England vs India, 2nd T20, India in England, 3 T20I Series, 2022, July 9, 2022

7.5 : Matt Parkinson to Suryakumar Yadav, Wide! 7.4 : Matt Parkinson to Hardik Pandya, 1 run. 7.3 : Matt Parkinson to Suryakumar Yadav, Flighted, full and on middle. This is stroked down to long off for just a single. 7.2 : Matt Parkinson to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Tossed up, around middle and turning away. Suryakumar Yadav dances down the track, giving himself a bit of room and goes inside-out over covers to pick up a boundary. 7.1 : Matt Parkinson to Suryakumar Yadav, Nicely bowled! Floated up on a length and drifting onto the pads. The ball turns away as Suryakumar Yadav awkwardly defends it out. 6.3 : Richard Gleeson to Hardik Pandya, No hat-trick! Richard Gleeson goes full and straight, looking for the yorker. Hardik Pandya with a solid defensive punch towards mid on. 6.2 : Richard Gleeson to Rishabh Pant, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Two in two for Richard Gleeson and he is on a roll! Length again, on leg stump. Rishabh Pant continues with the aggressive approach and walks towards the ball, trying to swing across the line. The ball goes off the inside edge and Jos Buttler takes an easy catch behind the sticks. Gleeson is on a hat-trick and England making a strong comeback into the game. 6.1 : Richard Gleeson to Virat Kohli, OUT! TAKEN! An absolute stunner from Dawid Malan! This is bowled on a hard length, around off stump. Virat Kohli with a very unlike Kohli shot tries to smash it back over the bowler’s head from inside the crease. The ball flies off the top edge and goes over backward point. Malan runs back quite a fair bit and takes it over his shoulders. Brilliant from Malan and Richard Gleeson has sent back Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, what a debut! 5.6 : Moeen Ali to Virat Kohli, Kohli is underway! On the pads, this is flicked in front of square on the leg side for a single. At the end of the Powerplay, India are flying at 59/1! 5.5 : Moeen Ali to Rishabh Pant, On off, this is pushed towards mid off for a quick single. 5.4 : Moeen Ali to Rishabh Pant, Uppish but safe! Floated up around off, Pant looks to slog sweep but mistimes it badly on the bounce to the fielder at mid on. 5.3 : Moeen Ali to Rishabh Pant, Flatter delivery, on off stump, Pant can’t get it away on the off side. 5.2 : Moeen Ali to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Nonchalantly done! On a shorter length and around leg stump, Pant with a sort of a half-pull, using his wrists and gets it past square leg for a boundary. 5.1 : Moeen Ali to Rishabh Pant, SIX! India doing to England what they have been doing to almost everyone else in the last few years. Tossed up, around off. Rishabh Pant steps out and launches it over the vacant long off fence for a biggie. 4.6 : Richard Gleeson to Virat Kohli, Back of a length, angling into middle and ;eg. Kohli looks to work it towards the leg side but gets a leading edge towards covers. End of a successful first over from Richard Gleeson! 4.5 : Richard Gleeson to Rohit Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Ohh… Rohit Sharma departs while trying to be aggressive again! Rohit Sharma dances down the track and Richard Gleeson who spots it, bangs it short and angles it onto Rohit’s body. He looks to pull this but is hurried by this short delivery and gets a top edge. The ball goes behind the keeper but Buttler runs behind and takes a brilliant diving catch. End of another fine knock from the Indian skipper, it is not a big one but he has gi 4.4 : Richard Gleeson to Rohit Sharma, A length delivery angling into middle and leg. Sharma dances down the track and heaves it towards the deep mid-wicket region. It is not timed perfectly but still enough to add two runs to the score. 4.3 : Richard Gleeson to Rohit Sharma, Lands on a length, around off. Sharma looks to punch it away but misses. 4.2 : Richard Gleeson to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Slammed! Again the fullish length, around off. Sharma just stays deep in his crease and launches it wide of mid on for a boundary. 4.1 : Richard Gleeson to Rohit Sharma, The debutant starts with a fullish length on off. Sharma drives it to mid off. 3.6 : Moeen Ali to Rohit Sharma, Slower in the air and much fuller on middle. Sharma works it behind square on the leg side for a single. 11 runs coming from this over and India is off to a flying start! 3.5 : Moeen Ali to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Another boundary! A half-tracker on middle. Sharma rocks back and pulls it towards the mid-wicket fence for a boundary. 3.4 : Moeen Ali to Rohit Sharma, Angling into leg. Sharma skips down the track and looks to clip it but the ball hits his pads. 3.3 : Moeen Ali to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Boundaries are coming regularly here! This is around off. Sharma creates the room by backing away and lofts it over the cover fielder in the ring for a boundary. 3.2 : Moeen Ali to Rishabh Pant, Pushed quicker on off. Pant drives it to mid off and takes a quick single. 6.6 : Richard Gleeson to Hardik Pandya, No run. 3.1 : Moeen Ali to Rohit Sharma, A full toss on middle. Sharma drives it to long on for a single. 2.6 : David Willey to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Brilliant! Pant is playing with the field here! On a length, on leg. Pant just picks it off his pads and gets it over short fine leg for a boundary. 6.5 : Richard Gleeson to Hardik Pandya, On a hard length again, angling into the body and with a bit of extra zip behind it as well. Pandya does well to fend away the ball. 2.6 : David Willey to Rishabh Pant, WIDE! Goes fuller but ends up drifting down the leg side. Pant looks to paddle it in his own unusual way but does not connect. 2.5 : David Willey to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length, outside off. Pant looks to cut it this time but misses. David Willey to Rishabh Pant, WIDE! Seems like a harsh call of wide this! This is wider outside off. A length delivery and Pant looks to reverse-scoop it, he misses though and it called wide by the umpire. 6.4 : Richard Gleeson to Hardik Pandya, This is good, confident bowling from Gleeson. Around the top of off and nipping back in a touch. Pandya looks to thrash it through covers but mistimes it badly. David Willey to Rishabh Pant, Drilled straight to mid off. This is full and outside off. Pant hits it hard but finds the fielder at mid off. 2.3 : David Willey to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Nicely played! Back of a length, around off. Pant waits for it and just guides it wide of short third man for a boundary. 2.2 : David Willey to Rohit Sharma, Fullish and outside off. Sharma drives it to sweeper cover for a single. Hardik Pandya walks out to the middle now. He will face the hat-trick ball! 2.1 : David Willey to Rohit Sharma, SIX! The Hitman with his second maximum! Willey goes full in search of some swing, it is on off. Sharma just tonks it over long off for a maximum. 1.5 : Sam Curran to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! First boundary for Rishabh Pant! This is pitched up on off. Pant gets under it and slams it over mid off for a boundary. 1.4 : Sam Curran to Rohit Sharma, A low full toss on off. Sharma drives it to sweeper cover for a single. 1.3 : Sam Curran to Rohit Sharma, Lands on a length, on off. Sharma blocks it off the front foot this time. 6.1 : Suryakumar Yadav is the next man in. 4.5 : Virat Kohli is in at number 3. 2.6 : Moeen Ali comes into the attack now. David Willey to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Rohit Sharma ends the over with a maximum! This is on a length, on the pads. Sharma just picks it off this legs and sends it into the crowd over the backward square leg fence.  0.5 : David Willey to Rohit Sharma, Pulls his length back a bit and it is outside off. Sharma goes chasing for it but misses. 0.4 : David Willey to Rohit Sharma, Did that carry? Yes, Roy drops a sitter! This is full and around off. Sharma looks to drive it but gets a thick outside edge towards point. It goes low towards Roy at point but still at a comfortable height but Roy drops it. 0.3 : David Willey to Rishabh Pant, Pant is off the mark straight away! Goes fuller on off. Pant defends it towards the leg side and takes a quick single. 0.2 : David Willey to Rohit Sharma, Willey finds an edge this time but it is wide of the first slip and Rohit Sharma and India are underway! This is full on off. Sharma looks to heave it towards the leg side but gets a thick outside edge to third man for a single. 0.1 : David Willey to Rohit Sharma, David Willey starts with a fullish delivery on off. Rohit Sharma pushes it off the front foot to mid off. 1.6 : Sam Curran to Rishabh Pant, Short delivery this time and it is outside off. Pant lets it go. Good start so far for India! 1.2 : Sam Curran to Rohit Sharma, Great delivery! A slower length delivery, around off. Sharma looks to defend but gets an edge. However, the ball falls short of the keeper. 1.1 : Sam Curran to Rishabh Pant, Curran with a fullish length again, on off. It swings away a bit and takes the outside edge of Pant’s blade who looks to drive. The ball goes towards backward point and a single is taken. Sam Curran to Rishabh Pant, WIDE! Curran starts with a full delivery but it is down the leg side. Pant looks to clip it but misses. 0.6 : Sam Curran to bowl from the opposite end. 0.0 : We are ready for play! The weather is lovely and the umpires are out in the middle. The English players spread out on the field as Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant walk out to open thye innings for India. David Willey has the new ball in hand and is raring to go. Let’s play… India (Playing XI) – Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli (In place of Deepak Hooda), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK) (In place of Ishan Kishan), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja (In place of Axar Patel), Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (In place of Arshdeep Singh), Yuzvendra Chahal. Rohit Sharma, the captain of India, says they would have batted first and tells that it is a good pitch. Mentions that he has heard that a game was played here three days back in T20 Blast and they need to adapt quickly. Informs that they have four changes in the playing XI. He tells that it is important to start well and what they did in the Southampton was quite good and they want to continue that. Says that they want to play with the aggressive intent going forward and they understand that Jos Buttler, the captain of England, says they will bowl first because there are short boundaries and are confident of chasing. Informs that Richard Gleeson and David Willey come in for Topley and Tymal Mills. Adds that Richard Gleeson is good at the death and is excited to see him in action. Mentions that the ground id fantastic and India are well supported here too so should be a great game. England (Playing XI) – Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (C) (WK), Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, David Willey, Chris Jordan, Richard Gleeson, Matt Parkinson.  TOSS – The coin goes up and lands in favour of Jos Buttler. England have elected to BOWL first. The live pictures show that Richard Gleeson, the 34-year old is getting his cap in the England team’s huddle. So we will surely have one change in the England line-up and let’s see how the pacer goes about his business on his debut.