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.
Ishan Kishan's blistering 56-run knock at the top laid the platform for India's comfortable and successful chase in the second Twenty20 on Sunday night.
India beat England by seven wickets in the second T20 International here on Sunday to level the five-match series. Opener Ishan Kishan struck a sensational 56 off 32 balls while his skipper Virat Kohli made 73 not out off 49 balls to set up the win in 17.5 overs. This was after the bowlers restricted England to 164 for six in 20 overs.
Left shaken by a bunch of world-class operators, the Indian team's white-ball stars will be aiming to put up an improved batting effort in the second T20 International against England here on Sunday.
Virat Kohli's India got a rude awakening in the first T20 International against England after their batting, which was expected to present a new, power-packed approach, failed to get going.
India vice-captain Rohit Sharma expects Hardik Pandya and Rishabh to contribute substantially in the T20 series, and also answered the question about his opening partner when India face England in the first match on March 12.
After clinching the Test series 3-1 and qualifying for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand, Team India's focus now shifts towards the five-game T20I series against England, scheduled to start from Friday at the newly renamed Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The likes of Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and Rishabh Pant were spotted training in nets ahead of the first T20I.
For Shastri, Washington's innings of 96, coming in at 153 for 6 was a better effort than his 85 not out in Chennai.
Ashwin has now won eight Man-of-the-Series awards in his 10-year career and is only eight wickets short of equalling Harbhajan Singh's 417 Test wickets.
With the comprehensive victory, India sealed their spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand.
Rishabh Pant changed his game-plan and in turn India's fortunes with a magnificent century, helping the side snatch control from England's grip to finish the second day at a robust 294 for 7 in the final Test on Friday
India lost two more wickets in the middle session to reach 153 for six in their first innings on the second day of the fourth and final Test against England here on Friday. After Ajinkya Rahane got out for 27, Rohit Sharma (49) and Ravichandran Ashwin (13) departed in the post-lunch session.
In no time Amitabh Bachchan's 'coincidence' tweet about India vs England test match became fodder for the memesters and soon after his comment section was buzzing with hilarious memes. Here are some of the ones.
England's batsmen lost the battle of both mind and skills in yet another shoddy performance to surrender the momentum to India with Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin calling the shots on the opening day of the fourth and final Test on Thursday.
A scarred England were once again done in by Axar Patel's straight deliveries before partially recovering to reach 74 for 3 at lunch during an intriguing opening session of the fourth and final Test against India here on Thursday.
Rahane on Tuesday said there is no need to take criticism of the spin-friendly pitches in the country "seriously" as not a word is spoken about the "damp" tracks elsewhere and England can expect another turner in the fourth Test.
Irfan Pathan predicted that the Virat Kohli-led side will defeat England in the 4th Test and book a place in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Lord's.
West Indian batting legend Viv Richards is not amused with past and present English cricketers "moaning and groaning" about the spin-friendly pitches in India and said the visitors did not prepare well for the challenge.
Captain Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are seen at the nets batting while Axar Patel was spotted bowling and Ajinkya Rahane kept himself busy with fielding drills.
Former England spinner in an exclusive chat with India TV said he felt the Ahmedabad Test pitch was maybe too much in favour of spinners.
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