England vs India, Flashback: 3 T20s played between England and India in England

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The 1st T20I between England and India to be played in Old Trafford is less than a month away. Team India would want to start the long campaign on a winning note by winning the 3 match T20 series. The squad that has been selected for the T20 series boasts of strong batting and equally balanced bowling line-up, hence this would be an ideal opportunity for Team India to register their first ever T20 series victory against England in England.

In the 11 T20I’s played between both the teams across all venues, England have won 6 games to India’s 5. Surprisingly, India has played only 3 T20Is against England in England and lost all 3 of them. Hence, this presents a perfect opportunity for Virat Kohli and his men to make a mark in the T20 format against England.

Let us look at 3 T20 encounters between both the teams played in England.


#3 India fall short in a must-win encounter at Lords- 2009 T20 World Cup

This was during the group stage game between both the teams in the 2009 T20 World Cup held in England. The venue was the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground and on a pleasant afternoon Indian skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first.

Team India got off to a great start as RP Singh cleaned up Luke Wright in the very second over. However, Ravi Bopara and skipper Kevin Pietersen resurrected the innings by stitching together a 71-run stand for the second wicket in just 55 deliveries. Just when both these two were running away from the game, Ravindra Jadeja dismissed both Bopara and Pietersen in two successive overs to bring India back into the game.

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He first got through the defenses of Ravi Bopara (37) and then trapped Kevin Pietersen (46) LBW right in front of the stumps. At this juncture, England were 92-3 in 13 overs.

Owais Shah (12) and Dimitri Mascarenhas (25*) added 30 runs for the 4th wicket but England never had any momentum in the latter end of the innings. Harbhajan Singh picked up 3 wickets towards the end and England ended their innings at 153-7 in 20 overs.

Kevin Pietersen was the highest scorer for England with 46 of 27 deliveries. Harbhajan Singh was the pick of the bowlers with 3-30 in 4 overs, followed by Ravindra Jadeja who had figures of 2-26 in 4 overs.

In reply, India got off to a dreadful start losing Rohit Sharma (9) and Suresh Raina (2) inside 4 overs. At this juncture, India was struggling at 2-24 in 3.4 overs and to everyone’s surprise Ravindra Jadeja was promoted to number 4 to take the attack to the opposition.

Gautam Gambhir kept the scoreboard ticking from one end. However, Ravindra Jadeja found it hard to bat as he given a barrage of short deliveries throughout the innings by the English seamers. Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Ryan Sidebottom kept bouncing out Jadeja and the young left hander couldn’t rotate the strike.

Gambhir was dismissed caught at shot fine leg, trying to paddle sweep one of the bowling of Dimitri Mascarenhas for 26. Out walked Yuvraj Singh at number 5 and he started the innings with a 6 of the very first ball.

Jadeja was finally dismissed caught at long-on of the bowling of Graeme Swann for 25 of 35 balls. Yuvraj Singh was stumped few balls later and the hopes of an Indian win were diminishing. With 66 requiring of 36 deliveries, Yusuf Pathan and Dhoni struck few boundaries in between but it was too little too less as the required rate kept mounting over after over.

With 19 required off the last over, Ryan Sidebottom was handed over the responsibility by skipper Paul Collingwood. The first 3 balls yielded only 4 runs and with 15 to win off 3 balls, Yusuf Pathan struck one-handed six straight down the ground to bring the hopes alive of an Indian win.

9 to win off 2 balls and a perfect Yorker ensured Pathan could get only a single towards the long-on region. M.S Dhoni struck a boundary of the last ball towards deep-midwicket and India fell short by 3 runs.

Result: India ended up at 150-5 losing the game by 3 runs.

For his excellent bowling, Ryan Sidebottom was awarded the Man of the Match. His bowling figures read 4-0-31-2.

With this loss, India were knocked out of the 2009 T20 World cup and the experts criticized M.S Dhoni for sending Ravindra Jadeja at number 4, who played a slow knock of 25 from 35 balls, which turned out to be a match losing knock.

#2 Jade Dernbach’s 4-fer ensures a win for England in the One-off T20 in 2011

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Skipper M.S Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first on an overcast day at Old Trafford. Ajinkya Rahane and Parthiv Patel got the team off to a great start scoring at more than 8 runs per over. However, the noticeable part of the match was witnessing Rahul Dravid, who was ironically making his debut as well as playing his last game in T20 International Cricket.

Dravid and Rahane put up a 65 runs partnership in just 42 balls for the second wicket. Rahul Dravid in his innings of 31 thumped 3 consecutive sixes of the bowling of Samit Patel. On the other end, Ajinkya Rahane played a classy knock of 61 in just 39 deliveries. His innings was full of authentic cover drives and cuts. However, the dismissal of both these batsman triggered a mini-collapse in the batting.

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At one stage, India were scoring at more than 9 runs per over but with quick loss of wickets, India were restricted to 5-117 in 14 overs. Suresh Raina provided some late impetus by scoring 33 of 19 deliveries but with loss of wickets at the other end, India were bundled out for 165 inside the 20 overs.

Jade Dernbach picked up 4 wickets for just 22 runs and his bowling spell turned out to be a match winning spell.

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In reply to India’s 165, England lost Alex Hales on the very second ball of the innings. Hales was trapped LBW by Vinay Kumar for 0. However, Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen stitched together a 58 run partnership for the second wicket in just 35 deliveries.

Although India picked up the wickets of Kieswetter (18) and Pietersen (33) in quick succession, they couldn’t stem the flow of boundaries.

Eoin Morgan played a counter-attacking knock of 49 from just 27 deliveries that virtually took the game away from India. His knock of 49 comprised of 7 boundaries and 1 huge maximum. Eoin Morgan was dismissed for 49 of the bowling of Munaf Patel, caught at point by Rohit Sharma in the 16th over. At this stage, England required 32 runs from 29 deliveries with 6 wickets in hand.

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Ravi Bopara (31*) and Samit Patel (25*) ensured no further damage was done and England reached home with 3 deliveries to spare.

Result: England beat India by 6 wickets in the one-off T20 game.

#1 Dhoni fails to get India over the finishing line in a cliff-hanger at Edgbaston – 2014

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This was the one-off T20 game played between both the teams in the 2014 season of India’s tour of England. Electing to bat first on a bright and sunny day at the Birmingham Oval, England got off to a shaky start losing Jason Roy (8) and Moeen Ali (0) inside 4 overs.

Alex Hales and Joe Root took the attack to the opposition scoring runs at a brisk pace. Hales struck 3 huge maximums in his 25-ball 40 before being dismissed off the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja.

However, the innings of the match came from the England Skipper Eoin Morgan. The elegant left-hander struck a blistering 71 off just 36 balls, which propelled the scoring rate of England. Morgan struck 7 huge sixes and 3 boundaries in 71 and took the Indian bowlers to the cleaners.

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Ravi Bopara (21*) struck few lusty blows in the end and England managed to put up a daunting total of 180/7 in their allocated 20 overs.

Mohammad Shami was the pick of the bowlers with 3-38 in his 4 overs, while Mohit Sharma, Karn Sharma, and Ravi Jadeja picked up 1 wicket apiece.

In reply, India lost opener Ajinkya Rahane (8) in the very second over bowled off the bowling of Moeen Ali.

Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan struck together a 79-run partnership for the second wicket. While Dhawan milked the bowling from one end, Kohli was aggressive against the England bowling attack. This partnership ensured that the required run rate was in check.

With 92 to win off 10 overs, India lost Shikar Dhawan bowled off the bowling of Chris Woakes for 33. Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli struck together a 42-run partnership for the 3rd wicket before Kohli chipped one into the hands of the deep square leg fielder to be dismissed for a well made 66.

Following the dismissal of Virat Kohli, India required 50 runs from 34 balls and with the likes of Suresh Raina and M.S Dhoni in the crease this was a game in the hands of India.

However, things took a twist as England picked up the crucial wickets of Suresh Raina and Ravi Jadeja in quick succession.

Suresh Raina was clean bowled off the bowling of Harry Gurney for 25, followed by a mix-up that led to the run out of Ravindra Jadeja in the 18th over.

17 runs were required off the last over with M.S Dhoni on strike partnered by Ambati Rayudu. Chris Woakes was given the responsibility to bowl the last over.

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19.1 Dhoni strikes one for 6 over deep-midwicket for a gigantic six to bring the equation to 11 off 5 deliveries.

19.2 A slower ball from Chris Woakes, get pulled towards deep midwicket by M.S Dhoni and both the batsman run 2 runs.

19.3 9 required off 4 balls, Dhoni pulls one again towards deep mid-wicket but with no timing at all. Dhoni refuses to take a run this time.

19.4 9 required off 3 balls, Chris Woakes bowls another slower delivery that gets pulled straight down the ground over the mid-off fielder for a boundary.

19.5 5 required off 2 balls, Dhoni swings one across the hips that reaches the deep square fielder but Dhoni denies the single again.

5 runs were required off the last ball, Woakes delivers another short delivery that gets pulled straight towards the fielder at deep-midwicket. The batsmen could only manage a single and India fell short by 4 runs.

Chris Woakes managed to hold on to his nerve against the might of M.S Dhoni to handover a remarkable victory for England.

Result: England win the one-off T20 by 3 runs

For his blistering knock of 71, Eoin Morgan was awarded Man of the Match.

Once again, critics came hard at M.S Dhoni citing at his tactics to refuse singles in the last over of the game.

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Edited by Amar Anand