Glorious uncertainties, thy name ~ Cricket – and T20 brings about even sharper results !! With 1-1 India played England at Bristol, at the County Cricket Ground (also known as Nevil Road) in Bristol; home ground of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Initially known as Ashley Down Ground, it was bought in 1889 by W. G. Grace and has been home to Gloucestershire ever since. It was sold to local confectionery firm J. S. Fry & Sons and renamed Fry's Ground. The club bought the ground back in 1933 and it reverted to its original name. Bristol is a city in South West England bordering North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, India won the toss ~ probably Virat Kohli had the toss right but reading wrong.There were 2 changes -Siddarth Kaul and Chahar both come in, Bhuvneshwar Kumar unfit and Kuldeep Yadav dropped.Yes Kuldeep after his 5 for in the 1st T20 – with team management opting for a pace oriented attack going bythe dimensions of the ground. Both teams had won chasing, so that wass a fairly straightforward call – winning the toss and opting to field. Indian bowling attack read : Umesh Yadav, debutant Deepak Chahar, Siddarth Kaul, Hardik Pandya & Yuzvendra Chahal. The English openers made merry and by the end of 5th over, it was 51/0.Kohli brought in Hardik Pandya, - it was 4,4,6,6 and 20 in first 4 balls – England romped to73 for 0 from their six-over Powerplay... Their second best of all time, apparently – and things looked ominous – England’s highest against India was very much under threat. .. .. things were to change subtly. A long tour of England can bring contingencies, and India responded gloriously to the first of those to maintain their clean sheet in T20I bilateral series of three matches. Central to India's win was a man who might yet have to play a big part in the rest of the summer: allrounder Hardik Pandya who after such a bad first over, ended with figures of 4 for 38.The bowlers reduced a marauding England batting to 198 when they had looked good for 225. MS Dhoni took 5 catches and was involved in a direct hit run out too. That was an excellent finish from India, just 23 runs from the last three overs to keep England under 200. It's still a hefty chase, set up by the fireworks from Jason Roy and Jos Buttler at the top of the order, but they fell away somewhat at the end. India's chase was soon minus Shikhar Dhawan, very well held by Jake Ball at short fine-leg off David Willey. Chris Jordan took an even better catch - arguably among the best of all-time, sprinting back many yards from mid-on and completing a diving take near the boundary off Ball - to see off KL Rahul and make it 62 for two.
India Wins T20 Series at Bristol - Rohit & Hardik Shine
Posted on the 08 July 2018 by Sampathkumar SampathGlorious uncertainties, thy name ~ Cricket – and T20 brings about even sharper results !! With 1-1 India played England at Bristol, at the County Cricket Ground (also known as Nevil Road) in Bristol; home ground of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Initially known as Ashley Down Ground, it was bought in 1889 by W. G. Grace and has been home to Gloucestershire ever since. It was sold to local confectionery firm J. S. Fry & Sons and renamed Fry's Ground. The club bought the ground back in 1933 and it reverted to its original name. Bristol is a city in South West England bordering North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, India won the toss ~ probably Virat Kohli had the toss right but reading wrong.There were 2 changes -Siddarth Kaul and Chahar both come in, Bhuvneshwar Kumar unfit and Kuldeep Yadav dropped.Yes Kuldeep after his 5 for in the 1st T20 – with team management opting for a pace oriented attack going bythe dimensions of the ground. Both teams had won chasing, so that wass a fairly straightforward call – winning the toss and opting to field. Indian bowling attack read : Umesh Yadav, debutant Deepak Chahar, Siddarth Kaul, Hardik Pandya & Yuzvendra Chahal. The English openers made merry and by the end of 5th over, it was 51/0.Kohli brought in Hardik Pandya, - it was 4,4,6,6 and 20 in first 4 balls – England romped to73 for 0 from their six-over Powerplay... Their second best of all time, apparently – and things looked ominous – England’s highest against India was very much under threat. .. .. things were to change subtly. A long tour of England can bring contingencies, and India responded gloriously to the first of those to maintain their clean sheet in T20I bilateral series of three matches. Central to India's win was a man who might yet have to play a big part in the rest of the summer: allrounder Hardik Pandya who after such a bad first over, ended with figures of 4 for 38.The bowlers reduced a marauding England batting to 198 when they had looked good for 225. MS Dhoni took 5 catches and was involved in a direct hit run out too. That was an excellent finish from India, just 23 runs from the last three overs to keep England under 200. It's still a hefty chase, set up by the fireworks from Jason Roy and Jos Buttler at the top of the order, but they fell away somewhat at the end. India's chase was soon minus Shikhar Dhawan, very well held by Jake Ball at short fine-leg off David Willey. Chris Jordan took an even better catch - arguably among the best of all-time, sprinting back many yards from mid-on and completing a diving take near the boundary off Ball - to see off KL Rahul and make it 62 for two.