India vs England 2nd T20: Today i.e. on 4th July, the second match of the 5-match T20 series being played between India and England is being played at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester. In this high-profile match, the Indian batsmen defeated the English bowlers and set a huge and challenging target of 191 runs on the scoreboard. Let us tell you that the first match of this series was played in Chester-le-Street, which was inconclusive due to bad weather and heavy rain. This is the reason why both the teams have entered the field with the intention of taking a 1-0 mental lead in the series by winning today’s important match.
Historic debut of 15 year old Vaibhav
The biggest and special thing about this match was that India’s only 15 year old young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi has taken his first step in international cricket. Before the start of the match, vice-captain Tilak Verma handed Vaibhav his first international cap. Vaibhav has got a golden opportunity to play in today’s playing-11 in place of star player Sanju Samson. On the other hand, Josh Tong has also started his T20 International career from today’s match for the England team.
Explosive start and opening partnership
Powerful batsman Abhishek Sharma came to the crease along with newcomer Vaibhav Suryavanshi to open the innings for the Indian team. Vaibhav, playing his first match, scored his first run in international cricket by playing a shot towards square leg against Josh Tong on the third ball. After this, when England’s most dangerous bowler Joffra Archer came in front of him, Vaibhav surprised everyone by hitting a skyscraper six on his very first ball without any fear. He also hit an excellent six to Josh Tong, but his innings could not last long. While trying to play a big shot by moving forward on the ball of spinner Will Jacques, he got stumped by Jos Buttler. Vaibhav scored 14 runs by hitting 2 sixes in his short innings of 10 balls. For the first wicket, both the openers together added 50 runs on the scoreboard.
Strong innings of Shreyas and Ishaan
After Vaibhav returned to the pavilion, Abhishek Sharma, who was batting brilliantly, could not last long and was out after playing a quick innings of 43 runs in 24 balls, in which he hit 8 fours and 1 six. Sam Karan made Abhishek his victim. After this, captain Shreyas Iyer and wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan took charge and, playing intelligently, made a very important half-century partnership of 65 runs for the third wicket. This dangerous pair was broken by Liam Dawson by dismissing Shreyas Iyer. Shreyas scored 37 runs on 22 balls, which included 3 fours and 1 six. After this, Sam Curran, while bowling lethal bowling, also showed the way to the pavilion to Shivam Dubey and Ishan Kishan who was moving towards his half-century. Ishaan played a valuable inning of 49 runs with the help of 6 fours in 40 balls, whereas only 5 runs could be scored from Shivam’s bat.
India has the upper hand in statistics
If we talk about the old records of T20 between India and England, then both the teams have come face to face a total of 31 times till now. During this period, the Indian team has always had the upper hand. India has registered a resounding victory in a total of 18 matches, whereas the England team has been able to taste victory only in 12 matches, while no result could be achieved in 1 match.
