3rd T20I : Chahal 6 wickets haul India Seal the T20I Series

Six wickets for Chahal as India thrash England. Chahal became the Second bowler to take six wickets in Twenty-20 Cricket internationals after Ajantha Mendis. 

England 127 (Root 42, Morgan 40,  Chahal 6-25) Lost to India 202 for 6 (Suresh Raina 63, MS Dhoni 56,  Yuvaraj Singh 27) by 75 Runs.


In the Third T20I at Bangalore, England won the toss and  choose bowl first.   India had one change Pant comes in and Manish Pandey  out.

A career-best 56 from MS Dhoni and a 4th  fifty from Raina helped the home side reach 6-202 from the full 20 overs.

Virat and KL Rahul Opened the batting for India.  England removed Skipper Virat Kolhi early when he scored 2 runs.

Suresh Raina joined with KL Rahul for 2nd wicket partnership and added 61 runs from 6.1 overs.

Unfortunately KL Rahul Out with No ball bowled by Stokes. Umpire didnt notice. Rahul scored 22 runs with one six and 2 fours.


MS Dhoni Joined with Suresh Raina for 3rd wicket partnership and added 55 runs from 6.1 overs.

Yuvaraj Singh Joined with MS Dhoni for 4th wicket partnership and added 57 runs from just 4.4 overs.

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2nd T20I : India beat England by 5 runs and level the T20I series 1-1

2nd T20I : India beat England by 5 runs and level the T20I series 1-1.

England 139 for 6 (Ben Stokes 38, Root 38, Nehra 3-28) Lost to India 144 for 7 (KL Rahul 71, Manish Pandey 30,  Jordan 3-22) by 5 Runs.

In the Second T20I at Nagpur, England won the toss and  choose bowl first.   India had one change Amit Mishra comes in and Rasool out.



Virat and KL Rahul Opened the batting for India. Skipper Virat Kolhi scored 21 runs in 15 balls with help of 2 fours and one Six. Jordan removed Virat Kolhi in 5th over. 

In the end,  India might blame their middle-order problems for not posting a big enough total.  Middle-order  Batsman Yuvraj Singh (5), Raina (7) and MS Dhoni(5) did n't score good enough.

  KL Rahul's innings was all the more laudable for the fact that most batsmen found scoring difficult on a slow and capricious pitch.  Rahul returns to form and scored fifty against England. Today KL Rahul had good knock and fired 71 runs in 47 balls with help of 2 sixes and 6 fours. 

In Middle Manish Pandey support Rahul and added 56 runs in 6.5 overs for 4th wicket partnership. India  scored only 144 runs in 20 overs with loss of 8 Wickets.

England Bowlers led by  Jordan's (3/22) and good supported by Moeen Ali (1/20) and Pace Bowler Tymal Mills (1/36) executed their plan well. 

 England would not have expected a target of  145 to trouble them. But it did. Their top order tends to finish games off. Not this time. Middle Order batsmen not accustomed to finishing an innings. 

Nehra Removed Both England Opener Roy(10) and Billings(11) in 4th over. And then Eoin Morgan Joined with Joe Root add 43 runs for 3rd wicket partnership. Amit Mishra dismissed Eoin Morgan in 11th over.

Ben Stokes Joined with Joe Root and added 52 runs in 6.4 overs. Again Nehra got another wicket and dismissed  Ben Stokes (38) in 17th over. Bumrah had Joe Root and Jos Butler bowled in the Last over to seal India's Win.   

 England required 41 off 30 with seven wickets in hand, 32 off 24 wit seven wickets in hand and eight off the final over with six wickets in hand. That India still managed to win was courtesy some sensational end-overs bowling by Bumrah.

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1st T20I : England beat India by 7 wickets and lead T20 series 1-0

England 148 for 3 (Morgan 51, Root 46*, Chahal 2-27) beat India 147 for 7 (Dhoni 36*, Raina 34,  Moeen 2-21) by seven wickets.

In the First T20I at Kanpur, England won the toss and  choose bowl first.  Virat and KL Rahul Opened the batting for India. Rahul  scored only 8 runs and  Skipper Virat Kolhi scored 29 runs with help of 4 fours.   


England Bowlers led by Moeen Ali's (2/21) and good supported by Jordan (1/27) and Pace Bowler Tymal Mills (1/27) executed their plan well. 

MS Dhoni Top Scored unbeaten 36 runs for India.  All rounder Raina scored 34 runs and other batsman are failed to score runs. India  scored only 147 runs in 20 overs with loss of 7 Wickets. 

In the end,  India might blame their middle-order problems for not posting a big enough total.  Middle-order  Batsman Yuvraj Singh, Pandya and Manish Pandey did n't score good enough.

  England Opener gave the explosive start and 36 runs from 3 overs.  Chahal  removed both opener in his first over. Then Eoin Morgan and Root added 83 runs for third wicket partnership.

England Captain Eoin Morgan fired 51 runs in 38 balls and Root scored unbeaten 46 to help to England chase the total.  

England  chased down 148 with 11 ball remaining and lost only 3 wickets.

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India Vs England 5th Test Match - India’s 4-0 Test series win over England

India 759 for 7 dec (Nair 303*, Rahul 199, Parthiv Patel 71, Ashwin 67) beat England 477 (Moeen 146, Root 88, Jadeja 3-106) and 207 (Jennings 54, Cook 49, Jadeja 7-48) by an innings and 75 runs

England scored 477 runs in first innings with help of Moeen Ali (146 runs)  Joe Root (88 runs)and   Dawsan (46 runs). Indian Bowlers Jadeja took 3 wickets. Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadev took 2 wickets each.

In Reply India scored massive 759 runs with loss of 7 wickets in first innings with help of  Karun Nair (303* runs),  KL Rahul (199 runs).

England behind 282 runs and started to play 2nd innings in fourth day of the match, England scored 12 runs without losing wicket at end of the time.

In Day 5 England only scored 205 runs and lost all wickets. Jadeja dismissed 7 wickets in Second innings to help seal India victory.  

Day 1: India Vs England 5th Test Match 2016  in Chennai December 2016.

England Won the Toss and elected to Bat first in Chennai. England dropped James Anderson and Chris Woakes . Broad and Liam Dawson comes in.

India have two changes. Ishant Sharma and Amit Mishra comes in for Jayant Yadev  and B Kumar.

England scored 284 runs loss 4 wickets in first innings with help of  Moeen Ali  (120*),  Joe Root (88 runs and  Jonny Bairstow  (49 runs). Indian Bowlers Jadeja took 3 wickets and Ishant Sharma took 1 wicket.

England (first innings): 284/4 (Moeen Ali 120*, Joe Root 88, Jadeja 3/73 ) vs India

India 1 M Vijay, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt), 5 Parthiv Patel, 6 Karun Nair, 7 R Ashwin, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Ishant Sharma.

England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Jennings , 3 Joe Root, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jos Buttler, 8 Broad, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Liam Dawson, 11 Jake Ball

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England Vs India 5th and Final Test in Chennai

The England cricket team arrived in India participated in the 5-match Test series. The first Test between the two teams in Rajkot was Draw .India won the next Three Test Match (Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, Mohali) and won the series 3-0.

At this stage, India-England cricket match between the 5th and final Test in Chennai Chepauk Stadium tomorrow (Friday) starting at 9:30.

Team Squad :


India 1 M Vijay, 2 K L Rahul, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt), 5  Karun Nair, 6  Parthiv Patel (wk), 7 R Ashwin,  8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 Jayant Yadav, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Mohammed Shami

England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Jennings , 3 Joe Root, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jos Buttler, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Jake Ball, 11 James Anderson

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