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Reece Topley claimed figures of 6/24 as England defeated India by 100 runs in the second one day international at Lords to level the series 1-1.

After being put into bat by Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow got England off to a solid start. The pair added 41 runs for the opening wicket before the former flicked a Hardik Pandya delivery to Suryakumar Yadav at deep backward square leg for 23.

Bairstow looked good in his innings of 38 before being bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal while attempting a slog sweep. The leg-spinner also dismissed Joe Root (11), leg before wicket with a tossed-up delivery as the batter missed his sweep.

Mohammed Shami then dismissed Jos Buttler bowled, while trying to flick an inswinger for 4. Ben Stokes (21) looked promising in his short stay before perishing to Chahal leg before wicket, while attempting an reverse sweep as the hosts lost half their side for 102.

The pair of Liam Livingstone and Moeen Ali put on 46 runs for the sixth wicket before the former miscued a pull to substitute fielder Shreyas Iyer at deep square leg off Pandya for 33.

Ali featured in yet another valuable stand of 62 runs for the seventh wicket along with David Willey before the former was caught at deep square leg by Ravindra Jadeja off Chahal for a fine 47.

Jasprit Bumrah wrapped up the innings by cleaning up Topley for 3 as the hosts were bowled out for 246 in 49 overs.

Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the bowlers for India with figures of 4/47, while Bumrah and Hardik Pandya claimed 2 wickets each.

Chasing 247, Topley got England off to a fine start by dismissing both Rohit Sharma (0) and Shikhar Dhawan (9) early.

Wicket keeper Rishabh Pant fell for a duck, chipping a full toss from Brydon Carse to substitute fielder Phil Salt at mid on.

Virat Kohli, who returned to the playing XI after missing the first ODI, looked in fine touch but perished while chasing a wide delivery from David Willey to wicket keeper Jos Buttler behind the stumps.

Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya resurrected the innings with a solid 42 run stand for the fifth wicket before the former (27) dragged a length delivery from Topley onto his stumps, leaving the visitors in trouble at 73/5.

Ali then claimed the prized scalp of all rounder Hardik Pandya, caught at deep midwicket boundary by Liam Livingstone for 29.

Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami kept the visitors in the hunt with a 39 run stand for the seventh wicket before he latter miscued a slower full toss from Topley to Ben Stokes at mid-on.

Livingstone dented India’s hopes by dismissing Ravindra Jadeja (29) bowled, while trying to flick across the line.

Topley then polished off the tail by dismissing Chahal (3) and Prasidh Krishna (0), as India were bowled out for 146 in 38.5 overs.

England 246 (Moeen 47, Willey 41, Chahal 4-47, Hardik 2-28) beat India 146 (Hardik 29, Jadeja 29, Topley 6-24) by 100 runs

Jasprit Bumrah claimed figures of 6/19 as India thumped England by 10 wickets in the first one day international at the Kennington Oval in London on Tuesday. Continue reading “India vs England First ODI Oval Match Report 2022”

Suryakumar Yadav’s belligerent hundred went in vain as India went down by 17 runs in the third and the final T20 international at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Sunday.

The hosts dropped Parkinson and Curran for Phil Salt and Topley, while the visitors included Shreyas Iyer, Avesh Khan, Umran Malik and Ravi Bishnoi for Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal.

After winning the toss and electing to bat first, openers Jason Roy and Jos Buttler got England off to a solid start. The duo added 31 runs for the opening wicket before the latter (18) dragged a length ball from Avesh Khan back onto his stumps.

Dawid Malan got a reprieve on 4 when Harshal Patel failed to hold on to a return catch on his follow-through. Young Umran Malik then got into the act by dismissing the dangerous Jason Roy, top-edging a back of a length delivery to Rishabh Pant behind the stumps for 27.

Debutant Phil Salt was then cleaned up with a slower yorker by Harshal Patel, as the hosts were reduced to 84/3.

Malan along with Liam Livingstone featured in a crucial 84 run stand for the fourth wicket before Ravi Bishnoi struck twice- first by dismissing the former for a magnificent 39 ball-77, and then claimed Moeen Ali caught at point off a leading edge for a first ball duck.

Harshal Patel could have dismissed Livingstone on 36, but Virat Kohli dropped a sitter at deep midwicket.

In the end, Chris Jordan scored a couple of lusty blows to power England to a massive total of 215/7 in their allotted 20 overs.

For India, Ravi Bishnoi and Harshal Patel claimed 2 wickets each.

Chasing 216, India got off to a disastrous start as they lost wickets of Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma leaving them in trouble at 31/3.

The pair of Suryakumar Yadav and Shreyas Iyer stabilised the innings with a 119 run stand for the fourth wicket before Reece Topley provided the crucial breakthrough by dismissing the latter for 28.

Suryakumar Yadav brought up a maiden hundred with a four off David Willey through third man. India lost Dinesh Karthik (6), who was trapped leg before wicket by Willey.

Ravindra Jadeja came in and smashed a low full-toss from Richard Gleeson over long-off for a maximum. However the England pacer dismissed the left hander leg before wicket off the very next ball with a yorker for 7.

With 41 needed off the final two overs, Suryakumar Yadav slammed Moeen for two fours and a six. However his sparkling knock of 117 ended, when he failed to time a length ball off Ali and was caught at long-off by Salt. His innings came off 55 balls with 14 fours and 6 sixes. Continue reading “India vs England Third T20I Nottingham Match Report 2022”

Ravindra Jadeja’s fine unbeaten 46 followed by a brilliant spell of 3/15 by Bhuvneshwar Kumar as India beat England by 49 runs in the second T20 international at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Saturday. Continue reading “India vs England Second T20I Birmingham July 9 Match Report 2022”

All rounder Hardik Pandya came up with a brilliant all round performance with both bat and ball as India defeated England by 50 runs in the first T20I at The Rose Bowl in Southampton on Thursday.

After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma who returned to the side after recovering from COVID-19, looked in fine touch during his brief stay. However he was undone by a quicker one from Moeen Ali to Jos Buttler behind the stumps for 24.

The off spinner claimed his second wicket by dismissing left hander Ishan Kishan (8), top edging a sweep to Matt Parkinson at short fine leg.

The pair of Deepak Hooda and Suryakumar Yadav featured in a 43 run stand for the third wicket before the former miscued a catch to Tymal Mills at short backward square leg off Chris Jordan for a 17 ball-33.

Suryakumar who looked dangerous in his knock of 39, perished to a sharp bouncer from Chris Jordan.

Hardik got a reprieve on 37, as Buttler missed the stumping off Parkinson. However the Indian all rounder capitalized on the opportunity by scoring his maiden T20I fifty. He was dismissed soon after for a 33 ball-51, slashing Reece Topley to Brook at deep point.

The England bowlers fought back brilliantly in the last five overs by conceding only 41 runs, as the visitors ended up with a challenging score of 198/8 in their allotted 20 overs.

For England, Moeen Ali and Chris Jordan claimed two wickets each.

Chasing 199, Bhuvneshwar Kumar got India off to a fantastic start by cleaning up Jos Buttler with a brilliant inswinger for a first ball duck.

Hardik then claimed wickets of Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone and Jason Roy, leaving England in trouble at 33/4.

The pair of Harry Brook and Moeen Ali resurrected the innings with a solid 61 run stand for the fifth wicket. Brook was dropped twice by Dinesh Karthik, finally perished to a fine running catch by Suryakumar Yadav at deep midwicket off Yuzvendra Chahal for 28.

Chahal then dented England’s hopes by dismissing the dangerous Moeen Ali (36) stumped by wicket keeper Dinesh Karthik in the same over.

The 29 year old Hardik Pandya claimed his fourth, as Sam Curran (4) top-edged a hook to Karthik behind the stumps.

Left arm seamer Arshdeep Singh claimed his maiden wicket by claiming Reece Topley (9) caught behind, and then dismissed Matt Parkinson caught at backward point by Deepak Hooda for a duck. Continue reading “India vs England First T20I Southampton July 7 Match Report 2022”

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow smashed respective hundreds as England defeated India by seven wickets in the rescheduled fifth Test in Birmingham on Tuesday to level the five-match series 2-2.

Resuming at 259/3, the overnight pair of Root and Bairstow took on the Indian bowlers by smacking them to all parts of the ground.

Root remained unbeaten on 142, while Bairstow was not out on 114, as the hosts overhauled the target of 378 in 76.4 overs with seven wickets in hand.