That’s it from us folks!
It’s a good win for India, who will take a lot of heart from it. Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul stood out with the bat, while Mohammed Shami did ever so well with the ball. Do make sure to tune back in day after tomorrow, as India play Australia! Until then, goodbye and goodnight.
India beat England by six wickets!
India need 20 runs from 12 balls. Chris Jordan to bowl. too straight from Jordan, and it’s in the perfect slot for Hardik, who drills it between mid-off and extra cover for four! Great start to the over for India. Good ball, almost wide but not quite and it’s a dot. Low full toss into Pandya’s knees. He could have taken the single, but he chooses to stay on strike. Oh, very poor delivery from Jordan. That was wide and high, and it also ran away for four without making any contact with Pandya’s bat. Free hit signalled. Pandya gets a huge edge on it, and that’s four! It flies over short third man! Another low full toss, and the India duo run a double. Oh my word, a no ball now, and Pandya takes a single. Terrible over this from Jordan. Pant to face a free hit now. India just need 3 from 7 balls. Pant could end it now. It’s a six and India win by six wickets!!
After 18 overs,India 169/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 23 , Hardik Pandya 1)
Jos Buttler’s got Willey out now, it’s his third over. A wide and a single to begin, before Suryakumar Yadav gets down on his knee and dispatches the ball for four with the sweep. And he’s gone! Willey bowls a shorter delivery, which Suryakumar Yadav tries to ramp over the keeper, but he just ends up guiding it into the hands of Jos Buttler. Hardik Pandya is out. He faces two dots in a row and then takes a single.
After 17 overs,India 163/2 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 23 , Suryakumar Yadav 4)
Chris Woakes to bowl now, starts with three singles. Pant then finds the gap with a pull, and it reaches the deep mid-wicket boundary. A single off the last ball.
After 16 overs,India 154/2 ( Suryakumar Yadac 1 , Rishabh Pant (W) 18)
Chris Jordan’s second over. India need 41 runs in 30 balls. Single and then Livingstone drops Kishan! Should have taken the catch at deep mid-wicket, but fumbles it. And he’s hurt himself as well, he’s visibly in pain and with the camera close up, you can see his hand’s ballooned up to twice its size. Hopefully it’s nothing too serious. he’s replaced by Billings. Meanwhile Ishan Kishan has made way for Suryakumar Yadav. Good call, you want everyone to get some time with the bat, this is a warm up match after all. Single and a dot in the third and fourth deliveries. Two wides in a row follow. Then a dot and a single.
After 15 overs,India 148/2 ( Ishan Kishan 69 , Rishabh Pant (W) 15)
A third over for Chris Woakes, he’s been a little expensive so far. Can he get his spirits up with a wicket or two? Two singles to begin, and then a gorgeous shot from Ishan Kishan, it’s drilled through the covers for four. Oww, Kishan takes one in the upper thigh/family jewels region, that one will be hurting when he wakes up tomorrow as well. Oh, wide and then two runs, it evaded Buttler. Wait, there was a big nick on it, had Buttler held on to the ball it would have been out. Dot to end the over.
After 14 overs,India 140/2 ( Ishan Kishan 62 , Rishabh Pant (W) 14)
Moeen Ali to bowl his second over. Two singles and a dot to start off. Oh, Rishabh Pant you beauty! A trademark one hander, and he doesn’t quite catch it, but there’s more than enough power to carry it over long off for six. Back to back sixes! That one went a long away, he hit it straight as an arrow, right over Moeen Ali’s head. This is a small ground Rishabh, if you hit it that hard you’re going to brain a pedestrian. Dot to end the over.
After 13 overs,India 126/2 ( Ishan Kishan 61 , Rishabh Pant (W) 1)
Dot and two singles to begin Livingstone’s over. OUT! Kohli misjudges a delivery, and awkwardly slices it right into the hands of Rashid at backward point. Liam Livingstone picks up the wicket! Dot and single to end the over.
After 12 overs,India 123/1 ( Ishan Kishan 60 , Virat Kohli (C) 10)
Rashid to continue with his third over. Single brings up the 100-run mark for India! Kishan then skips down the track and sends it miles over cow corner! That’s a SIX! Kishan runs two, and then another SIX! Half-century up for Ishan Kishan! While KL Rahul’s fifty was elegant and poised, it’s been all power from Kishan, who is hammering the ball every which way with ridiculous ease. Oh, four! Pulls off the back foot and beats long off! Kishan is killing it. Wide and then another 4, this one between long-on and deep mid-wicket! 24 runs from this over!
After 11 overs,India 99/1 ( Ishan Kishan 38 , Virat Kohli (C) 9)
Liam Livingstone to bowl an over now. Kohli begins with a single. Four from Ishan Kishan! It’s hit well, he heaves it over mid-wicket! Kishan gets a big leading edge, but it has a lot on it, and it carries over Livingstone and drops dead a few metres from the boundary rope. Just a single. Another single and two dots to end.