India vs England: Virat Kohli & co look to wrap up series with 2nd T20I win
India stand on the cusp of a 6th successive T20I series' win - a
run stretching back to their 2-1 win over New Zealand at home in Nov 2017.
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News: Fresh from a clinical eight-wicket victory over England, India
will aim to clinch the Twenty-20 International (T20I) series when they lock
horns with the hosts in the second T20I of the three-match series at Sophia
Gardens in Cardiff today. The Indian cricket team led by Virat Kohli completely
outclassed England in the first game, as Kuldeep Yadav's fifer followed by
Lokesh Rahul's unbeaten ton guided Indian to a comfortable victory. Indian
skipper Virat Kohli will be expecting another dominant show from his side to
set the tone for the long England tour.
The Indian team
management is likely to stick to the same playing eleven, and will not try to
disturb their winning combination. In the batting department. Opener Shikhar
Dhawan, who failed in the first match, would like to rectify his mistakes in
the second T20I against England, while in bowling department, pacers would like
to display some disciplined bowling after leaking runs in the opening 10 overs
of the first T20I.
On the other
hand, England will be desperate to bounce back in the threematch series and
would once again rely on opener Jos Buttler, who continued his purple patch of
form with another half-century in the opening match. In order to put up a fight
against the visitors, apart from Buttler, Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Alex
Hales, and Eoin Morgan will have to quickly learn to read India's wrist
spinners. While England spinner Adil Rashid did a fair job in the first outing,
Moeen Ali was expensive and will have to be economical against the spin-friendly
Indian batsmen. The English camp will also miss the services of pacer Tom
Curran, who has been ruled out of the remaining T20Is and the ODI series owing
to a left side strain.
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