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India vs England, 1st T20I Live Updates: India face England in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Ageas Bowl Stadium in Southampton. Rohit Sharma will be back in charge of the team after missing the rescheduled fifth Test due to Covid.
Virat Kohli's ploy of trying to negate swing by meeting the ball early has backfired, feels the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, whose advise in English conditions has always been about playing as late as possible. Kohli, who is now just four months short of completing three years without an international ton, scored 11 and 20 in the recently concluded rescheduled Test against England that India lost by seven wickets. "The trick to play in England is to play as late as possible. Then you are allowing the ball to do its bit and then you are playing the ball. From what little I saw in the highlights, it seemed Kohli was looking to reach for the ball, trying to play the ball early," Gavaskar said on 'Sports Today'.
Virat Kohli's lean patch continued in the fifth rescheduled Test against England in Edgbaston, as he could not score big. The former India captain appears to be under pressure as he has not scored a ton in close to three years. With the 2022 T20 World Cup starting in Australia in less than three months' time, Kohli's performance will under focus. In the Edgbaston Test, with regular captain Rohit Sharma out due to COVID-19, Kohli was expected to help interim skipper Jasprit Bumrah as a senior player. He did exactly that.
We are living in an age of wonders, at least with regard to the England men’s cricket team.
The Indian T20I cricket team gets down to business yet again with a match against T20 World Cup semi-finalists England in Southampton on Thursday. The series is part of the contests that the Rohit Sharma-led Team India will play in the lead up to the 2022 T20 World Cup, starting in Australia in less than three months. Regular captain Rohit is back in the team after recovering from COVID-19, due to which he missed the fifth rescheduled Test at Edgbaston. However, the team will be without other top stars like Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah. They have been rested after playing the Test that ended on Monday.
Indian cricket team suffered a demoralising loss to England in the fifth rescheduled Test in Edgbaston. Despite setting a huge target of 378 for England in the fourth innings, they could not defend it. While players like Rishabh Pant and Cheteshwar Pujara played well, the performances of players like Shubmann Gill, Shreyas Iyer among others left a lot to be desired. Former Indian cricket team player and ex-BCCI selector Jatin Paranjape delved into the areas where India fell short in the loss.
Everyone knows the kind of love and respect Virat Kohli has for the former India skipper MS Dhoni. So, it is no surprise that Kohli paid a special tribute to Dhoni, who is celebrating his 41st birthday today. Taking to Twitter, Kohli wrote that Dhoni is a leader like no other and he is like an elder brother for him. It was under Dhoni's leadership that Kohli became the player that he is today and both stars have time and time again showed the kind of mutual respect they have for each other.
During India's defeat to England in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston, Virat Kohli was involved in a sledging match with Jonny Bairstow. The England batter, however, did not let it affect him and went on to hit centuries in both innings to power the hosts to a historic win. Once the match was done, Kohli went up to Bairstow, who was unbeaten on 114, as well as Joe Root, who also hit an unbeaten century, and had a word with both of them.