India vs England 2nd T20 Result: A huge upset was seen on Saturday (July 4) in the second high-profile match of the 5-match T20 series being played between India and England. In this breath-taking match played at the historic Old Trafford ground in Manchester, host England defeated the Indian team by 4 wickets. The English team, which came to chase the huge target of 191 runs set by India, presented a display of very intelligent and aggressive batting.
England achieved this difficult target very easily with 6 balls remaining in the match. The biggest real hero of this historic victory was Jacob Bethel, who destroyed the Indian bowlers with his explosive batting. Facing only 46 balls, Bethel played an unbeaten and match-winning inning of 76 runs with the help of 5 brilliant fours and 5 skyscraper sixes. Let us tell you that the first match of the series was inconclusive due to rain, due to which the Indian team is now 0-1 behind in the series after this defeat.
Arshdeep’s double blow and Brook’s counterattack
Earlier, England had a very dreadful and bad start while chasing the big score of 191 runs. Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh wreaked havoc in the very first over of the innings, sending opener Phil Salt and star batsman Jos Buttler to the pavilion without opening the account i.e. on 0 runs. After this, captain Harry Brook counter-attacked as soon as he came on the field. Brook played a stormy innings of 39 runs by hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes in just 15 balls, which was dismissed by Akshar Patel. At the time of Brook’s dismissal, the team’s score was 3 wickets for 51 runs.
Match winning partnership of Bethel and Banton
After this, Tom Banton and Jacob Bethel together handled the English innings which was in trouble. Both the batsmen played a very important and big partnership of 67 runs for the fourth wicket. Banton scored 39 runs by hitting 6 fours in 32 balls, whose wicket was again taken by Arshdeep Singh. Will Jacques, who came after this, could not do anything special and after scoring only 9 runs, he became the victim of spinner Varun Chakraborty’s ball. However, even after Jax was out, Jacob Bethel kept his feet on the crease like a rock and remained unbeaten till the end, giving his team a spectacular victory.