Starting off with the new ball for Surrey in the second innings as well, Ashwin picked all his five wickets in just the 13 overs he bowled before lunch. He returned with figures of 5 for 23.
Bhuvneshwar has made only a single trip to England for a Test series, back in 2014, where he picked 19 wickets in five matches at 26.63 with two five-wicket hauls
After multiple quarantines in India and UK, the Mithali Raj-led squad got little over a week to prepare for its first red ball game since November 2014.
Team India spinner Axar Patel admitted that it becomes a struggle to stay in the bio-bubble for longer duration. He said that sometimes, the players have to stay in the bubble for about half-a-year at a stretch due to back-to-back series.
In an exclusive conversation with India TV, Patel said that the spinners will play an important role for India while adding that the Indian spin attack also has the ability to contribute efficiently with the bat.
Indian spinner Axar Patel talked about the upcoming tour of England and insisted that the Indian batting lineup has match-winners at all positions and isn't solely reliant on captain Virat Kohli.
The Indian cricket team completed one of its best four-month spells across formats, pipping England by a mere 7 runs after surviving Sam Curran's determined assault in an edge-of-the seat third and final ODI for a well-deserved hat-trick of series victories.
Visitors England won the toss and opted to field against India in the third and final ODI on Sunday. While India replaced spinner Kuldeep Yadav with pacer T Natarajan in the playing XI, England brought in pacer Mark Wood in place of Tom Curran.
England played like World Champions and made a mockery of a 337-run target, courtesy a six-hitting spree from Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes, to level the three-match ODI series against a stunned India here on Friday.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli carried his T20I form into the ODI format on Tuesday scoring his 61st half-century score in the ODI series opener against England at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. Kohli, with his 56-run knock against England, became the fastest player to score 10,000 international runs on home soil.
Shikhar Dhawan, who was dropped from the playing eleven after the first T20I, will open the batting with Rohit Sharma in the first ODI against England at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, India skipper Virat Kohli said on Monday.
The top order and Bhuvneshwar Kumar helped India script a stunning 36-run win in the fifth and final T20I match of the series and subsequently wrap up the contest.
It all comes down to the final match of the series between India and England as the two sides meet in the decider in Ahmedabad. The series is currently level at 2-2, with Virat Kohli's men registering an 8-run win in the fourth T20I.
The BCCI on Friday announced India's ODI squad for the upcoming three-match series against England. Suryakumar Yadav, who enjoyed a brilliant outing in his maiden T20I innings on Thursday, earned a maiden call-up to the ODI squad, and so did pacer Prasidh Krishna and all-rounder Krunal Pandya.
His terrific innings in only his second international outing was cut short by a controversial dismissal, but Suryakumar Yadav took it on his chin, saying few things are "not in my control". He smashed a blistering 57 off 31 balls to set up India's series-levelling eight-run win against England in the fourth T20I.
Pace bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/30) and Hardik Pandya (2/16) put in an inspirational performance, using change of pace to good effect, to power India to an eight-run victory in 4th T20I against England.
India's batting coach Vikram Rathour has come out in support of the under-fire batsman KL Rahul, who has registered scores of 1, 0 and 0 in the first-three T20Is against England.
Invited to bat, skipper Virat Kohli pulled India out of trouble with an unbeaten 46-ball 77 as the hosts posted 156 for six. Jos Buttler then smashed an unbeaten 52-ball 83 to take England home in 18.2 overs.
Virat Kohli's magnificence helped India recover from a difficult situation to manage a decent 156 for 6 against England in the third T20 International at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Buoyed by an impressive seven-wicket win in the second T20 International, India will take on England in the third game of the five-match series with renewed confidence here at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday.
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