India (223/2) defeat England (188/8) to win 5th T20I by 36 runs; Win series 3-2

[Ab Fan]

Hardik Pandya did a good job.

Did justice I guess to the tag of 'X-Factor'.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Hardik Pandya did a good job.

Yeah. He played well today. Kudos to him.

 

[Romali_rotti]

England's destruction has been completed. Please spare a moment of silence for the English bowlers who were killed in cold blood.

RIP Wood,
RIP Archer,
RIP Jordan,
RIP Stokes,
RIP Rasheed

 

[Hasan123]

Yeah. He played well today. Kudos to him.

I thought Pant would have come ahead of him. But good idea to promote him instead!

 

[Hasan123]

Did justice I guess to the tag of 'X-Factor'.

Indeed. India has lot of x factor players according to Kohli.

 

[Last Monetarist]

It's the fourth highest T20 score by India:

Highest totals

260/5 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
244/4 v West Indies Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
240/3 v West Indies Mumbai 11 Dec 2019
224/2 v England Ahmedabad 20 Mar 2021
218/4 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

I think from next year onwards I can see some fans treating Kohli the same way legends like Dhoni and Sachin were treated by them. He is getting near that age where fans start losing patience and respect for a player.

Is Kohli a legend as per you ? Or he needs to achieve more.

 

[Hasan123]

The key is Jos Buttler and Jason Roy. They need to get off to a good start. A poor start will be difficult to overcome for England.

 

[IAJ]

Absolute carnage!

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Most runs in a bilateral T20I series (full member teams)
231 VIRAT KOHLI v Eng 2021 (5 inngs)
224 KL Rahul vs NZ 2020 (5)
223 Colin Munro v WI 2018 (3)
222 Hamilton Masakadza v Ban (4)

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Virat Kohli this series
vs Rashid: 32 balls | Two dismissals | SR 71.9
vs other bowlers: 125 balls | No dismissals | SR 166.4

 

[rhony]

For all the talk about aggression and preparing for worldcul it was timid from Morgan to chase again. Eng could have scored much more on this belter. Now they are up against it every over. India's game to lose from here

 

[Amjid Javed]

Unless england get off to a flyer here then when england wont get close to indias total.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Is Kohli a legend as per you ? Or he needs to achieve more.

You need to read my post again and come up with a better question.

 

[rhony]

England's destruction has been completed. Please spare a moment of silence for the English bowlers who were killed in cold blood.

RIP Wood,
RIP Archer,
RIP Jordan,
RIP Stokes,
RIP Rasheed

Wood seems like a one trick pony. It was great to watch while it lasted. Stokes bowled well and should have bowled his 4th instead of Jordan who's probably the most overrated in their line up

 

[arunpsm]

True. Indians watching with blue lens on

See (with naked eye, no blue lens) the boundary rope move while ball in hand

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

You need to read my post again and come up with a better question.

?? I am asking a genuine question from you ? What do you think ? Is he already a legend or needs to achieve more ?

 

[Markhor]

England have a great chance. Though I won't count Windies and Pakistan out.
Windies will be the team to beat i feel again because they can neutralise spinners with brute force.

Nah count us out. England, India, West Indies and NZ/Aus look the likeliest semi-finalists.

 

[Ahmed216]

See (with naked eye, no blue lens) the boundary rope move while ball in hand

I think it was a reflection of flood lights from the skirting which made it appear to be moving. From diffrent camera angle u could see the skirting never moved

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I thought Pant would have come ahead of him. But good idea to promote him instead!

I thought they would send Iyer. It was a perfect occasion to test him here.

 

[Hasan123]

Bhuvi strikes.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Roy gone

 

[PassionForPak]

Wow that was such a good bowl 0/1 already -_-

 

[Hasan123]

I thought they would send Iyer. It was a perfect occasion to test him here.

I think Iyer can take a while to get going at times. Don't see a need for both Iyer and SKY. But you can't drop Iyer as he has done well in this series.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Roy gone ugly swipe and miss.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

lol.. Slogger gone. England are one trick pony.. Just that pitches are flatter now and there one trick works 80% of the time.

 

[Hasan123]

Big test for Malan. He has not performed in this series, with the World T20 in India if he fails today and in the IPL he could easily be dropped.

 

[Markhor]

Wonder how long Alex Hales will remain in the gulag.

 

[PassionForPak]

Every bowl is swinging hmm wonder what happened to English Bowlers At start

 

[Ahmed216]

lol.. Slogger gone. England are one trick pony.. Just that pitches are flatter now and there one trick works 80% of the time.

India has a better chance to win WC than england because indian spinners also come into play in these conditions

 

[Amjid Javed]

No lbw appeal? Looked plumb.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Wonder how long Alex Hales will remain in the gulag.

As long as Morgan is there I feel he ain't coming back. He is still stung by his actions before the WC.

 

[Justcrazy]

I already said this is beyond England

 

[Hasan123]

Bhuvi will be a key player for India. He can get wickets upfront and does well at the death. Not to mention he is a good lower order batsmen.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

?? I am asking a genuine question from you ? What do you think ? Is he already a legend or needs to achieve more ?

I think he has 2-3 years of LOI cricket left in him and I think the way he is going he will be caller a legend in LOIs especially ODIs. He didn't have one good series or 1 good calendar year in International Cricket, he has been doing it for so many years now.

 

[Ahmed216]

Every bowl is swinging hmm wonder what happened to English Bowlers

Bhuvi has always swung the ball since he bowled his first ball for India

 

[Justcrazy]

England again has a poor start to there innings

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Bhuvi will be a key player for India. He can get wickets upfront and does well at the death. Not to mention he is a good lower order batsmen.

God help us if we need his batting in T20Is..

 

[Amjid Javed]

England 1/1 after 1 over.

 

[Justcrazy]

Bhuvi has always swung the ball since he bowled his first ball for India

Yes , the first ball he bowled he got Hafeez !

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Would like to see how Nattu bowls. He is our Mustafizur Rahman.

 

[Hasan123]

God help us if we need his batting in T20Is..

True but he is not like Chahal or Bumrah who are rubbish with the bat.

 

[Justcrazy]

England even cannot get Pandya away

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

The one good part about IPL is itwillgive guys like shami, jazzboom, jads, rahul much needed match time to get warmed up and fit for the WTC finals and the Eng tour, but on the flip side risking burnout for several like vk, rohit, ashwin, hp etc.....that said any idea on when the fridge is Jads back....his injury from the sydney test of the first week of jan is taking forever....

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

I think he has 2-3 years of LOI cricket left in him and I think the way he is going he will be caller a legend in LOIs especially ODIs. He didn't have one good series or 1 good calendar year in International Cricket, he has been doing it for so many years now.

Yeah agree. I have still more expectations from him in Test Match cricket. Needs to score 10K Test Runs to be considered an ATG. Hopefully gets his groove back.

 

[Hasan123]

Should have gone with Suander with Malan at the crease.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

4 and 6

 

[PassionForPak]

Malan is the key player now. He is such a good player of pace but so horrible vs spin

 

[Justcrazy]

England need a special innings from Stokes and Butler

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Malan on fire

 

[Hasan123]

Pathetic from Pandya. He would have been better off bowling when the field is back and taking pace off the ball.

 

[Amjid Javed]

4 and then 6 for malan.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

whats hp doing....bowling leg side halwa....

 

[Justcrazy]

England need at least three 20 plus overs here to come close

 

[Amjid Javed]

Half track rubbish from pandya.

Mind end up giving more runs in this over then he did in entire last game.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

England won't go down without fighting.

 

[Hasan123]

Good start by Malan.

 

[PassionForPak]

Decent start of England all things considered

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Pandya didn't even concede these many runs in the last match in 4 overs than he conceded here in this match in just 1 over.

 

[Rana]

Jason 'passenger' Roy

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

England need at least three 20 plus overs here to come close

They will target Sundar.

 

[Amjid Javed]

19/1 off 2 overs.

 

[Mesozoic]

Clueless from Kohli yet again to bowl Pandya instead of Natarajan...

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Bhuvi is bowling on a different track it seems.

 

[MP2011]

Pandya gave away 18 runs in his first over today. He went for 16 runs in his 4 overs in last T20.

 

[Justcrazy]

Kumar is bowling beautifully here

 

[PassionForPak]

Clueless from Kohli yet again to bowl Pandya instead of Natarajan...

Kohli relying on last match stats. Using pandya now saves Natrajan for later but correct call is to start spin vs Malan

 

[jnaveen1980]

Game is not over. india has so many bowlers to target

 

[Mesozoic]

If there's any team in world cricket that can chase this total down, it's England.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Clueless from Kohli yet again to bowl Pandya instead of Natarajan...

Stop crying. Pandya bowled well in the last game. Had he given the ball to Nattu and he conceded these runs you would have cried still.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Listening to Dinesh Kartik is a breath of fresh air compared with the dull and dreary voices in the BCCI commentary box, including Bhogle.

 

[Hasan123]

Quality from Malan.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

444 leg byes

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Clueless from Kohli yet again to bowl Pandya instead of Natarajan...

Rohit is captaining i think.. and holding him back for death i guess.

 

[Markhor]

Listening to Dinesh Kartik is a breath of fresh air compared with the dull and dreary voices in the BCCI commentary box, including Bhogle.

Yeah hope he stays on for the England tour.

Think we had Bhaji last time in 2018.

 

[Hasan123]

Washington Sundar on.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Back to back 4s for Malan.

28/1 after 3 overs.

 

[rhony]

Straight at his pads at pace and Malan can't score. But they keep feeding him.slower balls. Not smart bowling

 

[Justcrazy]

Spin introduced here , in the form of Sundar

 

[PassionForPak]

Game is not over. india has so many bowlers to target

It's far from over, England are doing very good here. Even last match went to last over when English were batting horribly at start, 11 runs an over Big task But if they score 9-10 runs an over now they could easily catch up when its time for spinners