England vs India 2018, second T20I: Hits and Misses

#2 Hit: England’s bowling unit delivers on the big day

England's bowling unit delivered

When the conditions suit the bowlers, they must capitalise. The English team made use of the pitch conditions that suited their bowlers. They acted quickly post their defeat in the first T20I and replaced Moen Ali with the tall and lanky fast bowler Jake Ball.

On a pitch which suited the bowlers where the ball was stopping and not coming on to the bat as expected, England’s bowlers delivered as a unit.

David Wiley and Jake Ball were very effective at the start as they curbed the scoring rate of the openers. Liam Plunkett dismissed the inform Rahul.

Adil Rashid was at his crafty best in the middle overs. Before the partnership of Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina could get out of hand, Rashid delivered the key breakthrough of Raina.

Apart from Kohli, no one could get going for India. Willey and Plunkett were the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4-0-18-1 and 4-0-17-1 respectively.

The home side restricted the strong and dominant batting line up of India and restricted them to a mediocre total of 148 runs despite a late flurry by MS Dhoni.