India vs Engalnd: 2nd t20 international match india win by 5 runs

India vs Engalnd: 2nd t20 international match india win by 5 runs

India pulled it off. After trailing for most part of the match, India managed to win the second T20 international against England by 5 runs even after just making 144 in their innings. England’s chase was always on course except for the early two wickets and the great death bowling by Jasprit Bumrah and Ashish Nehra. Ben Stokes and Joe Root took England to the target before Nehra dismissed the former with England needing 26 off 18 balls. Nehra gave away 16 runs off the penultimate over and Bumrah had to defend 8 off the final over. England had six wickets in hand but Bumrah dismissed Root on the first ball and Buttler off the fourth and then defended 6 off the final ball to bowl India to series levelling win in Nagpur

Match Summary:

71 by KL Rahul is the highest individual score for India against England in T20Is going past 68 by Virender Sehwag in Durban in 2007.

Amit Mishra became the second Indian bowler after Ravi Ashwin to take 200 wickets in 20-over cricket.

Ashish Nehra became the second leading wicket taker for India in T20Is after Ravi Ashwin's 52.

144 is the second lowest total successfully defended by India in T20Is after 138 against Zimbabwe in Harare last year.

India's closest wins in T20Is (by runs):

1 v SA, Colombo, 2012
1 v Ban, Bangalore, 2016
3 v Zim, Harare, 2016
5 v Pak, Joburg, 2007
6 v Eng, Nagpur, 2017

Best Performance

BATSMEN R B 4s 6s SR

Lokesh Rahul
71 47 6 2 151.06

Ben Stokes
38 27 2 2 140.74

Joe Root
38 38 2 0 100

BOWLERS O M R W ECON

Chris Jordan
4 0 22 3 5.5

Jasprit Bumrah
4 0 20 2 5

Moeen Ali
4 0 20 1 5