India won the 2nd T20I and level the series
India registered a 5-run win over England, in 2nd T20I and level the series 1-1, at the Nagpur on Sunday. England Captain Eoin Morgan won the coin toss, and elected to Bowl first.
India off to a good start, with the openers contributing 30 opening runs in 4 overs, before Virat Kohli fell for 21. Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh could not fair well, as they fell for single figures. However KL Rahul made a gritty fifty and scored 71 runs and was well supported by Manish Pandey. Who scored 30 runs. Both KL Rahul and Manish Pandey made 56 runs partnership for the 4th wicket. However India manage to score 144 runs for lost of 8 wickets in their 20 overs. While in the bowling department, it was Chris Jordan, who claimed three wickets for 22 runs in his 4 overs.
In reply that England lost their both opening batsmen at the score of 22. After that England skipper Eoin Morgan and Joe Root rebuild the England inning and they made 43 runs partnership for the 3rd wicket, before Eoin Morgan fell for 17. 52 runs later Ben stokes out for 38 runs. Following his dismissal Joe Root fell for 38 runs at the score of 137 in final over. England required 8 runs in the last over, but the Indian young Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah bowled a superb last over. However England manage to score 139 runs for lost of 6 wickets in their 20 overs and it claimed 5 runs win for India.
Jasprit Bumrah named as player of the match for his brilliant death bowling performance.
Match Summary – India vs England : 2nd T20I
India won by 5 runs
India – 144/8 (20)
KL Rahul – 71(47) | M Pandey – 30(26) | C Jordan – 3/22
England – 139/6 (20)
Stokes – 38(27) | Root – 38(38) | Nehra 2/28
