MS Dhoni-Kuldeep Yadav combination strikes gold in India vs England 1st T20I

MS Dhoni gave fans across the country a feel of nostalgia when he produced two back to back stumpings off Kuldep Yadav’s bowling during the opening Twenty20 International (T20I) between India and England at Manchester on Tuesday.

The duo of Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root became Dhoni’s victims and that put Kuldeep on a hat-trick in the 14th over. The two dismissals happened on the over’s third and the fourth balls before Mooen Ali defended the fifth delivery to deny Kuldeep a sensational hat-trick on the English soil.

Kuldeep after his 3.4 overs has five wickets and has given away just 13 runs. An impressed Sachin Tendulkar tweeted, “Amazing spell by @imkuldeep18 England failing to read Kuldeep’s wrist position.”

Earlier, Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bowl in their opening T20 International match against England here today.

The Teams:

India: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Lokesh Rahul, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal.

England: Eoin Morgan (c), Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Alex Hales, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunket