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England and India locked horns in the second T20I of the three-match series at the Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham on Saturday. After winning the toss, the hosts decided to bowl against the full-strength Indian team. Batting first, the visitors had a great start as skipper Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant scored 49 runs in just 4.5 overs. Sharma (31) became the debut wicket for Richard Gleeson as the former was caught by Jos Buttler.
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Virat Kohli (1) became the second victim of the Lancashire pacer as he was caught by Dawid Malan in the seventh over. Pant (26) got out in the same over as he was caught by the English skipper. Suryakumar Yadav (15) started well but his inning was cut short by Chris Jordan. Hardik Pandya, who scored a fifty in the last game, became the second wicket of Jordan. And, suddenly the Men In Blue were tottering at 89/5.
Ravindra Jadeja and Dinesh Karthik (12) stitched a partnership of 33 runs before the latter was run out. Harshal Patel (13) played a handy cameo before he got out to Jordan. Jadeja's unbeaten 46 off 29 balls, including five fours, took the team to a fighting total of 170/8. In reply, the Three Lions had no answer to a brilliant new-ball bowling from the Rohit Sharma's men.
Jason Roy was caught at slips by Sharma off Bhuvneshwar Kumar on the first ball of the chase. Buttler (2) was caught behind by Pant off Kumar in the third over. In the fifth over, Jasprit Bumrah cleaned up Liam Livingstone (15) with an off-cutter. Right after the powerplay, Harry Brook (8) was caught at long-on by Suryakumar off Yuzvendra Chahal. Malan's (19) struggles were ended by Chahal in the 10th over.
At this stage, the game was pretty much ended even though Moeen Ali (35) fought well. However, he was caught at mid-off by Rohit off Hardik. The game ended with the Jos Buttler's men getting all-out on 121, losing the game by 49 runs and have now lost the series.
This is how Twitter reacted
Well played @imjadeja this was sheer brilliance. Keep playing with the same magic ๐ฎ๐ณ #INDvENG
โ Suresh Raina๐ฎ๐ณ (@ImRaina) July 9, 2022
India's new ball bowling has been exceptional in this series so far. Their Powerplay strike rate is just 10.3, the lowest they have ever recorded in a bilateral T20I series. #ENGvIND
โ The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) July 9, 2022
Without the top order really pulling its weight, India have done well to make 170 thanks to a spankingly good knock by #Jadeja. Gives bowlers something to defend
โ Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 9, 2022
Each player in India's batting line-up right now is good enough to create a match-winning impact. The perception that Virat Kohli can be the only saviour in case of an early collapse needs to go. Look at how Ravindra Jadeja stepped up today & Hardik in the last match.#ENGvIND
โ Prasenjit Dey (@CricPrasen) July 9, 2022
Bachon se bhi harr gaye aur badon se bhi ๐๐ #ENGvIND
โ Anubhav shahi ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ (@Anubhavshahi48) July 9, 2022
2 performances from India that have been high class but still with room for improvement .. plus a player or 2 who are not in the side that could improve them .. very promising leading into the T20 WC .. #ENGvIND
โ Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 9, 2022
This Indian bowling line up is just unplayable for even the likes of T20 specialists of England. It has all the varieties one can ask for. The victory margin not just mean defeating England but absolutely destroying England. #EngvInd pic.twitter.com/uiLG9449FE
โ Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) July 9, 2022
First T20I - Won by 50 runs โ
โ Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) July 9, 2022
Second T20I - Won by 49 runs โ
Another T20I series win for Rohit Sharma and his team ๐ฅ#ENGvsIND #Cricket #JaspritBumrah #BhuvneshwarKumar #India pic.twitter.com/dPBm51KXR0
If India continue batting like this, they will get occasional road bumps but they will play more exciting, more effective cricket. I like this style.
โ Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 9, 2022
Emphatic series win with 2 thumping victories with a game to go.Bowling unit looks threatening and brilliantly led by Rohit.Good signs for india with just 100 more days to go for the T20 World Cup.
โ Prasanna (@prasannalara) July 9, 2022