Virat continued his love affair with the Adelaide ground and scored a half-century and put the innings together for the team. Pandya’s 63 (33) meanwhile made the final, and his late flourish put India on the level after a slow start.
Having chosen to field, England did not ask for a better start as they dismissed KL Rahul in the second over after the batsman dropped a boundary over point off the first ball of the innings. The right-hander could not repeat the heroism of his previous match and could only score 5(5).
The tournament’s leading run-scorer, Virat Kohli came out to bat and stamped his authority by hitting Chris Woakes for a beautiful six off the first ball of the third over.
Captain Rohit Sharma also joined the action and hit Sam Curran for two consecutive fours, which eased the batsman’s pressure. He dismissed Adil Rashid for a boundary in the sixth over and took India to 38/1 at the end of the powerplay.
India’s star batsman Virat continued his aggressive intent and hit Liam Livingstone for a boundary in the seventh over, meanwhile Rohit struggled to bat.
Pacer Chris Jordan was struck brilliantly for a boundary over cover by the opener but the bowler had the last laugh as he dismissed him in the same over. Rohit looks to launch the ball into the sky but loses his shape in the process and skids it towards mid-on, where Sam Curran takes a brilliant running catch to dismiss him for 27 (28). Took diving.
Talismanic batsman Suryakumar Yadav grabbed the crease and took India to 62/1 with the game hanging in the balance.
All-rounder Ben Stokes came to bowl his second over and hit only one six and one four in the 11th over.
Leg-spinner Adil Rashid proved to be Suryakumar’s undoing as the batsman hit him over the boundary but was able to drive the ball towards sweeper-cover, where Philip Salt held his nerves to complete the catch and gave England their own. Handed the biggest wicket. night.
The responsibility then fell on Virat and Hardik Pandya to stabilize the Indian innings and provide it with some stability while making sure not to see a drop in the scoring rate.
India were bundled out for 10 from the 14th over and things went ahead with Virat hitting a boundary in the over.
On the last ball of the 15th over, King Kohli hit a four and completed India’s century. He escaped with a leg before review after a brilliant yorker from Jordan was rapped over the boots.
The batsman sprinkled salt on the bowler’s wounds and hit a boundary in the extra cover area off the very next ball.
India got off to a great start in the 17th over and Pandya hit Kuren for a six over cover. Virat and Pandya also worked hard and were shining brightly between the wickets to keep the scoreboard in place.
Pandya was completely free in the 18th over and was pushing the accelerator with successive sixes off Jordan. Run machine Kohli completed his fourth half-century of the tournament but was caught at short third man in the same over.
Pacer Sam Curran was at Pandya’s end in the 19th over as he was torn apart by the batsman for two fours and a six, in the process reaching his half-century off just 29 balls.
Courtesy of Pandya got 12 runs in India’s final over as India ended the innings at 168/6.
Chris Jordan took three wickets for 43 runs.
Brief Scores: India 168/6 (Hardik Pandya 63, Virat Kohli 50; Chris Jordan 3-43) vs England.
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