English skipper Jos Buttler won the crucial toss in Adelaide today and invited India to bat. In response, Indian openers Rahul and Rohit continued their bad form, Rahul scored 5 runs in 5 balls, and the same Indian team captain Rohit Sharma scored only 27 runs in 28 balls, perhaps during the batting he had forgotten that He is playing T20 not ODI. Due to the slow innings of Rohit Sharma, there was pressure on the Indian batsman, due to which the batsmen were unable to play freely.
After Rahul and Rohit, Suryakumar Yadav tried to accelerate the run rate but unfortunately, he caught while playing a big shot against Adil Rashid, Virat Kohli scored a crucial half-century. In the final, Hardik Pandya scored 63 runs in just 33 balls with the help of 5 sixes and four fours. India could score only 168 runs in 20 overs due to Rohit Sharma’s slow start.
Indian bowlers blew away by Buttler and Hales’ storm
Chasing 169 runs, England captain Jos Buttler and Alex Hales batted as if there was a club team in front. Both the batsmen performed well and made a score 169 runs in just 16 overs without losing a single wicket. England skipper joss Buttler scored 80 runs in just 49 balls with the help of nine 4s and three 6s while his opening partner Alex Hales played an inning of 86 runs in 47 balls including seven huge 6s and four 4s.
Player of the Match: Alex Hales
Playing 11 of both Teams
India|Playing 11: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
England|Playing 11: Jos Buttler (c & wk), Alex Hales, Philip Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid