IND vs ENG 1st T20 | Watch: KL Rahul’s superhuman fielding effort denies England sure six
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India’s KL Rahul pulled off a superb, nearly superhuman fielding effort, to disclaim England a sure six throughout the T20I collection opener on Friday on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The world witnessed Rahul’s sensational dive-and-save fielding effort within the fifth over bowled by Axar Patel. Rahul leapt within the air, held on to the ball and threw it again contained in the boundary to disclaim England a most.
Earlier, India have been restricted to 124/7 of their 20 overs by a disciplined England bowling assault on the Narendra Modi Stadium. Only Shreyas Iyer (67 off 48 deliveries) may provide any resistance as the remainder of the Indian batting fell aside.
While skipper Virat Kohli departed on duck, Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan managed to attain simply 1 and 4 respectively. In-form Rishabh Pant did hit a 23-ball 21 and Hardik Pandya scored 19 off 21 to assist India go previous the 120-run mark.
On the bowling entrance, England pacer Jofra Archer picked three wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs. He scalped Pandya and Shardul Thakur after dismissing Rahul early within the innings.
Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Chris Jordan and Ben Stokes additionally picked a wicket every.