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India vs England 2018 1st IT20 Full Commentary

Result · Jul 03 2018, Tue - 10:00 PM (IST)
1st IT20, - Emirates Old Trafford
ENGLAND
159/8
INDIA
163/2
India won by 8 wickets
CRR:8.89
Player Of The Match
  • 19.6

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep point for 2 runs, fielded by Dhawan. So England post 159, in all honesty it doesn't feel like enough. They got off to a flier but once Kuldeep came on he turned the game around. His 5-24 has put India in pole position despite some late hitting from Willey. The second half isn't far away.

  • 19.5

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Liam Plunkett. In-swinging length ball, middle stump on the front foot Slog, inside edge to gully for 1 run, fielded by Sharma.

  • 19.4

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Out-swinging half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Sharma.

  • 19.4

    Wide Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Out-swinging yorker, wide outside off stump on the front foot Steer, missed to wicketkeeper for 1 run, fielded by Dhoni.

  • 19.4

    Wide Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed to wicketkeeper for 1 run, fielded by Dhoni.

  • 19.3

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Liam Plunkett. In-swinging length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Kohli.

  • 19.2

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Liam Plunkett. In-swinging length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Kumar.

  • 19.1

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, inside edge to wicketkeeper for 1 run, fielded by Dhoni.

  • 18.6

    Umesh Yadav to David Willey. Full toss, to leg on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Kohli.

  • 18.5

    Umesh Yadav to David Willey. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Dhoni.

  • 18.4

    Umesh Yadav to Liam Plunkett. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to point for 1 run, fielded by Rahul.

  • 18.3

    OUT! Caught & Bowled. Umesh Yadav to Chris Jordan. In-swinging full toss, to leg on the front foot Slog, inside edge to silly mid off, fielded by Yadav. What an odd dismissal! Big full toss and Jordan gets a thick inside edge which hammers into his pad. It was such a quick delivery that it cannoned up into the air and back to Umesh for a return catch!

  • 18.2

    Umesh Yadav to David Willey. Half volley, middle stump on the front foot pushing, to point for 1 run, fielded by Sharma.

  • 18.1

    Umesh Yadav to David Willey. Full toss, outside off stump on the front foot Steer, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Dhoni.

  • End of Over 18
    Over 18. 10 runs. Bowler: David Willey. India: 156/2 (rr 8.67)
  • 17.6

    Kuldeep Yadav to David Willey. Quicker length ball, off stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Sharma.

  • 17.5

    SIX! Kuldeep Yadav to David Willey. Chinaman length ball, off stump on the front foot Slog, well timed over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.

  • 17.4

    OUT! Caught. Kuldeep Yadav to Jos Buttler. Googly length ball, middle stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, by Kohli. Buttler goes again and again it's up in the air. This time Kohli is underneath it, gets into position and takes the catch. That's five wickets for Kuldeep and he is congratulated by his teammates.

  • 17.3

    Kuldeep Yadav to Jos Buttler. Googly length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Yadav.

  • 17.2

    Kuldeep Yadav to Jos Buttler. Quicker length ball, middle stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to extra cover for 2 runs, dropped catch by Rahul. High in the air but Rahul makes a mess of this and barely gets a hand on it.

  • 17.1

    APPEAL! Kuldeep Yadav to Jos Buttler. Googly length ball, down leg side on the back foot working, to backward square leg for 2 runs, by Kumar, appeal made for Run Out. Home by miles.

  • End of Over 17
    Over 17. 4 runs. Bowler: Liam Plunkett. India: 146/2 (rr 8.59)
  • 16.6

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Half volley, to leg on the front foot flick, hit pad to square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Chahal.

  • 16.6

    Wide Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Half volley, to leg on the front foot flick, Play and Miss (Leg Side) to wicketkeeper for 1 run, fielded by Dhoni.

  • 16.6

    Wide Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot, Left to wicketkeeper for 1 run, fielded by Dhoni.

  • 16.5

    FOUR! Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Half volley, to leg on the front foot flick, past fine leg for 4 runs, mis-fielded by Chahal. Shoddy bit of fielding from Chahal and another boundary.

  • 16.4

    FOUR! Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Slower ball back of a length, outside off stump down the track driving, past deep extra cover for 4 runs. A little movement down the wicket and Willey gets this through the offside field. He managed to create enough room to get his arms through the ball.

  • 16.3

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Kumar.

  • 16.2

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Yadav.

  • 16.1

    SIX! Bhuvneshwar Kumar to David Willey. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, over fine leg for 6 runs. Not a good ball from Kumar and Willey just helps it on its way off his hip over the fine leg boundary. India looking to go short to Willey here.

  • End of Over 16
    Over 16. 5 runs. Bowler: David Willey. India: 142/2 (rr 8.88)
  • 15.6

    Hardik Pandya to Jos Buttler. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Pandya.

  • 15.5

    Hardik Pandya to Jos Buttler. Half volley, middle stump on the front foot pushing, inside edge to square leg for no runs, fielded by Rahul.

  • 18.2

    SIX! Moeen Ali to Virat Kohli. Off break length ball, off stump down the track driving, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs. That's six and that's the match. A very comfortable win for India who completely outclassed England with both bat and ball. Firtly Kuldeep got the English batsmen in a spin, they simply couldn't read him and taking three wickets in a single over proved to be too much for England to come back from. Step up KL Rahul who's 101* meant England were never in the game, a world class innings. That's all from me, see you in Cardiff on Friday.

  • 18.1

    Moeen Ali to Lokesh Rahul. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Roy.

  • End of Over 18
    Over 18. 10 runs. Bowler: David Willey. India: 156/2 (rr 8.67)
  • 17.6

    David Willey to Lokesh Rahul. Back of a length, middle stump on the back foot pulling, to backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Ali. And that takes Rahul to 100, a fantastic innings from 53 deliveries, playing proper cricket strokes and completely taking the game away from England.

  • 17.5

    David Willey to Virat Kohli. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot Steer, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Hales.

  • 17.4

    David Willey to Virat Kohli. Short, to leg on the back foot hooking, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Bairstow.

  • 17.3

    David Willey to Lokesh Rahul. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot working, to backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Ali.

  • 17.2

    FOUR! David Willey to Lokesh Rahul. Half volley, down leg side on the front foot flick, past deep backward square leg for 4 runs. Flicked away round the corner, wide of fine leg and that takes Rahul to 98*.

  • 17.1

    David Willey to Virat Kohli. Back of a length, middle stump on the front foot pushing, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Roy.

  • End of Over 17
    Over 17. 4 runs. Bowler: Liam Plunkett. India: 146/2 (rr 8.59)
  • 16.6

    Liam Plunkett to Virat Kohli. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Ali.

  • 16.5

    Liam Plunkett to Virat Kohli. Slower length ball, outside off stump down the track driving, well timed to extra cover for no runs.

  • 16.5

    Wide Liam Plunkett to Virat Kohli. In-swinging length ball, to leg on the front foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) to wicketkeeper for 1 run, fielded by Buttler.

  • 16.4

    Liam Plunkett to Virat Kohli. Length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot Slog, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Willey.

  • 16.3

    Liam Plunkett to Lokesh Rahul. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid off for 1 run, shy attempt by Willey.

  • 16.2

    Liam Plunkett to Virat Kohli. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to backward square leg for 1 run.

  • 16.1

    Liam Plunkett to Virat Kohli. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to mid off for no runs, fielded by Willey.

  • End of Over 16
    Over 16. 5 runs. Bowler: David Willey. India: 142/2 (rr 8.88)
  • 15.6

    David Willey to Virat Kohli. Back of a length, down leg side down the track dropped, to backward point for 1 run, fielded by Root. India just coasting to victory here now.

  • 15.5

    David Willey to Lokesh Rahul. Length ball, to leg on the front foot flick, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Ali.

  • 15.4

    David Willey to Lokesh Rahul. Short, down leg side on the back foot hooking, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.

  • 15.3

    David Willey to Virat Kohli. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot Steer, to third man for 1 run.

  • 15.2

    David Willey to Lokesh Rahul. Length ball, to leg on the front foot pushing, to extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Morgan.

  • 15.1

    David Willey to Virat Kohli. Half volley, down leg side on the front foot glancing, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Rashid.

  • End of Over 15
    Over 15. 3 runs. Bowler: Adil Rashid. India: 137/2 (rr 9.13)
  • 14.6

    Adil Rashid to Virat Kohli. Quicker ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Bairstow.

  • 14.5

    Adil Rashid to Virat Kohli. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the back foot, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Buttler.

  • 14.4

    Adil Rashid to Virat Kohli. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Rashid.

  • 14.3

    Adil Rashid to Lokesh Rahul. Leg spinner length ball, off stump down the track pushing, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Willey.

  • 14.2

    Adil Rashid to Virat Kohli. Leg spinner back of a length, middle stump on the back foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Hales.

  • 14.1

    Adil Rashid to Virat Kohli. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Plunkett.

  • End of Over 14
    Over 14. 3 runs. Bowler: Chris Jordan. India: 134/2 (rr 9.57)
  • 13.6

    Chris Jordan to Virat Kohli. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Willey.

  • 13.5

    Chris Jordan to Virat Kohli. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Ali.

  • 13.4

    Chris Jordan to Lokesh Rahul. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Hales.