Rohit Sharma continues his winning run (14 T20Is) as captain in T20Is as India breach another fortress to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-T20I series. England suffered a batting collapse as they lost their first T20I clash at Edgbaston, Birmingham. The hosts were outclassed in every department of the game. India win another bilateral T20I series with a comfortable 49-run win over Jos Buttler’s side.
Too many wickets in powerplay
Chasing 171, England lost opener Jason Roy off the first ball of the innings. Roy got out for a golden duck as he edged one off Bhuveshwar Kumar to first slip fielder. Bhuvneshwar continued to haunt Buttler and forced an under-edge off his bat to wicketkeeper Rishabh pant.
Struggling to score in powerplay overs, England lost another batter in form of Liam Livingstone. Jasprit Bumrah got rid of Livingstone who was looking to hit big shots during fielding restrictions. After six overs, England had 36/3 on the board.
Collapse continues
Yuzvendra Chahal made an impact straightaway after the powerplay overs and got rid of Harry Brook for a single-digit score. Moeen Ali looked to score but Malan struggled to even maintain a strike rate of 100. Eventually, Malan lost wicket to Chahal in the 10th over. Sam Curran did not impress either and became Bumrah's second victim of the day. England found themselves 60/6 in 10.2 overs.
Ali-Willey’s cameo show
The seventh-wicket partnership between Ali and David Willey gave England some home. Ali hit a few big shots but Hardik Pandya got the breakthrough in the 15th over to crush England's hopes. Ali scored 35 runs from 21 deliveries including three fours and two sixes. He top-scored for the hosts.
England all out
Willey batted with the tail in an attempt to trim down the margin of defeat but England got all out in 17 overs for 121. Willey remained not out on the other end with 33 runs from 22 deliveries including three fours and two sixes. They lost the game by 49 runs, one less than the T20I in Southampton. Bhuvneshwar turned out as the pick of the bowlers with three wickets from three overs including one maiden over.
Pant’s opening debut
Earlier, Buttler won the toss and chose to field first. India got off to a good start with Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant firing on his opening debut. The duo put on 49 runs for the first wicket.
Gleeson’s dream debut
Making his debut at the age of 34, Richard Gleeson turned out to be England's saviour. Gleeson got the wicket of Rohit Sharma in his first over. The skipper scored 31 runs from 20 deliveries. Gleeson got another wicket just after the powerplay overs. Virat Kohli’s return to T20I cricket was spoiled by the debutant as he got out after scoring just one run. Pant played few attacking shots as an opener but Gleeson got his wicket just after the powerplay overs. Pant scored 26 runs from 15 deliveries including four fours and one six.
Jordan’s double strike
Suryakumar Yadav (15) and Pandya (12) were looking to get a partnership going but Chris Jordan took over from Gleeson and got both the wickets in the 11th over.
Jadeja boosts India’s score
Dinesh Karthik and Ravindra Jadeja got a partnership going but the designated Indian finisher struggled to score. Eventually, he got run out despite putting in a dive. Karthik got out after scoring 12 runs from 17 deliveries in the 33-run partnership. Harshal Patel played a cameo but got out trying to play an uppercut after scoring 13 runs from six deliveries.
In the slog overs, Jadeja kept most of the strike. The southpaw missed his maiden T20I fifty but registered his career-best T20I score. He remained unbeaten for 46 off 29 deliveries including five boundaries to help India post 170/8. For England, Jordan took four wickets for 27 runs in his quota of four overs.
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