| 0.1 : 0.1: C Woakes to L Rahul, FOUR! Awesome! Terrific start to the game for India! Full and wide outside off, Rahul leans and drives it through the covers. It finds the gap and the boundary! |
| 1.3 : 1.3: D Willey to S Dhawan, FOUR! BEAUTY! Full and outside off, slightly wide, Dhawan leans and drives it between cover and mid off for a boundary! |
| 1.4 : 1.4: D Willey to S Dhawan, FOUR! Action replay! Similar ball, Dhawan once again strides forward and just strokes this through the covers for boundaries in succession! |
| 2.1 : 2.1: C Woakes to L Rahul, OUT! Edged and taken! Woakes has the first strike! A lovely delivery. Lands this in the avenue of apprehension, which is around an area near the 4th stump. This means that the batsman has to play at it and Rahul does. The length is somewhere between full and good, which further means that the batsman cannot leave it, assuming that the ball will go over the stumps. So Rahul looks to play. But at the last moment, the ball moves away and takes the outside edge. It dips on |
| 2.2 : 2.2: C Woakes to V Kohli, FOUR! BRILLIANT! Kohli continues from where he left off in the last game. Half volley outside off, Kohli comes forward and drives this straight down the ground. Mid off has no chance. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: C Woakes to V Kohli, FOUR! Just a mere push! Full and outside off, Kohli just pushes this down the ground and this is even straighter than the previous one! Get the ball back please! |
| 2.6 : 2.6: C Woakes to V Kohli, OUT! Kohli has gone cheaply today! Big, big wicket for England. This is very full outside off, a touch wider, perhaps Kohli thinks it is a yorker and looks to dig it out. But he is fooled by the length and ends up just pushing at the ball. The bat hits the ground and the ball takes the outside edge towards second slip. Ben Stokes gets across to his left, fumbles in the first attempt but then takes it in the second. Woakes is cock-a-hoop. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: C Woakes to S Dhawan, OUT! Drags it on! Third wicket for Woakes! He is on a roll. Full and outside off, swinging away, Dhawan looks to drive but there is no feet movement and he gets a thick inside edge which shatters the stumps. India in a bit of a bother here, 3 down for not many. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: J Ball to Y Singh, FOUR! Fine shot! On a good length around middle and leg, Yuvraj tucks it over square leg and gets a boundary! |
| 7.4 : 7.4: J Ball to Y Singh, FOUR! CLUNK! A short ball on middle, Yuvraj pulls it over mid-wicket and gets a boundary! |
| 7.6 : 7.6: J Ball to Y Singh, FOUR! Full and down the leg side, Yuvraj just flicks it through square leg and gets a boundary! 12 runs from the over! |
| 9.4 : 9.4: J Ball to Y Singh, FOUR! CLOUT! A short ball down the leg side, Yuvraj pulls it to the fine leg fence! |
| 10.3 : 10.3: L Plunkett to Y Singh, FOUR! CARESSED! What a shot. Full and outside off, Yuvraj leans and just strokes it through the covers. It finds the gap and reaches the fence! |
| 10.5 : 10.5: L Plunkett to Y Singh, FOUR! What a shot. Full and outside off, Yuvraj drives it straight down the ground. Mid off dives to his left but the ball goes through! |
| 13.1 : 13.1: J Ball to MS Dhoni, FOUR! CRACK! Short and wide outside off, Dhoni leaps and cuts it over point for a boundary! |
| 14.2 : 14.2: L Plunkett to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Off the edge but he was looking to play that shot anyway. Slips was removed after the last over and Dhoni looked to steer it to third man. The ball went off the outside edge, through the vacant slip cordon and reached the fence. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: J Ball to Y Singh, EDGED, FOUR! Full and outside off, Yuvraj looks to defend but gets an outside edge which goes through the vacant slip cordon to the third man fence! |
| 16.4 : 16.4: Ben Stokes to Y Singh, FOUR! CLASSY! Full and outside off, Yuvraj comes forward and drives this down the ground. Jake Ball dives to his left but it is a weak one and the ball goes through. A better fielder might have stopped that. |
| 21.1 : 21.1: M Ali to Y Singh, FOUR! Full and down the leg side, Yuvraj paddles it fine to the fence! |
| 21.4 : 21.4: M Ali to MS Dhoni, FOUR! That is a cracking shot. Full and outside off, Dhoni comes down the track and crashes it past the bowler to the long off fence! |
| 22.1 : 22.1: Ben Stokes to Y Singh, SIX! Lovely shot. Full and outside off, Yuvraj comes forward and lofts it with finesse over mid off. The ball has been timed well enough to clear long off as well! |
| 22.4 : 22.4: Ben Stokes to Y Singh, FOUR! CRASH! A short ball down the leg side, Yuvraj swivels and pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary! |
| 24.1 : 24.1: D Willey to Y Singh, FOUR! That is too easy for Yuvraj. Gets a half volley on the pads and Yuvraj flicks it calmly through mid-wicket for a boundary! |
| 24.4 : 24.4: D Willey to MS Dhoni, FOUR! What a shot. Full and outside off, Dhoni drives it straight down the ground and gets a boundary! |
| 26.3 : 26.3: D Willey to Y Singh, FOUR! Fine shot. A short ball on middle, Yuvraj pulls it over mid-wicket and gets a boundary! |
| 27.5 : 27.5: M Ali to MS Dhoni, SIX! CREAMED! Terrific shot. Full on middle, Dhoni comes down the track and whips this over mid-wicket for a flat six! |
| 28.2 : 28.2: L Plunkett to MS Dhoni, LEADING EDGE, DROPPED, FOUR! What a stroke of luck for Dhoni. He comes down the track and looks to flick but gets a massive leading edge which balloons towards long on. Jake Ball runs back from mid on, keeps his eyes on the ball but still loses it. The ball brushes his hands and drops down and he further pushes it into the ropes. Insult to injury. |
| 29.4 : 29.4: Ben Stokes to MS Dhoni, EDGED, FOUR! Half century for Dhoni. He has been living a charmed life in the last 15 minutes but he has done well. Full and wide outside off, Dhoni throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge which flies past the diving Jos Buttler to the third man fence! |
| 29.5 : 29.5: Ben Stokes to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Too straight, erring in line, Dhoni just tickles it to the fine leg fence! |
| 31.2 : 31.2: Ben Stokes to Y Singh, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Yuvraj throws his bat at it and gets it over point to beat third man! |
| 31.5 : 31.5: Ben Stokes to Y Singh, FOUR! Driven through mid on by the batsman. The ball has crossed the ropes. The umpire signals four runs. |
| 32.3 : 32.3: L Plunkett to Y Singh, FOUR! Easily done! Full and wide outside off, Yuvraj leans and lofts it over cover for a boundary! Moves to 99! |
| 34.1 : 34.1: L Plunkett to MS Dhoni, FOUR. |
| 34.6 : 34.6: L Plunkett to Y Singh, FOUR! A length ball outside off, Yuvraj looks to punch it through the off side but gets a thick outside edge which goes through the vacant slip cordon to third man! |
| 35.4 : 35.4: J Ball to Y Singh, FOUR! FEROCIOUS! A short ball around middle, Yuvraj pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary! |
| 35.6 : 35.6: J Ball to Y Singh, FOUR! Another one! He is toying with the bowling here. A short ball outside off, Yuvraj just pulls it over mid-wicket for the second boundary of the over! |
| 36.5 : 36.5: C Woakes to MS Dhoni, MISCUE, SIX! A short ball outside off, Dhoni comes down the track and looks to pull but gets a top edge. However, it still sails over long on! How small a ground is this or how big is that edge of his bat? |
| 37.5: J Ball to Y Singh, FOUR! This is vintage Yuvraj. Ball bowls this sort and outside off, Yuvraj just dismisses this from his presence with a fine pull over mid-wicket. |
| 37.6 : 37.6: J Ball to Y Singh, FOUR! This is batting of very high quality. Full and outside off, Yuvraj just chips this over cover, wide of mid off and gets another boundary! 11 from the over! |
| 38.2 : 38.2: C Woakes to Y Singh, SIX! Fine shot! A short ball outside off, Yuvraj pulls this wide of mid on and clears the ropes as well! |
| 39.2: Ben Stokes to Y Singh, FOUR! Poor bowling, full and down the leg side, tickled to the fine leg fence! |
| 39.3 : 39.3: Ben Stokes to Y Singh, SIX! Clean as a whistle! Full and on middle and leg, Yuvraj lofts this over mid on and comfortably clears long on! Moves to 143 and this is now his best ODI score, eclipsing his 139 against Australia in Sydney in 2004! Can he get a double century? |
| 40.3: C Woakes to MS Dhoni, FOUR! A short ball around middle, Dhoni gets across and pulls. Does not time it cleanly and the ball goes off the inner half of the bat to the fine leg fence. |
| 42.2 : 42.2: C Woakes to MS Dhoni, SIX! This one is definitely not a no ball! A length ball outside off, Dhoni swings this miles over long on! He smiles as he punches gloves with Yuvi. |
| 42.6 : 42.6: C Woakes to Y Singh, OUT! Caught behind! Yuvraj finally falls. Woakes has his fourth. A full ball wide outside off, Yuvraj looks to drive this through the covers but the feet do not move as much and he gets a thick nick to the keeper. He departs for a wonderful 150 from just 127 balls. Deserved a double there. The crowd stands as one. What a knock. Take a bow. Can England come back from here? |
| 43.6: L Plunkett to K Jadhav, FOUR! Deftly done! A short ball outside off, Jadhav arches back and guides it over the vacant slip cordon to the third man fence! 15 from the over! |
| 44.3 : 44.3: Ben Stokes to MS Dhoni, FOUR! FETCH THAT! Full and straight, Dhoni smashes this straight back and Jadhav has to duck to avoid getting hit. Is there any point in mentioning where the ball went? 300 UP FOR INDIA! 360 is definitely on the cards. |
| 44.5 : 44.5: Ben Stokes to K Jadhav, FOUR! A slower ball, fuller in length outside off, Jadhav waits for the ball to come and pulls it over a leaping Eoin Morgan at short mid-wicket for a boundary! |
| 45.4 : 45.4: L Plunkett to K Jadhav, SIX! What a shot! A cross-seamer, served on a length outside off, Jadhav just lofts this straight through the line and makes the ball land in front of the sight screen! |
| 45.5 : 45.5: L Plunkett to K Jadhav, FOUR! Cheeky! A short ball outside off, Jadhav arches back and guides it over the vacant slip cordon to the third man fence! |
| 45.6 : 45.6: L Plunkett to K Jadhav, OUT! Straight to the man! A slower full toss outside off, Jadhav is early into his heave and mistimes it towards short mid-wicket. Jake Ball comes forward and takes a neat catch. Excellent cameo from Jadhav. |
| 46.2 : 46.2: J Ball to H Pandya, FOUR! HAMMERED! A full toss outside off, Pandya stands his ground and drives it wide of mid off for a boundary! |
| 46.3 : 46.3: J Ball to H Pandya, DROPPED, SIX! And Stokes cops one on the lips as well! A short ball outside off, Pandya looks to pull but miscues this over mid-wicket. Ben Stokes times his jump for the catch at the ropes but the ball bursts through his hands and goes into the crowd! Hang on, there is more. Stokes is not paying attention and looks back to retrieve the ball but then someone throws the ball back at that time and he is hit on the lips. No one's mistake really. Poor Stokes is not impressed |
| 47.1 : 47.1: L Plunkett to MS Dhoni, SIX! That is just a whip! A full toss on middle, Dhoni comes forward and whips it miles over mid-wicket! |
| 47.4 : 47.4: L Plunkett to MS Dhoni, SIX! HUMONGOUS! A short ball outside off, Dhoni swivels and pulls it over mid-wicket! |
| 47.5 : 47.5: L Plunkett to MS Dhoni, SIX! What a shot! Full and wide outside off, Dhoni reaches out and lofts it over covers for a biggie! |
| 47.6 : 47.6: L Plunkett to MS Dhoni, OUT! Excellent catch in the deep! A length ball outside off, Dhoni pulls it over mid-wicket. David Willey times his jump to perfection at the ropes and takes it nicely. What a knock from the former Indian skipper. Old memories relived. |
| 48.2 : 48.2: J Ball to H Pandya, FOUR! Full and outside off, Pandya smashes this straight back over mid off and gets a boundary! |
| 49.4 : 49.4: C Woakes to R Jadeja, FOUR! What a flick! Full and on the pads, Jadeja flicks it wide of long on and gets a boundary! |
| 49.5 : 49.5: C Woakes to R Jadeja, SIX! This is even better! Mid off is inside the ring and and Jadeja leans and lofts it over mid off and clears the ropes! |
| 1.1 : 1.1: J Bumrah to A Hales, FOUR! CLASSY! Full and wide outside off, Hales eases it through cover-point and gets a boundary! |
| 2.3 : 2.3: B Kumar to A Hales, FOUR! Third man is up and Bhuvi bowls this wide outside off. Hales reaches out and slices it over short third man and gets a boundary. |
| 2.6 : 2.6: B Kumar to A Hales, FOUR! CRISP! Half volley outside off, Hales leans and drives it wide of mid off for a boundary! |
| 3.2 : 3.2: J Bumrah to J Roy, FOUR! Streaky! On a good length outside off, Roy looks to punch it through the off side but gets a thick inside edge which goes past the stumps to the fine leg fence! |
| 3.5 : 3.5: J Bumrah to A Hales, OUT! Caught behind! One down, 9 to go. On a good length outside off, Hales looks to push it away but ends up chasing the ball and nicks it behind to Dhoni. Simple catch and India have an early breakthrough. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: J Bumrah to Joe Root, FOUR! What a way to get off the mark! On a length outside off, Root punches this behind point. The call is "WAIT!" but the timing is so sweet that it beats the dive from backward point. Races to the fence. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: J Bumrah to Joe Root, FOUR! Fine shot. On a length outside off, Root stays back and punches it behind point for a boundary! |
| 5.5 : 5.5: J Bumrah to J Roy, FOUR! Almost an action replay of the second ball of the over. A length ball again, Roy steers it behind point for a boundary! |
| 7.2 : 7.2: J Bumrah to Joe Root, FOUR! That is a terrific shot. Fractionally short in length outside off, Root bends a touch and slashes this between point and backward point for a boundary! |
| 8.4 : 8.4: B Kumar to Joe Root, FOUR! Up and over! Full and outside off, Root leans and lofts it over mid off for a boundary! |
| 8.6 : 8.6: B Kumar to Joe Root, FOUR! Unlucky for Bhuvi. A short ball outside off, Root swivels to pull but the ball goes off the inner half of the bat past short fine leg into the boundary. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: J Bumrah to J Roy, FOUR! Full and outside off, Roy opens the face of the bat and guides it past the short third man fielder for a boundary! |
| 11.6 : 11.6: H Pandya to J Roy, FOUR! IMPERIOUS! A short ball outside off, Roy swivels and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary! Root immediately asks the square leg umpire about the height of the ball and why it isn't a no ball, as the previous one was also over head height. But the umpire feels this was not over Roy's head. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: R Jadeja to J Roy, FOUR! Full and down the leg side, Roy looks to sweep but the ball goes off the inner half of the bat past short fine leg. Ravichandran Ashwin puts in a lazy dive but the ball beats him. |
| 13.2: H Pandya to J Roy, SIX! MURDERED! A short ball outside off, Roy pulls it over mid-wicket and that goes a long, long way! |
| 15.2: H Pandya to Joe Root, FOUR! Nicely done. Short ball and outside off, Root arches back and guides it over the vacant slip cordon to third man! |
| 15.4 : 15.4: H Pandya to J Roy, FOUR! Short and outside off, pretty wide, Roy cuts it over the man at point for a boundary! |
| 17.1 : 17.1: H Pandya to Joe Root, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Root cuts it behind point for a boundary! |
| 17.3 : 17.3: H Pandya to J Roy, DROPPED! FOUR! A short ball outside off, Roy pulls it over mid-wicket. Jasprit Bumrah leaps but the ball bursts through his hands and races to the fence. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: R Ashwin to Joe Root, FOUR! Nicely done! Full and outside off, Root brings out the reverse sweep and gets it past short third man for a boundary! |
| 19.5 : 19.5: R Ashwin to Joe Root, OUT! Taken! The partnership is broken. Root once again falls after a start and Ashwin has struck with his fifth ball. Full and outside off, a bit of width, Root goes for the slog sweep with mid-wicket inside the ring but only ends up being away from the ball. Gets a top edge which balloons in the air and Virat Kohli calmly takes it at short mid-wicket. That brings the crowd to life which was beginning to get restless. |
| 20.5: R Jadeja to J Roy, FOUR! PLUNDERED! A short ball around off, Roy goes back and pulls it down to long on. Bhuvneshwar Kumar gives it a good chase from long on, dives to his left but the ball wins. |
| 23.5: R Ashwin to J Roy, SIX! Terrific shot. Full and outside off, Roy comes forward and just places it in the air over mid off. So good is the timing that the ball clears the ropes at long off! |
| 25.5: R Ashwin to J Roy, FOUR! Just over! Full and outside off, Roy leans and lofts it over covers. Ravindra Jadeja waits and waits and waits and then leaps but the ball goes over him to the fence. |
| 26.1 : 26.1: R Jadeja to J Roy, OUT! BOWLED! Jadeja gets Roy again! The change of pace does the trick. Tossed up slowly on middle, Roy stays back and looks to run it down to third man but the ball turns away just a touch and hits the off stump! That ends a terrific knock from Roy. That ends the 42-run stand but Morgan has faced just 18 balls, so relatively two new batsmen will be in the middle. |
| 27.2 : 27.2: R Ashwin to Ben Stokes, OUT! That stays low and goes through! The carrom ball around off, Stokes stays back, playing for the turn, but the ball goes straight on, takes the inside edge and hits the stumps! England have lost two in quick succession now. |
| 27.6 : 27.6: R Ashwin to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Fine shot. Full on middle, Buttler comes down the track and whips it over mid-wicket for a boundary! |
| 29.4 : 29.4: R Ashwin to E Morgan, SIX! PUMMELED! Finally Morgan joins the party. He was just rotating the strike till now and decides that time is running out, so has to attack. Gets a full ball around off, gets under it and slogs it over long on for a maximum. |
| 30.5 : 30.5: H Pandya to E Morgan, SIX! Outstanding timing! Full and outside off, Morgan comes down the track and just pushes this over mid off. The ball travels sweetly off the bat and goes miles in the air and has enough legs to clear long off! |
| 31.3 : 31.3: R Ashwin to Jos Buttler, OUT! STUMPED! Remember the great Ian Chappell at this stage of the game. He always used to point towards fielding as an important aspect in the game. Many a times, what happens is, a fielding effort changes the course of the game. On the previous ball, two runs were available but because of Jadeja, the batsmen got only a single. Had that not happened, Buttler would never have been on strike! The darter from Ashwin, slipping this down the leg side, sensing that Butt |
| 31.5 : 31.5: R Ashwin to E Morgan, SIX! SLAM! Full and outside off, Morgan gets down and slog sweeps it massively over mid-wicket! |
| 32.2 : 32.2: K Jadhav to M Ali, FOUR! SLAP! Full and wide outside off, Moeen leans and crashes this past short extra cover for a boundary! |
| 34.5 : 34.5: K Jadhav to M Ali, FOUR! SLAUGHTERED! Full and outside off, Moeen gets down and slogs it through mid-wicket for a boundary! |
| 36.1 : 36.1: K Jadhav to M Ali, FOUR! Short and around off, Moeen pulls it uppishly but just wide of Yuvraj Singh at square leg for a boundary! |
| 37.2 : 37.2: J Bumrah to M Ali, FOUR! STUPENDOUS! A short ball on middle, Moeen pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary! |
| 38.1 : 38.1: H Pandya to E Morgan, SIX! SMASH! Welcome back into the attack! Full on middle, Morgan swings it through the line and clears long on! |
| 38.2 : 38.2: H Pandya to E Morgan, FOUR! Fine shot! 10 from the first two balls. A long hop on middle, Morgan pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary! Strangely, no man in the deep in that region, or even in the circle. |
| 42.2: K Jadhav to E Morgan, FOUR! SMOKED! A short ball on middle, Morgan goes back and pulls it over mid-wicket and beats the man running to his left from long on! |
| 42.4 : 42.4: K Jadhav to M Ali, FOUR! Fine shot. Full and around middle, Moeen swings hard and gets it wide of long on for a boundary! |
| 42.5 : 42.5: K Jadhav to M Ali, FOUR! Goes again and gets to his half century in style! Just 40 balls taken. Full again, Moeen slogs this over mid-wicket and finds the gap and the boundary! |
| 43.3 : 43.3: B Kumar to M Ali, OUT! DRAGS IT ON! Bhuvneshwar provides the breakthrough for India! Smart bowling, keeps this full and around off, changes the pace as well, delivering the off cutter. Moeen looks to go over the top of cover but ends up getting a thick inside edge onto the stumps. A fine, fine knock from Moeen but India keep chipping away. |
| 44.1 : 44.1: J Bumrah to C Woakes, FOUR! Just wide! A length ball outside off, Woakes drives this in the air and just evades a diving Virat Kohli at extra cover for a boundary! |
| 44.2 : 44.2: J Bumrah to C Woakes, OUT! BOWLED! England are capitulating now. A slower ball outside off, 111 kph, Woakes is early into his swing and completely misses the ball. It hits the off stump. |
| 44.4 : 44.4: J Bumrah to L Plunkett, FOUR! Edged away. Full and wide outside off, Plunkett flashes hard and gets a thick outside edge which flies past the diving Dhoni to the third man fence. |
| 45.4: B Kumar to E Morgan, FOUR! Lovely shot. Full and outside off, Morgan leans and drives it through the covers for a boundary! |
| 45.6 : 45.6: B Kumar to L Plunkett, FOUR! SPANKED! A length ball outside off, Plunkett pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary! |
| 46.2 : 46.2: J Bumrah to E Morgan, SIX! TAKE THAT! A length ball outside off, Morgan swats it over mid-wicket and clears the ropes! |
| 46.5 : 46.5: J Bumrah to L Plunkett, FOUR! TAKE THAT! Full and outside off, Plunkett smashes this straight back past the bowler to the fence straight down the ground! |
| 46.6 : 46.6: J Bumrah to L Plunkett, FOUR! What a shot! A length ball on middle, Plunkett heaves this over square leg for another boundary! 17 from the over! Is there still life left in the chase? |
| 47.2 : 47.2: B Kumar to E Morgan, FOUR! What a shot! Not a bad ball, full and swinging in, Morgan clips it over backward square leg and beats Dhawan in the deep! |
| 47.3 : 47.3: B Kumar to E Morgan, FOUR! This is excellent batting! Full and wide outside off, Morgan slices this over point for consecutive boundaries! |
| 48.1 : 48.1: J Bumrah to E Morgan, FOUR! Century for the skipper! It has been a fighting innings, although it may not give England a desirable result. A full toss outside off, Morgan slashes hard and gets it over point for a boundary! |
| 48.3 : 48.3: J Bumrah to L Plunkett, OUT! Morgan is run out! That should seal the game and series for India. A full ball outside off, almost a yorker, Plunkett drives this straight back to Bumrah. Morgan is backing out of his crease, looking for the single and has no time to get back. Bumrah runs and fires a throw at the stumps. End of a very good innings, gave England some chance. |
| 48.6 : 48.6: J Bumrah to L Plunkett, FOUR! Streaky. Full and outside off, Plunkett gets across a long way and looks to paddle but gets a leading edge wihch flies over Bhuvneshwar Kumar at short third man for a boundary. Bhuvi was initially going to his left but then had to go back. Anyways, would have not got to the ball. |
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