Ind Vs Eng: Hardik Pandya’s All-round Form, And Rishabh Pant’s Sublime Form Power India To Victory
Despite losing the top order, India managed to pace their innings well after the loss of the top order, leaving them in a bit of a hole with the scoreboard reading 72/4 at the end of the chase.
As India won the three-match one-day international series 2-1 against England, Hardik Pandya gave an all-around performance, and Rishabh Pant (125*) provided a sublime century in the middle of the innings.
India managed to pace their innings well despite losing the top order in the middle of their innings, which left them in a bit of a bind with the scoreboard reading 72/4 at the end of the chase.
There came a time when India had bowled England out for 259 runs and they had immediately lost both the wickets of Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma leaving them reeling at 21/2 after bowling England out for 259 runs.
In spite of this, all eyes were on Virat Kohli, but fans were in for a disappointment when they saw their superstar get out for 17 runs in the third ODI.
He then had another poor performance in ODIs after accounting for 16 runs in the second ODI at Lords earlier this week.
The Indian team had to struggle to make 72/4 when Suryakumar Yadav, too, edged Craig Overton to win.
Ind Vs Eng: Hardik Pandya’s All-round Form, And Rishabh Pant’s Sublime Form Power India To Victory
Prior to this, Reece Topley had been in action as he removed the top order of the Indian batting lineup just as he did in the second match at Lord’s where he took six wickets.
While he managed to remove Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, and Virat Kohli from the game, he was unable to salvage India’s hopes, as Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya compiled a stand of 133 runs to win the match for India.
Initially, Hardik had been the more aggressive batsman, but Pant took his time to get to his fifty and then switched gears after he reached it.
On the one hand, Pandya was very sharp on his back foot, and he was very good at playing both the pull shot and cut shot to his advantage, while on the other hand, he played very well behind the wickets by playing the straight bat after which he began to play shots with the ‘V’ (the curved bat).
During this period, Pant hung on until he reached his hundred and when he reached it, he put his foot on the accelerator for a five-ball boundary blast that brought India home in a flash.
India bowled out England for 259 in the series-deciding third and final one-day international with more than four overs to spare thanks to Hardik Pandya’s career-best 4/24.
In the year of the T20 World Cup, it was the flamboyant all-rounder from Gujarat who dominated the first half of the match with his excellent bowling that sent out a warning to the opposition.
Jos Buttler top-scored for England with an 80-ball 60, but he was supported by the talented all-rounder from Gujarat who dominated the first half of the match.
An embarrassing performance at Old Trafford by Virat Kohli results in a carbon copy dismissal.
Old Trafford’s third ODI ended with Virat Kohli being dismissed off 17 balls out of 22.
At Old Trafford, Virat Kohli continued his poor form as he was bowled out exactly like in the first ODI.
In a virtual finale, India was chasing 260 runs when Kohli walked in with the score at 21/2. While Kohli showed good body language with a good stride forward and solid front foot, he ultimately got out trying to prod at a length delivery.
In essence, it was the same shot that he offered to David Willey at Lord’s, except Topley pushed it a bit more; nevertheless, the result was the same.
A fine edge was caught by the keeper. The video can be found here:
Kohli was dismissed after 17 balls off 22. In the last match, he scored 16 off 25 balls and was congratulated by Babar Azam on Twitter. A quick response was provided by Kohli.