The cricket pundits predicted that India’s road will be full of challenges once they begin their England tour. On the other hand, Virat Kohli & Co. accepted the challenge bravely and came out with flying colours.
India defeated England in the first T20I by eight wickets and have taken 1-0 lead in the series. They are scheduled to play the next match on Friday at the Sophia gardens in Cardiff.
Ahead of the 2nd T20I Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik hit the nets and were spotted sweating out hard while trying out a few deliveries.
Here’s the video:
The men-in-blue dominated the first game both with the bat and ball. Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav turned out to be the highest wicket-taker for India. He took a five-wicket haul becoming the first-ever left-arm wrist spinner to achieve this feat in T20Is.
When it came to batting, KL Rahul got his second career hundred. His game-changing 101-run knock led India to victory with 8 wickets in hand.
In addition, captain Kohli became the first Indian and the fastest player (56 innings) to reach the 2000-run mark in T20Is. He also became the fourth player in the world to cross 2000 runs benchmark in T20I after Martin Guptil, Brendon McCullum and Shoaib Malik.