Updated Mar 17, 2021 · 10:56 am England fast bowler Mark Wood (L) and opening batsman Jos Buttler in action during the third T20I against India in Ahmedabad on Tuesday | Sportzpics for BCCI / Saikat Das
Virat Kohli put on a batting masterclass in the third T20 International against England but unfortunately for India, his knock was sandwiched between two utterly dominant phases for England that powered them to a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
It was a story of powerplays dictating the outcome of the contest as Mark Wood and Jos Buttler bossed the two most important periods of the game. Their performances set the tone in each half of the match and India could never catch up.
Fearless youth and veteran guile: How Kohli, Kishan took India to an easy win against England
The momentum is now definitely with India thanks to the sublime Kohli-Kishan stand. BCCI / Sportzpics
At the end of the first game, it was the batting that was the big concern for India. Virat Kohli spoke about it too. The hosts had only managed a total of 124, with more than half of those runs being scored by Shreyas Iyer, and the skipper demanded better shot selection. But in the second T20 International against England on Sunday, India found themselves in trouble once again after just one over as KL Rahul was sent packing with not a single run on the board.
Dom Sibley and Ben Stokes contributed in the series opener but the lack of runs from Joe Root in the second Test coincided with a crushing defeat for England.
Suryakumar Yadav: Zestful batsman, absolute team man- A story that enunciates ‘all in good time’
Suryakumar Yadav: Zestful batsman, absolute team man- A story that enunciates ‘all in good time’
Mumbai batsman Suryakumar Yadav received his maiden India call up, on Saturday, to the T20I squad for the upcoming five-match home series against England after a long wait.
advertisement
Mumbai Indians batsman Suryakumar Yadav- Profile. (Image: Courtesy of BCCI/PTI)
HIGHLIGHTS
Yadav was the highest run scorer among uncapped players in IPL 2018 and 2019
The 5-match T20I series between Indian and England starts on March 12
Suryakumar Yadav, 30, wasn’t named in either of the white-ball squads for the Australia tour last year. That night in October, amid another great run in yet another IPL season for Suryakumar, he couldn’t eat. The long wait to his much-coveted destination -to find himself donned in the Team India jersey- continued.