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KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav lead India to crushing win over England
Updated On Jul 04, 2018 02:37 am IST
India beat England by eight wickets in Manchester to take a 1-0 lead in the three-game T20 series. Asked to bat, England lost wickets at regular intervals and could only manage 159/8. Kuldeep Yadav took a five-wicket haul while for the hosts, Jos Buttler scored a half-century. In reply, the visitors rode KL Rahul’s unbeaten 54-ball 101 to seal the deal with 10 balls remaining.
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KL Rahul’s unbeaten 101 helped India beat England by eight wickets in Manchester to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20 series. (Action Images via Reuters)
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Asked to bat, England got off to an impressive start with their openers Jason Roy (in pic) and Jos Buttler stitching a 50-run stand. (Action Images via Reuters)
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With Roy falling in the fifth over and Alex Hales struggling, Buttler stepped up and took England’s total past 100 in the 12th over. (REUTERS)
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But Kuldeep Yadav, center, took three wickets in the 14th over to leave the hosts in all sorts of trouble. (AP)
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The chinaman bowler turned out to be his captain’s main weapon, finishing with figures of 5/24. (AP)
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But Buttler’s 46-ball 69 pushed England to 159/8. (Action Images via Reuters)
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In reply, the visitors got off to a poor start with Shikhar Dhawan falling to David Willey in the very first over. (AP)
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Rahul then struck a breezy 54-ball 101, laced with 10 fours and five sixes to anchor India’s run-chase that saw him forge a masterly 123-run second wicket stand with opener Rohit Sharma (32 off 30). (Action Images via Reuters)
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This was Rahul’s second hundred in T20 Internationals, with the first one coming against West Indies in 2016. (Action Images via Reuters)
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This also turned out to be India’s first T20 win over England in England. (Action Images via Reuters)
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