali never made it on to the pitch.
There is also a suspicion they are not finding the best way to utilise Stokes in the shortest format.
However, England's power-packed batting means they will always carry a threat. India will probably start the World Cup as favourites, but England are still to be feared.
'Lot of positives for England'
England captain Eoin Morgan: "[It has been] Extremely productive. To play a strong India team in their own conditions was fantastic. Ideally we would have played on wickets that turned more just to get that exposure. Regardless of the result we are looking to grow and get better. We played some really good cricket. There are a lot of positives to build on."
England T20 bowler Tymal Mills: "It was an excellent performance all-round from India. They held their nerve when Buttler and Malan were flying. Bhuvneshwar Kumar's third over was ultimately the one that swung it India's way."
India captain Vorat Kohli: "It was a complete game for us. We totally outplayed the opposition. The fact Rishabh and Shreyas didn't get the chance to bat and still got close 230 is testament to how we did with the bat.
"I have batted in different positions in the past but I feel we have a solid middle order now. Now it is about the two best players getting the maximum number of balls in T20 cricket. I would like to partner Rohit at the top."
BBC
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Indian bowling led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar defends the target to see India through to a 3-2 T20I series win.
Earlier, England asked India to bat first in the series decider. India opened with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as KL Rahul was replaced by T Natarajan, who was added as an extra bowling option.
India got off to a dream start as they posted 60 runs in the Powerplay without losing any wicket. Rohit played the role of aggressor in the partnership while Kohli looked to anchor the innings from one end by rotating strike.
The duo stitched together a partnership of 94 runs. Rohit's incredible innings of 64 runs came to an end when he inside-edged one which went on to hit the stumps off Ben Stokes bowling. The opener's 34-ball knock was studded with four fours and five sixes.
Despite the fall of Rohit’s wicket, the flow of runs didn’t stop as Suryakumar Yadav joined Kohli in middle and made a quick-fire 32 with a strike rate of 188.24 but had to return to the dressing room after Chris Jordan pulled off a running one-handed relay catch at the boundary with Jason Roy.
It was the 81-run partnership of Kohli and Hardik Pandya that put a dent on the bowling figures of England bowlers. Pandya, who was promoted to number four this match, bludgeoned the bowlers as he made 39* runs at a strike rate of 229.42.
Virat Kohli made his third unbeaten fifty of the series and registered his highest score of 80* in 52 balls while opening in T20Is.
India’s final total of 224/2 also became the highest score by India against England in men's T20Is overtaking the previous record of 218 made in 2007.
England’s chase had a trembling start as Bhuvneshwar Kumar clean bowled the in-form Roy for a duck in the first over.
Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan replenished the hopes of England chasing down the mammoth target of 224. Buttler played a blazing knock of 52 runs off 34-balls, hitting two fours and four sixes. The duo added 130 runs for the first-wicket partnership.
When it seemed that England were in a dominating position, it was Bhuvneshwar Kumar, in the 13th over, who tipped the scales in India’s favour as he got the wicket of Buttler.
Malan exhibited his T20I prowess as he became the fastest batsman to reach 1,000 T20I runs while in his innings of 68 in 46-balls. He was soon outdone by a knuckle-ball bowled by Thakur, uprooting his middle stump.
With the required rate on the rise, new on the crease, Jonny Bairstow (7) and Eoin Morgon (1) had no option but to try for big hits straightaway.
England looked hapless after losing so many wickets in succession. Requiring 62 runs in the last 2 overs, the lower middle order comprising of Ben Stokes (14), Chris Jordan (11), Jofra Archer, and Sam Curran (14) just batted their way through to fulfill the quota of 20 overs.
The were restricted to 188/8, falling short by a margin of 36 runs.
Bhuvneshwar was awarded the Player of the Match award for his bowling figures of 2/15 which included 17 dot balls in a high scoring match. While Virat Kohli received the Player of the series award for scoring 231 runs with an average of 115.5.
The tour now moves to the ODI format from 23 March.
Earlier, England asked India to bat first in the series decider. India opened with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as KL Rahul was replaced by T Natarajan, who was added as an extra bowling option.
India got off to a dream start as they posted 60 runs in the Powerplay without losing any wicket. Rohit played the role of aggressor in the partnership while Kohli looked to anchor the innings from one end by rotating strike.
The duo stitched together a partnership of 94 runs. Rohit's incredible innings of 64 runs came to an end when he inside-edged one which went on to hit the stumps off Ben Stokes bowling. The opener's 34-ball knock was studded with four fours and five sixes.
Despite the fall of Rohit’s wicket, the flow of runs didn’t stop as Suryakumar Yadav joined Kohli in middle and made a quick-fire 32 with a strike rate of 188.24 but had to return to the dressing room after Chris Jordan pulled off a running one-handed relay catch at the boundary with Jason Roy.
It was the 81-run partnership of Kohli and Hardik Pandya that put a dent on the bowling figures of England bowlers. Pandya, who was promoted to number four this match, bludgeoned the bowlers as he made 39* runs at a strike rate of 229.42.
Virat Kohli made his third unbeaten fifty of the series and registered his highest score of 80* in 52 balls while opening in T20Is.
India’s final total of 224/2 also became the highest score by India against England in men's T20Is overtaking the previous record of 218 made in 2007.
England’s chase had a trembling start as Bhuvneshwar Kumar clean bowled the in-form Roy for a duck in the first over.
Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan replenished the hopes of England chasing down the mammoth target of 224. Buttler played a blazing knock of 52 runs off 34-balls, hitting two fours and four sixes. The duo added 130 runs for the first-wicket partnership.
When it seemed that England were in a dominating position, it was Bhuvneshwar Kumar, in the 13th over, who tipped the scales in India’s favour as he got the wicket of Buttler.
Malan exhibited his T20I prowess as he became the fastest batsman to reach 1,000 T20I runs while in his innings of 68 in 46-balls. He was soon outdone by a knuckle-ball bowled by Thakur, uprooting his middle stump.
With the required rate on the rise, new on the crease, Jonny Bairstow (7) and Eoin Morgon (1) had no option but to try for big hits straightaway.
England looked hapless after losing so many wickets in succession. Requiring 62 runs in the last 2 overs, the lower middle order comprising of Ben Stokes (14), Chris Jordan (11), Jofra Archer, and Sam Curran (14) just batted their way through to fulfill the quota of 20 overs.
The were restricted to 188/8, falling short by a margin of 36 runs.
Bhuvneshwar was awarded the Player of the Match award for his bowling figures of 2/15 which included 17 dot balls in a high scoring match. While Virat Kohli received the Player of the series award for scoring 231 runs with an average of 115.5.
The tour now moves to the ODI format from 23 March.
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7 wickets in a test match in Brisbane says otherwise.
Yes in t20s he might lose India an important game come world cup. But he is a very good long format bowler if there is some assistance.
Plus he is in the team as a package. He can really tonk the ball.
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India have been fined 40 per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate against England in the fifth T20I in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Javagal Srinath of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Virat Kohli’s side was ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
Kohli pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
On-field umpires Anil Chaudhary and Nitin Menon, and third umpire KN Ananthapadmanabhan leveled the charge.
Javagal Srinath of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Virat Kohli’s side was ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
Kohli pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
On-field umpires Anil Chaudhary and Nitin Menon, and third umpire KN Ananthapadmanabhan leveled the charge.
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