🏏India XI vs England XI:1st T20I AT Southampton 🏏 - Page 10

Jos Buttler: They bowled well with the new ball and put us under pressure. We couldn't get away from that point. We came back really well in the second half with the ball. Probably a bit above par and they swung the ball consistently. Bhuvneshwar Kumar can swing it in any conditions. Certainly the ball swung longer than I can remember in a T20 game. Maybe we needed to hit one in the stands and stop that swing. We know the boys have the talent

But India's success with the ball was was mainly possible because of those first two overs. Bhuvi had Roy all at sea to outswingers, then shocked Buttler with an inswinger for a golden duck. Arshdeep followed it up with one of the best first over's in international cricket. And it was heartening to see him swing the new ball both ways. India's opening bowlers made Roy look like a club bowler who would not move his feet, play with fear like oopsy this is swinging into me, away from me. One of Roy's forgettable days with the bat. India did win the game but they would not be happy about five dropped chances.

Rohit Sharma: Great performance from ball one. All batters showed intent. Although the pitch was good, we played good shots and never got ahead of the game. You got make use of those six overs in the powerplay. There is a certain approach we want to take in the powerplay. You got to back yourself in this game as sometimes it comes off, sometimes it doesn't. The whole batting unit needs to understand the direction the team is taking and the guys were spot on today. I was impressed with his bowling. He wants to do that a lot more in the future, bowled quick and used his variations too. That's the reason we wanted to bat. Sometimes it does swing under the lights and we wanted to utilize that. Both the new ball bowlers used the swing and stopped their batters. We were sloppy on the field. Those catches should have been taken. Pretty sure we will field pretty well in the coming games.

Congrats Hardik for being 1st indian player in T20 to make 50+ and take 4 wkts.

Hardik Pandya | Player of the Match: The last time I played a T20 in England, I think I took 4 wickets and scored some 30. So I kind of knew I was the first Indian to score fifty and take 4 wickets. I am enjoying my cricket right now. For me a lot of time goes into the preparation to get my body ready. The kind of break I took before this run of play I want to capitalize on the opportunities. I felt I needed that break. It is about giving your 100% and when you don't do that, there is no point playing. So I needed that break and now I am happy to be in this place right now.

A question to people here : Why did you think is the main reason we won? 🤓

I would say Bhuvi taking out the Leader Jos for a Golden Duck with a ball of the year. That's a crushing blow. He did this time and time again to Aaron finch of Australia and that's why we have won a lot against them. Very rarely it happens that England wins without Jos who is also currently the best white ball batsman in the world.

Originally posted by: Ragazza_dolce

World Cup kab hai?

Originally posted by: BeingBlunt

A question to people here : Why did you think is the main reason we won? 🤓

I would say Bhuvi taking out the Leader Jos for a Golden Duck with a ball of the year. That's a crushing blow. He did this time and time again to Aaron finch of Australia and that's why we have won a lot against them. Very rarely it happens that England wins without Jos who is also currently the best white ball batsman in the world.

I agree, Bhuvi's wkt of Jos was the huge turning pt for India. They won half of match due to this wkt. So glad all bowlers chipped in n took wkts.

Originally posted by: Ragazza_dolce

Iss October?!!

Aur abhi tak koi concrete playing 11 bhi nhi hai🤔

Originally posted by: BeingBlunt

A question to people here : Why did you think is the main reason we won? 🤓

I would say Bhuvi taking out the Leader Jos for a Golden Duck with a ball of the year. That's a crushing blow. He did this time and time again to Aaron finch of Australia and that's why we have won a lot against them. Very rarely it happens that England wins without Jos who is also currently the best white ball batsman in the world.