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IND VS ENG

2nd T20I, 4-Jul-2026

190/7 20.0 oversRun Rate: 9.5
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114/3 11.5 overs Run Rate: 9.91
India First Innings
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Harshit Rana(6 | 3)*
Tilak Varma(24 | 11)
J Archer|4|0|40|1
019.619.6: Jofra Archer to Harshit Rana, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Archer finishes off with a wicket to his name. He slams the deck hard, on a length, outside off. Harshit opens up and attempts to play the pull shot. He swings the bat very hard, but the ball bounces and takes a feather of the outside edge. Jos Buttler takes a simple catch, and a gentle appeal is all that is needed for the umpire to raise his finger. India post 190/7 on the board as 17 runs come off the final over.
6 Over | Run: 190/7 | Run Rate: 9.50
119.519.5: Jofra Archer to Tilak Varma, Yorker outside off, Tilak Varma stretches out, and carves it to Josh Tongue at short third. Josh fumbles a bit on the dive to his right and the batters cross.
019.419.4: Jofra Archer to Tilak Varma, Bangs it short and over the top of middle. Tilak Varma gets a bit ahead and looks to pull it over square leg, but the ball springs up and flies at helmet height to the keeper.
419.319.3: Jofra Archer to Tilak Varma, FOUR! This is turning out to be an expensive final over! Jofra pushes it wide and nails the yorker. Tilak Varma reaches out, opens the bat face, and despite falling over, he manages to slice the ball over the leaping Josh Tongue at short third for a boundary.
619.219.2: Jofra Archer to Tilak Varma, SIX! WOWZA! Short of a good length on the off stump. Tilak Varma goes deep in the crease and drags it across, dumping the ball deep into the crowd behind deep mid-wicket.
619.119.1: Jofra Archer to Tilak Varma, SIX! Right out of the screws! A juicy half-volley on off. Tilak Varma clears the front leg away, gets nicely under the ball and clobbers it into the stands behind long on.
618.718.6: Josh Tongue to Harshit Rana, SIX! SMOKED! That extra delivery costs Tongue a lot. Josh goes searching for a yorker, but slips in a full toss instead. Harshit goes back in the crease and pummels it over long on for half a dozen runs.
7 Over | Run: 173/6 | Run Rate: 9.11
018.618.5: Josh Tongue to Harshit Rana, Nails the wide yorker, Harshit cannot get the bat down in time and fails to squeeze it out. Gets beaten on the outside edge.
018.518.5: Josh Tongue to Harshit Rana, WIDE! Tight call. Brook is not happy, so is Buttler as they think Harshit moved a bit, which, he did. Bowls it wide outside off, on a very full length. Rana moves a bit to hit it away, but misses to lay his bat on the ball. It flirts past the tramline and it is called a wide.
118.418.4: Josh Tongue to Tilak Varma, Back of a length, at the body, this is helped away towards long leg for a single.
018.318.3: Josh Tongue to Axar Patel, OUT! AXAR PATEL IS RUN OUT! Tongue shortens the length and slants it on the leg stump after spotting Patel charge down the ground. The ball bounces off the track and beats Axar's attempted pull shot and dribbles back to the keeper. Tilak has already charged for a bye, and Axar is a bit late to respond to that call. Jos Buttler gathers the ball and releases a quick throw but misses his shy at the batting end, but the ball rolls straight onto the stumps at the non-striker's end with Axar short of his ground.
118.218.2: Josh Tongue to Tilak Varma, Hard length, on off, Tilak Varma backs away and carves it behind to short third and they get a quick single.
218.118.1: Josh Tongue to Tilak Varma, Tongue follows Varma, who dances down the track and bashes it on a length, angling into the batter. Tilak is cramped for room and steers it to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
117.717.6: Sam Curran to Tilak Varma, On a length, around off, this is jabbed away to deep point for a single. Excellent spell from Curran. He finishes with figures reading 3/32 in 4 overs.
7 Over | Run: 162/5 | Run Rate: 9.00
117.617.5: Sam Curran to Axar Patel, Skids through on off, on a length. Axar stabs it through backward point for a single.
117.517.4: Sam Curran to Tilak Varma, Nearly the fourth wicket for Curran! He bowls the slower one at 109 kph. The length is full and it is aimed at the stumps, angling into the batter. Tilak gets a bit across and tries to pick it up and over deep square leg, but plays off the inner half of the bat. The shot has no power, and it sails towards deep square leg, where Jofra comes a bit forward and has to really stretch his hands forward to scoop the dipping ball. He is not sure whether he completed the catch, and he himself requests to get it checked. The decision is sent upstairs to check the legality of the catch while Archer gets his fingers taped up after grazing them on the ground. After checking several replays, it is deemed that the ball burst through his hands and bounced on the ground. Now, there is another delay to check whether the batters completed the run or not. Since the batters had crossed, it will be a single with Axar Patel on strike for the next ball.
117.417.3: Sam Curran to Axar Patel, At 128 kph, full and outside off. Axar lofts it inside out over cover-point for only a single.
017.317.3: Sam Curran to Axar Patel, WIDE! Short and over the batter's head. Axar ducks. Wide given for height.
017.217.2: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, OUT! TAKEN! Curran picks up his third wicket and England are really turning on the screws on India now. Fuller side of a length, around off, at pace. Ishan Kishan goes deep in the crease and tries to launch it over long off but the bat twists at the point of contact and the ball is sliced toward extra cover. A simple catching practice for Liam Dawson there. Kishan falls one short of his half century. India are 157/5, 16 balls left.
417.117.1: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Absolutely belted away! Full and outside off. Kishan moves towards the off side, sits on his back knee and smacks it over extra cover, finding the gap for a boundary.
116.616.6: Will Jacks to Ishan Kishan, Shortish ball at 93 kph, Ishan comes forward and drags it across to deep mid-wicket for a single.
6 Over | Run: 153/4 | Run Rate: 9.00
116.516.5: Will Jacks to Tilak Varma, On a length, sliding in towards the leg stump. Tilak backs away and dabs it towards deep point for one.
116.416.4: Will Jacks to Ishan Kishan, Short and drifting in. Ishan Kishan rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
016.316.3: Will Jacks to Ishan Kishan, A stifled appeal for LBW, but not given. Going over the stumps? Brook suggests so. Fuller in front of the middle and leg stumps. Ishan looks to sweep, but the ball bounces over his bat and hits his body. Ball Tracking later shows that the ball is pitching outside the leg stump as well.
416.216.2: Will Jacks to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Nicely done! Flat, quick, full, on middle, angling in. Ishan picks the length early and nails the reverse sweep to deep backward point for a boundary. The 150 is up for India.
016.116.1: Will Jacks to Ishan Kishan, Touch full, spinning in from off. Ishan Kishan sits down to sweep, but gets an inside edge on the pads. There was an appeal for LBW, but nothing doing.
015.715.6: Sam Curran to Shivam Dube, OUT! STRAIGHT UP AND TAKEN! Curran caps off a brilliant over with a well-deserved wicket. This is fuller and outside the off stump. Dube gets on the front foot and tries to smack it down the ground, but ends up slicing it off the toe end. The ball spoons up over and between cover and mid off. Tom Banton moves a bit to his left, sees the ball like a hawk and takes a fine catch. Dube never really got going in his painfully short stay. India are 146/4, four overs left.
7 Over | Run: 146/4 | Run Rate: 9.13
115.615.5: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, And again! No timing at all. Kishan is itching to get going. Back of a length, around off. Ishan hangs back and looks to pull, but gets an inside edge past the stumps to the right of the keeper for a single. So far, so good from Curran. 11 balls since the last boundary for India. 
015.515.4: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, At 130 kph, short and outside off. Ishan stands tall to pull it across to the leg side, but ends up getting an inside edge, and the ball dribbles back to Buttler.
015.415.3: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, This is really good bowling by Curran! The back-of-the-hand slower one, on a length, into the body. Ishan Kishan swivels to pull but the ball pops behind off the thigh pad and rolls back to the keeper.
015.315.2: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, He was trying to dump that in the Theatre of Dreams which is under construction. Short of a length, outside off, Ishan Kishan swings hard to smash it down the ground, but the ball bounces and nips away to zip past the bat.
015.215.2: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, WIDE! Dishes out the slower one at 116 kph, on a length, but this is pushed beyond the tramline. Ishan stays where he is and leaves. Wide called.
015.115.1: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, Huge swing and a miss! Length delivery at 129 kph, outside off. Ishan looks to smoke it downtown, but misses as the ball keeps leaving him.
114.614.6: Will Jacks to Ishan Kishan, Six singles off the over. Tidy stuff by Jacks. Fractionally short, on middle. Kishan hammers the pull straight to deep mid-wicket.
6 Over | Run: 144/3 | Run Rate: 9.60
114.514.5: Will Jacks to Shivam Dube, And again. Jacks keeps it flat and short, on middle. Shivam goes hard on the pull but loses his shape. It dribbles to long on for the fifth single of the over.
114.414.4: Will Jacks to Ishan Kishan, At 94 kph, speared in shorter and tucking the batter up for room. One hand comes off the bat handle and Ishan does not get the timing right on the pull. It goes through mid-wicket for only a single.
114.314.3: Will Jacks to Shivam Dube, Slower but the length stays short, on middle. Dube stays deep in the crease and ends up swinging a bit too hard for the pull. Mistimes it down to long on for a run.
114.214.2: Will Jacks to Ishan Kishan, Shorter and this spins away a fair bit, on off. Kishan smears it off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for one.
114.114.1: Will Jacks to Shivam Dube, Flighted delivery, drifting in at the leg stump. Dube wrists it behind square leg and picks up a single.
413.613.6: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! A boundary off the final ball spoils what was turning out to be a quiet over from Archer. Jofra goes searching for the yorker but ends up serving a low full toss, around off. Kishan makes room to force it through the off side. Gets an outside edge and it races past short third in a flash.
6 Over | Run: 138/3 | Run Rate: 9.86
113.513.5: Jofra Archer to Shivam Dube, Hard-length ball, on off, cranks it up at 145 kph. Dube swats it back past the bowler to his right and takes a single.
013.413.4: Jofra Archer to Shivam Dube, How did that miss the stumps? Cross-seam ball at 140 kph, on a good length, on middle and leg. Dube leaves nothing in the tank and swings for the hills but misses. The bounce takes it over the leg stump.
113.313.3: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, On a back of a length, wide on off, thumped to deep cover for a single by Ishan.
113.213.2: Jofra Archer to Shivam Dube, Not in control but Dube gets away with it. A well-directed short ball at 142 kph, over the left shoulder. Dube is late in deciding whether to duck or take the short ball on. He ends up taking his eyes off the ball and swings away. It lands safely in the vacant mid-wicket region for a single.
113.113.1: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, At 140 kph, on a good length, targeting the off pole. Kishan chops it down to deep third for a single.
012.612.6: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Liam Dawson breaks through for England. This is slower and wider on off, on a good length. Iyer shimmies down the track to go inside out. There is a bit of turn, and Shreyas ends up slicing it off the outer half. Tom Banton charges across to his left at long off. Keeps his eyes on the ball all the way through and slides to take a fine catch.
6 Over | Run: 130/3 | Run Rate: 10.00
112.512.5: Liam Dawson to Ishan Kishan, Flat and full, outside off. Kishan advances and shanks it off the inner half to long on. Single taken.
112.412.4: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, A bit fuller but this is pushed through, on middle. Shreyas knocks it past the diving bowler to his left and gets to the other end.
612.312.3: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! All the way. Darted in by Dawson from around the wicket, not all that short, on middle. Iyer makes use of the depth of the crease and pulls it over the deep mid-wicket fence.
212.212.2: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, Drags the length back now, on off. Iyer hangs back and slaps it to the left of Phil Salt this time at sweeper cover for another brace.
212.112.1: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, Dawson spots Iyer stepping out and he bowls it full and wide on off, Shreyas reaches out and hits it to the right of deep cover for a couple of runs.
111.611.6: Josh Tongue to Shreyas Iyer, Bowled on a back of a length, outside off at 141 kph. Iyer plays the late dab down to deep third and retains the strike with a single.
6 Over | Run: 118/2 | Run Rate: 9.83
111.511.5: Josh Tongue to Ishan Kishan, Very full, drifting in at the toes. Kishan flicks it in front of square on the leg side and crosses over.
111.411.4: Josh Tongue to Shreyas Iyer, Nasty blow. An effort ball by Tongue, on a hard length, over off. Iyer rises with the bounce to deal with it but the ball climbs onto him and catches him on the bottom hand. His fingers get trapped against the bat handle and he cops a painful blow. The ball drops beside the strip on the off side and he takes a quick single.
411.311.3: Josh Tongue to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Cleverly done. Another slower ball but this is bowled into the surface, on off. Iyer gets on his toes and arches back slightly to steer it with an open bat face. Plays it fine of the short third fielder and picks up a boundary. This brings up the 50-run partnership between Shreyas and Ishan.
111.211.2: Josh Tongue to Ishan Kishan, Hit too straight. Pace off now, full and at the sticks. Kishan cracks the drive down the strip. It hits the stumps at the bowling end before dribbling behind. They cross.
211.111.1: Josh Tongue to Ishan Kishan, Good running. Tongue nails the yorker, on middle from around the wicket. Ishan digs it out in the vacant mid-wicket region and comes charging back for the second run.
110.610.6: Adil Rashid to Ishan Kishan, Flighted delivery, on middle, Ishan chips it down to long on for a single. 12 runs off the over.
6 Over | Run: 108/2 | Run Rate: 9.82
410.510.5: Adil Rashid to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Hammered away. Drops it short, does Rashid, on off. Kishan waits for the ball to arrive and gets on top of the bounce before slapping it to the left of the cover fielder, beating long off to his right.
410.410.4: Adil Rashid to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Oh, Phil Salt nearly pulled off a blinder. Loopy ball, on middle. Ishan's eyes light up as he spots the ball above his eyeline. He gets down on a knee and plays the slog sweep towards the longer of the two square boundaries on the leg side. Phil Salt is in off the ropes and cannot back track quickly enough. He leaps and sticks out his hand, but can't cling on. The 100 is up for India with this boundary.
110.310.3: Adil Rashid to Shreyas Iyer, No air given, flatter and angled in at the pads. Iyer whips it to wide long on for just a single.
110.210.2: Adil Rashid to Ishan Kishan, Dishes out the googly, on a length, on off. Kishan punches it through point and turns the strike over.
110.110.1: Adil Rashid to Shreyas Iyer, Pushed through, on a good length, on middle. Iyer steps out and pushes it to long off for a single.
09.69.6: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, At pace now, short of a length, around off. Ishan stands up on his toes and shanks it to cover. Good little comeback by England. Just 13 runs off the last 2 overs. At halfway, India are 96/2.
6 Over | Run: 96/2 | Run Rate: 9.60
09.59.5: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, Good deception from Curran! The slower one at 116 kph, on a good length, just outside off. Ishan Kishan tentatively dangles the bat away from his body, trying to punch it away to the off side, only to get beaten on the outside edge. He didn't pick the change of pace at all.
19.49.4: Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, Bowls it short on the stumps, angling in. Iyer pulls it behind square on the leg side for a single.
19.39.3: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, Back of a length. Kishan rides the bounce and opens the bat face to steer it to backward point for a single.
49.29.2: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Nails it into the gap! Back of a length, outside off. Ishan Kishan swings hard at it, loses the grip of the bottom hand, but manages to crunch it to deep backward point. The fielder there, Dawson, has it within his reach to cut it off, but the ball blazes through the fence in the blink of an eye, even before he could take a step to his right.
19.19.1: Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, Short at 131 kph, on middle and leg. Iyer gets a bit across and mistimes the pull shot. The ball comes higher on the bat due to the bounce, and he works it along the ground to the square leg region for a single.
18.68.6: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, Beautifully bowled! A fuller-length ball with a hint of turn, Shreyas Iyer waits on it and dabs it between cover and point for a run. Just 6 singles off the over.
6 Over | Run: 89/2 | Run Rate: 9.89
18.58.5: Liam Dawson to Ishan Kishan, Flat and full, in the line of the stumps. Ishan swats it off the inner half to widish long on for a single.
18.48.4: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, Length ball on the off stump. 93 kph. Iyer works it to deep square leg for a run.
18.38.3: Liam Dawson to Ishan Kishan, Two is the call, but Salt prevents it. Spins in from off, full in length. Ishan flicks it through mid-wicket. They run the first run hard, but decide not to challenge Salt's arm, who tears forward from the outfield.
18.28.2: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, Full from around the stumps, angling in. Iyer clips it off the pads to deep mid-wicket for one more.
18.18.1: Liam Dawson to Ishan Kishan, Darted on a length, around off. Ishan nudges it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single.
17.67.6: Adil Rashid to Ishan Kishan, Short and outside off. Ishan Kishan ferociously swats it to the left of the bowler for a single, to the right of long on.
6 Over | Run: 83/2 | Run Rate: 10.38
17.57.5: Adil Rashid to Shreyas Iyer, Fractionally full on the stumps, Iyer uses the crease and works it to deep mid-wicket for another single.
17.47.4: Adil Rashid to Ishan Kishan, A touch fuller, outside off, Ishan cuts it through point for a single.
17.37.3: Adil Rashid to Shreyas Iyer, Good length on the pads, Iyer clips it to square leg for a single.
47.27.2: Adil Rashid to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Timed and placed exceptionally well! Short again, flighted on the middle stump. Shreyas Iyer uses the depth of the crease and pulls it to the leg side, and manages to bisect the deep mid-wicket and long on fielders for a boundary.
17.17.1: Adil Rashid to Ishan Kishan, A short leg break on the stumps. Kishan rocks back and steers it through mid-wicket for a run.
16.66.6: Liam Dawson to Ishan Kishan, A touch short on the leg stump. Ishan heaves it across to deep mid-wicket for a single.
6 Over | Run: 74/2 | Run Rate: 10.57
16.56.5: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, Pitched fuller, on off, Iyer leans on and laces it away to long off for an easy single.
26.46.4: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, Two is the call and they will get it! Angles in from off, on a good length. Iyer hangs deep in the crease and whips it between square leg and mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
06.36.3: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, In-drifter on a length, on off. Iyer hangs back and punches it to extra cover.
46.26.2: Liam Dawson to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Gets it through! Fractionally short and equally wide on off. Iyer lets the ball come to him and cuts it late to thread the gap between short third and backward point. The Indian skipper picks up a boundary to get going.
16.16.1: Liam Dawson to Ishan Kishan, Drops it short, on off and middle. Ishan presses back and whips it to long on for a single.
05.75.6: Sam Curran to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT IN THE DEEP! Curran has the last laugh and ends Abhishek's fun. A low full toss that tails into the pads. Abhishek Sharma stays put and tries to whip it over deep mid-wicket, but hits it off the inner half of the bat and sails only as far as the fielder stationed in the deep. Tom Banton doesn't have to move an inch and takes a simple catch. India are 65/2 at the end of the Powerplay.
7 Over | Run: 65/2 | Run Rate: 10.83
45.65.5: Sam Curran to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Beats Archer to his right now! A long half-volley on middle and leg. Abhishek Sharma check-drives and holds the front elbow. Cracks the drive down the ground, and beats Archer at long on, this time to his right. Sharma moves to 43 (23).
45.55.4: Sam Curran to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! PUT AWAY! Short of a good length, on middle. Abhishek Sharma walks inside the line and pulls it over mid-wicket. Beats Jofra Archer's long chase to his left from long on. Abhishek is on the move.
15.45.3: Sam Curran to Ishan Kishan, Nips in from a length, on off with bounce. Ishan Kishan hops on the toes and cuts it through point for an easy single to open his account.
15.35.2: Sam Curran to Abhishek Sharma, In the air... but drops safely! Fuller in length, around off, nipping away. Abhishek Sharma swings his bat hard to smoke it over the leg side, but gets a thick top edge and he manages to clear the in-field. The ball drops safely in the deep third region and Josh Tongue tidies up. Single.
05.25.2: Sam Curran to Abhishek Sharma, WIDE! Curran goes short and wide outside off, Abhishek Sharma dangles his bat away from his body half-heartedly and misses to connect. The ball breaches the tramline. Wide called.
45.15.1: Sam Curran to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Carted down the ground! Back of a length, on top of off. Abhishek Sharma stands tall and swats it over the fielder at mid on for a cracking boundary.
04.64.6: Will Jacks to Ishan Kishan, Floated up, on the off stump. Ishan taps it to cover.
6 Over | Run: 50/1 | Run Rate: 10.00
04.54.5: Will Jacks to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, OUT! STUMPED! The debutant's party is over. Will Jacks outfoxes the wonderkid. Perhaps Jacks anticipated Sooryavanshi giving him the charge, and hence, he pushes it through, flatter and shorter, outside off. Vaibhav advances and tries to force it through the off side, but fails to connect. Jos Buttler gathers the ball and whips the bails off in a flash. Sooryavanshi starts walking, but the umpires want to be sure. The third umpire is called into action, and the replays confirm that Vaibhav is short by a fair bit. End of a 50-run opening stand.
04.44.4: Will Jacks to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Drifting in, on middle and leg, Sooryavanshi eases it to mid on.
14.34.3: Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, Back to around the wicket, this is flatter and shorter, on middle. Abhishek swings at it but mistimes the lofted hit, but manages to clear the leaping bowler and pick up a single. The 50 is up for India.
44.24.2: Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. Jacks switches to over the wicket and tosses it up now, on middle and leg. Sharma shimmies down the track to get to the pitch of the ball and slams it over cover for four more.
44.14.1: Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Welcomed with a boundary. Starts with an off-break, full and on off, not much turn. Abhishek backs away, exposes all three stumps and goes inside out over extra cover.
33.63.6: Josh Tongue to Abhishek Sharma, A run saved. Stays on the fuller side, on off. Abhishek gives himself a bit of room and forces the drive through covers. The ball slows down in the outfield. Will Jacks gives chase and slides to flick the ball behind towards his teammate, who mops it up. Three runs taken.
6 Over | Run: 41/0 | Run Rate: 10.25
63.53.5: Josh Tongue to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Launched down the ground. Tongue changes his angle of attack as he comes from around the wicket now. Goes searching for the yorker but ends up serving it right in the slot in line with the off stump. Abhishek clears his front leg, gets under the ball and pumps it over mid off for a biggie.
03.43.4: Josh Tongue to Abhishek Sharma, Does not connect this time. The length is pulled back a bit by Tongue, near the tramline, on off. Abhishek throws his hands at the ball but the ball is not short enough for the shot and it goes under the blade.
43.33.3: Josh Tongue to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! That nearly went the distance. Angling away, on a length. Abhishek stays deep in the crease and makes use of the angle to carve it over point. One bounce and over the ropes.
03.23.2: Josh Tongue to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Leg bye! Switches to over the wicket and this is on a good length, on middle. Sooryavanshi clears the front leg and has a swipe across the line. Gets hit high on the back thigh and a leg bye is taken as the ball goes wide of cover.
63.13.1: Josh Tongue to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! Clean as a whistle. Tongue dishes out the slower one at 117 kph, on a length, angled in, on middle. Sooryavanshi needs no second invitation as he puts his head down and clobbers it over mid-wicket for half a dozen.
42.62.6: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Nearly sneaked through. A puzzled look on the face of Archer. He was the only one to go up in an appeal as he thought that it went off the pad. Spears in a pinpoint yorker, on middle. Abhishek gets his bat down to keep it out. Gets an inside edge and it races past short fine leg for a four.
6 Over | Run: 21/0 | Run Rate: 7.00
02.52.5: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, At 148 kph, on a hard length, on off. Abhishek flays at it to go up and over cover but is beaten for pace.
02.42.4: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, Not allowing the batter to free his arms. On a good length, landing outside the line of the leg stump. Abhishek makes room to go over the off side but cannot connect.
12.32.3: Jofra Archer to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Jofra nails the yorker, on middle. Sooryavanshi jams it out to the left of mid off and hurries to the other end.
02.22.2: Jofra Archer to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, A proper fast bowler's response. Archer dishes out the short ball, over middle and leg. Sooryavanshi swings across for the pull but is beaten for pace and the ball also gets big on him to go over the blade.
62.12.1: Jofra Archer to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! Dumped into the stands. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi greets his IPL teammate with a six. Archer spots Sooryavanshi backing away, and he follows him with a length ball. Vaibhav crouches and helps it over long leg by using the pace.
01.71.6: Josh Tongue to Abhishek Sharma, Another swing and a miss. We have had quite a few of these already in the first couple of overs. Tongue keeps it away from the batter's arc, near the tramline on off, on a good length. Abhishek flashes but can only connect with thin air.
7 Over | Run: 10/0 | Run Rate: 5.00
01.61.5: Josh Tongue to Abhishek Sharma, From around the wicket, out comes the slower one at 121 kph, tucking the batter up for room. Abhishek can only pat it down the strip.
01.51.4: Josh Tongue to Abhishek Sharma, Hits the back of a length, going away. Abhishek has a heave across the line but is beaten as the ball goes under the blade.
11.41.3: Josh Tongue to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Oh, that could have gone back onto the stumps. Nails the yorker, does Tongue, on off. Vaibhav hurriedly drops his bat down on the ball. Squeezes out an inside edge and it goes behind on the leg side for a single. First run in international cricket for Sooryavanshi.
01.31.3: Josh Tongue to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FIVE WIDES! That should have been stopped. Tongue pushes the length up but gets the line wrong. This is too straight, around leg. Sooryavanshi crouches and gets inside the line to shovel it away but misses. Jos Buttler moves to his right but can't get his body behind the ball. It clips his gloves and goes down to the deep fine leg fence.
01.21.2: Josh Tongue to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Beaten for pace and bounce again. Dug in short, over the left shoulder. Sooryavanshi has a swing across the line as he tries to take the short ball on but it sails over his willow.
01.11.1: Josh Tongue to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Tongue starts with a hard-length delivery at 140 kph, around off. Not that wide for the cut but Sooryavanshi arches back and throws his hands at the ball but fails to lay any bat on it.
00.60.6: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, An absolute snorter by Archer. Bowled at 141 kph, a sharp short ball, aimed at the batter. Abhishek hops as he tries to fend it down but is rushed and the ball climbs onto him. Sharma stabs it down off an inside edge beside the strip on the leg side.
6 Over | Run: 4/0 | Run Rate: 4.00
00.50.5: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, Beaten again. Closer to the off stump, on a nagging length. Sharma tries to use the pace this time by opening the bat face but misses.
00.40.4: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, Goes past the bat! Archer drags the length back and once again, it leaves the left-hander with the angle. Abhishek stays put and throws the kitchen sink at it, only to connect with thin air.
40.30.3: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! On the third time of asking, Abhishek Sharma gets it away rather streakily. This is fuller in length, angling away. Sharma does not move his feet at all and flashes hard at the ball. One hand comes off the bat handle. The ball flies off a thickish outside edge over short third for the first four of the contest.
00.20.2: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, And again! Archer bends his back and bashes the hard length, on off. Abhishek hangs back and throws his hands at the ball but it sails over the flailing blade.
00.10.1: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, A swing and a miss! At 141 kph steaming in from over the wicket. This is on a length, pushed across the left-hander. It moves away in the air and Abhishek swings at it but is beaten on the outside edge.
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Tom Banton
Jacob Bethell
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111.511.4: Ravi Bishnoi to Tom Banton, 1 run.
011.411.3: Ravi Bishnoi to Tom Banton, Full and flat, on middle, Banton stays leg side and drives it straight to mid off.
411.311.2: Ravi Bishnoi to Tom Banton, FOUR! Into the gap again! Short and outside off, a quicker one from Bishnoi. Tom is quick to transfer the weight on the back foot and nails the cut shot to deep point for a boundary.
411.211.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Tom Banton, FOUR! Excellent batting! Full and following the batter on the leg stump. Banton swings fluently and finds the gap at deep mid-wicket for a boundary.
011.111.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Tom Banton, WIDE! Short and slides down leg, Tom Banton tries to whip it to the leg side, but misses. Ishan collects the ball sharply to his left and threatens to dislodge the bails, but Banton keeps his foot grounded all the time.
410.610.6: Harshit Rana to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Poor delivery and gets the treatment! A short ball, on the leg stump. Bethell rides the bounce, uses the pace and helps it fine on the leg side for a boundary at deep fine leg. 12 runs off the over.
6 Over | Run: 103/3 | Run Rate: 9.36
110.510.5: Harshit Rana to Tom Banton, Slightly fuller, around off, Banton forces it to mid off for a quick single. 92 runs needed off 55 balls.
010.410.4: Harshit Rana to Tom Banton, Back of a length, outside off, Tom rides the bounce and stabs it to backward point.
410.310.3: Harshit Rana to Tom Banton, FOUR! Quality shot from Banton! Off cutter, full on the stumps. Banton waits for the ball to arrive and lets it dip. He picks it up and whips it over mid-wicket for a boundary.
110.210.2: Harshit Rana to Jacob Bethell, Hard length, slower one at 110 kph, on middle. Jacob Bethell waits on it and steers it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
010.110.1: Harshit Rana to Jacob Bethell, Full and outside leg, Jacob Bethell misses the flick and the ball rolls off the front pad towards the vacant square leg region. They cross twice.
19.69.6: Varun Chakaravarthy to Jacob Bethell, Full and quick, outside off. Bethell plays the square drive to deep point and keeps the strike with a single. 13 runs off the over. 21 runs off Chakaravarthy's two overs so far.
6 Over | Run: 91/3 | Run Rate: 9.10
19.59.5: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tom Banton, Following the batter, full in length, that is flicked away through mid-wicket for a single.
09.49.4: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tom Banton, Back to firing it in, full and around off at 105 kph. Banton attempts the reverse but is beaten for pace and gets hit on the pads.
49.39.3: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tom Banton, FOUR! Streaky! Slower than the previous ball, fuller as well, on middle. Banton makes room to open up the off side. He swings at it, but there is a bit of lift off the deck, and an outside edge is found. It races past short third for a boundary.
19.29.2: Varun Chakaravarthy to Jacob Bethell, This is pushed through now, shorter and on off. Bethell dabs it in front of backward point and takes a quick single.
69.19.1: Varun Chakaravarthy to Jacob Bethell, SIX! Into the stands! Tossed up by Varun Chakaravarthy, full and wide on off. Bethell gets the width to free his arms and he gets down on a knee before thumping it over long on.
08.68.6: Axar Patel to Tom Banton, Missed out! Short and wide on off, there to be put away. Banton reaches out and slams it hard but straight to extra cover. Tom is keen for a single before being sent back. Shreyas Iyer is quick to release the throw towards the batting end. Ishan Kishan whips the bails off but Banton is in by then. Iyer seems to have pulled up something in his right leg and is down on the ground, grimacing in pain but soon gets back up on his feet.
6 Over | Run: 78/3 | Run Rate: 8.67
18.58.5: Axar Patel to Jacob Bethell, Flat and short, at the sticks. Bethell uses his feet and clips it through mid-wicket for just a single. Just 2 runs off the over so far.
08.48.4: Axar Patel to Jacob Bethell, Fuller and angled across from around the wicket. Bethell goes for the reverse but cannot connect.
18.38.3: Axar Patel to Tom Banton, Stays on the shorter side, on the off stump. Banton knocks it off the back foot to long off. Single taken.
08.28.2: Axar Patel to Tom Banton, This is shorter and quicker, on off. Tom stabs it down to cover.
08.18.1: Axar Patel to Tom Banton, Keeps it around the tramline on off, on a good length. Banton steps out and has to reach for it. Punches it to cover.
07.67.6: Varun Chakaravarthy to Jacob Bethell, This is pushed across the left-hander. Bethell tries to play the cut but ends up chopping it down to cover-point.
6 Over | Run: 76/3 | Run Rate: 9.50
07.57.5: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tom Banton, Bowled on the pads. Banton fails to help it away. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes away off the pads on the leg side.
27.47.4: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tom Banton, Had to hurry! Sliding on with the angle, on a length, on middle and leg. Banton tucks it with soft hands in front of deep mid-wicket and the batters decide to come back for the second. Tilak Varma swoops in off the ropes and fires it on the bounce at the bowling end. Bethell gets home with the dive before the throw arrives.
27.37.3: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tom Banton, Drags the length back now, on off and middle. Another reverse attempted by Tom and it goes over point. Arshdeep Singh gets around to his right in the deep and cuts it off. Two runs taken.
47.27.2: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tom Banton, FOUR! Innovative and effective. Stays full, around the off stump. Banton brings out the reverse and connects well. Gets it away to the right of the short third fielder for a boundary.
07.17.1: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tom Banton, Right on the money! Attacking the front pad, on a good length. Banton presses forward and drops it beside the strip on the leg side. He is keen for a quick single but Ishan Kishan gets to the ball quickly.
26.66.6: Axar Patel to Jacob Bethell, On the pads. Bethell presses back and clips it through square leg. They take the first run hard and come charging back for the second run. A wayward throw at the batting end allows Bethell to get home comfortably. The throw was so poor that it was nearer to Harshit Rana at short fine leg than the keeper.
6 Over | Run: 67/3 | Run Rate: 9.57
16.56.5: Axar Patel to Tom Banton, Angled in on the shorter side at 97 kph, on middle. Tom steps out and taps it to long on for one more run.
16.46.4: Axar Patel to Jacob Bethell, Across the off stump, on a good length. Jacob punches it to wide long on for a single.
06.36.3: Axar Patel to Jacob Bethell, Full and quick, on middle and leg. Bethell tries to clip it away. Gets a soft leading edge and it rolls to the right of the bowler.
16.26.2: Axar Patel to Tom Banton, Slower now, on a length, on middle. Banton nudges it in front of square on the leg side. They cross.
16.16.1: Axar Patel to Jacob Bethell, Going across, on a length. Bethell jabs it wide of mid-wicket and picks up a single.
25.75.6: Ravi Bishnoi to Tom Banton, Even quicker this time at 103 kph, short and on middle and leg. Banton makes use of the angle and works it wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. After 6 overs, England are 61/3, needing 130 runs in 84 balls.
7 Over | Run: 61/3 | Run Rate: 10.17
05.65.6: Ravi Bishnoi to Tom Banton, Wide! Sprayed down leg at 101 kph. Banton misses out on the tickle.
45.55.5: Ravi Bishnoi to Tom Banton, FOUR! Threads it through. A bit of air given by Bishnoi, fuller and on off. Banton presses forward and plays a punchy drive. He opens the bat face slightly to pick the gap between point and cover-point.
05.45.4: Ravi Bishnoi to Tom Banton, And again. Sliding into the right-hander, on a nagging length, tucking him up for room. Banton is beaten on the flick and wears it on the pads. Three dots in a row.
05.35.3: Ravi Bishnoi to Tom Banton, Short and angled in at the hips. Tom helps it to short fine leg.
05.25.2: Ravi Bishnoi to Tom Banton, Floated up, fuller and outside off. Banton firms the drive to extra cover.
15.15.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Jacob Bethell, Short and going across, Bethell hits it down to long on for a single.
14.64.6: Axar Patel to Jacob Bethell, Dropped a bit short, on the leg stump. Jacob Bethell plays off the back foot and tucks it wide of square leg for an easy single. Superb over from Patel. Just 4 runs and a big wicket of Brook from it. England need 138 runs from 90 balls.
6 Over | Run: 53/3 | Run Rate: 10.60
14.54.5: Axar Patel to Tom Banton, Drifts one into the batter, full in length. Banton leans forward and clips it to the square leg region for a single to get off the mark.
04.44.4: Axar Patel to Harry Brook, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Axar ends Brook's fun and this is his 100th T20I wicket. That could be the killer blow. Slides down the leg stump line, on a fractionally fuller length. Harry Brook sits across to play the sweep shot, and the ball seems to have grazed his glove before nestling into the keeper's glove. Brilliant reaction from Kishan behind the stumps as he alertly moves to his left to gather the ball. A massive appeal for caught behind from Ishan but not given. In fact, the umpire opens his arms to signal a wide. This looks touch-and-go, really. Even before the technology loads up, the Indians begin to celebrate after watching the front-on replay. UltraEdge shows a clear spike when the ball is next to the glove. The on-field decision is overturned and this is a massive moment in the game. England are 51/3, chasing 191 runs.
14.34.3: Axar Patel to Jacob Bethell, Fires in a full toss, on the stumps, Bethell advances and drills it away to long on for a single. The 50-run partnership comes up between Brook and Bethell, with the captain being the heavy-lifter.
04.24.2: Axar Patel to Jacob Bethell, A touch fuller, on the leg stump. Jacob backs away and dabs it to the fielder at point.
14.14.1: Axar Patel to Harry Brook, Pushed through, full on the leg stump, from around the stump. Harry Brook shimmies down the track and hammers it on the bounce to long on for a single. 50 up for England in just 4.1 overs.
03.73.6: Ravi Bishnoi to Jacob Bethell, Keeps the attack on the stumps, on a lower trajectory. Bethell rocks back and bunts it back to the bowler.
7 Over | Run: 49/2 | Run Rate: 12.25
43.63.5: Ravi Bishnoi to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Just beats the fielder! Quicker and flatter, on leg. Jacob Bethell gets on the front foot and smashes it to the left of the long on fielder. Tilak Varma covers a lot of ground but cannot make the stop.
13.53.4: Ravi Bishnoi to Harry Brook, Shorter and quicker, on off. Brook taps it wide of cover from the crease and rotates the strike.
13.43.3: Ravi Bishnoi to Jacob Bethell, This is across the left-hander, on a good length. Bethell stabs it down on the leg side for a single.
03.33.2: Ravi Bishnoi to Jacob Bethell, Half a shout for LBW. Pushed through, full and around off. Bethell attempts the reverse but is beaten for pace and gets hit on the pads.
43.23.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Put away! Flat and on a length, landing outside leg before spinning back in. Bethell reads the googly, rocks onto the back foot and hammers it away to the boundary behind square leg.
03.13.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Jacob Bethell, Full and wide outside off. Bethell leans on and drives it to the cover fielder. Dear me, it is a No Ball as Bishnoi has cut the return crease with his back leg. Free Hit loading.
62.62.6: Arshdeep Singh to Harry Brook, SIX! Top effort by Patel, but it goes in vain. A low full toss, slanted in at the stumps from around the wicket. Brook picks it up and sends it toward deep backward square leg, where Axar runs to his left and takes the catch, but he couldn't stop his momentum from carrying him over the rope. He tries to flick the ball back in the playing area, but it lands right on the boundary cushion. 27 runs off the over, and Brook is in a punishing mood.
6 Over | Run: 38/2 | Run Rate: 12.67
62.52.5: Arshdeep Singh to Harry Brook, SIX! BROOK ON FIRE! A long half-volley from Singh, on off, swings in. Harry Brook balances himself nicely, gets the front leg out of the way and absolutely launches it down the ground for a massive six. He moves to 31 (11), in the score of 32.
62.42.4: Arshdeep Singh to Harry Brook, SIX! Hit with ease and at will! Slightly back of a length, on off. Harry Brook weighs on the back foot and pulls it magnificently behind deep square leg. Clears the fence easily to pick up a six.
42.32.3: Arshdeep Singh to Harry Brook, FOUR! Dismissed out of his presence! Length-delivery, outside off. Harry Brook goes back in the crease and disdainfully slaps it down the ground, to the right of mid off for a boundary. That was smacked so powerfully.
42.22.2: Arshdeep Singh to Harry Brook, FOUR! Quick hands! Hard length, angling outside off. Brook backs away and hammers it a bit uppishly to the left of Ravi Bishnoi at backward point for a cracking boundary.
12.12.1: Arshdeep Singh to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length, shaping away gently, outside off. Jacob strides across and steers it to the right of the diving backward point fielder. Easy single.
01.61.6: Harshit Rana to Harry Brook, Oh, that could have easily gone back onto the sticks! Bashes the length hard, does Rana, outside off. Harry Brook rises up and tries to play the pull shot but gets a bit cramped up and inside edges it. The ball sneaks past the off stump and rolls back to Kishan.
6 Over | Run: 11/2 | Run Rate: 5.50
01.51.5: Harshit Rana to Harry Brook, Spears in a fuller one on off, Brook watchfully blocks it back to Rana.
21.41.4: Harshit Rana to Harry Brook, Good work by Dube! Short and on the stumps. Brook rides the bounce and pulls it along the ground to deep backward square leg. Shivam Dube runs across and puts his body behind the ball with a dive to his left and manages to cut it off. Saves two for his team.
41.31.3: Harshit Rana to Harry Brook, FOUR! Audacious! Short of a length on top of off. Harry Brook steps out of the crease, backs away to give himself some room and carves it over backward point. One bounce and into the fence.
41.21.2: Harshit Rana to Harry Brook, FOUR! That's the first boundary of the chase! Very full in search of swing, but it goes straight on the pads. Harry Brook comfortably flicks it into the square leg gap and finds the fence.
01.11.1: Harshit Rana to Harry Brook, Starts off by lasering a pinpoint yorker that tails in a touch. Harry Brook is quick enough to drop the bat down and shovels it out.
00.60.6: Arshdeep Singh to Jacob Bethell, Curving away, full and around the off stump. Bethell watchfully defends by coming forward.
6 Over | Run: 1/2 | Run Rate: 1.00
00.50.5: Arshdeep Singh to Jos Buttler, OUT! TAKEN! Double whammy from Arshdeep and India are on top. Singh swings it in on a fuller length, on middle and leg. Jos Buttler plays from the crease, and he actually nails the flick shot off the middle of the bat, but he cannot keep it along the ground and hits it uppishly towards mid-wicket. Varun Chakaravarthy leaps a bit and plucks it nicely over his head. Buttler walks back, hugely disappointed. England are 1/2, needing 190 runs from 115 balls.
00.40.4: Arshdeep Singh to Jos Buttler, Swing and bounce! Arshdeep generates a steep bounce off the surface, short and outside off. Buttler stands up on the toes, looking to punch it away, but the ball zips past the outside edge and swings in late as it sails back to the keeper.
00.30.3: Arshdeep Singh to Jos Buttler, Swing and a miss! At 132 kph, pushed outside off, on a good length. Jos Buttler feels for it, and goes for a back foot punch to the off side but he stays put and is not to the pitch of the ball. Gets beaten past the outside edge by a kitten-whisker.
10.20.2: Arshdeep Singh to Harry Brook, Brook and England are off the mark! Inswinger, full on off. Brook presses forward and eases it in front of mid off for a single.
00.10.1: Arshdeep Singh to Phil Salt, OUT! EDGED AND CAUGHT! Picture-perfect start for India and Arshdeep. He bangs it short and angles it across the right-hander, generating an extra bit of bounce off the surface. Phil Salt stands tall and plays a half-hearted shot, trying to play the square cut on the off side. Gets a faint outside edge and Ishan Kishan does the rest behind the stumps. Up goes the finger on a confident appeal. Salt looks at the heavens with a wry smile as he goes for a golden duck. England are 0/1, chasing 191.