India vs England, Highlights, 2nd T20 at Ahmedabad, Full Cricket Score: Virat Kohli anchors hosts to seven-wicket win

Ishan Kishan, Player of the Match  

Kishan: Credit goes to my seniors who gave me confidence to go there and express myself. It is not easy to come and play against a top team. Mumbai Indians have taught me a lot in that regard. That shot did not go my way today. Today I got a good start and I wanted to finish the game and I was upset I could not. When T Curran bowled one and I smashed him for a six, that was the moment I felt I could hit more. I was feeling very happy that finally I am here and finally all the hard-work has paid off. This knock is a tribute to my coach’s dad who passed away a few days ago.

After 17.5 overs,India 166/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 73 , Shreyas Iyer 8)

Kohli redirects a full toss from Jordan towards fine leg, which would’ve been a boundary had it not been for Morgan placing protection in that area. A dot and a single off the next two deliveries, before Virat finishes it off in style with a four and a six off consecutive deliveries.

India bounce back in style after getting outplayed in the previous game, winning by seven wickets this time with 13 balls to spare! Virat Kohli produces a captain’s knock, remaining unbeaten on 73, with Ishan Kishan (56) having set the foundation earlier in his company.

After 17 overs,India 154/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 62 , Shreyas Iyer 7)

Archer back for his final over. Single off each of the first two deliveries, with Virat collecting his fourth boundary with an inside out loft two balls later. Misses while attempting to pull a short delivery off the fifth, and keeps the strike with a quick single off the last ball. Archer finishes wicketless, having conceded 24 runs from his quota of four overs along the way. India need 11 off 18.

After 16 overs,India 147/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 56 , Shreyas Iyer 6)

Kohli survives a close stumping chance in the second delivery of Rashid’s final over of the evening, with replays showing the India skipper’s foot on the crease with a tiny part of it inside — enough for the TV umpire to rule it in favour of the batsman. The leg spinner keeps it tidy in his final over, giving away just four to sign off with 1/38 from four. India, meanwhile, need 18 more to win from four overs with seven wickets intact.

After 15 overs,India 143/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 54 , Shreyas Iyer 4)

Tom Curran, who had conceded 16 in the only over he had bowled so far, returns to the attack and ends up conceding 10 off this one. Virat Kohli, meanwhile, brings up his half-century with a lovely strike over long off off the third delivery. India need 22 off 30 balls now.

After 14 overs,India 133/3 ( Virat Kohli (C) 46 , Shreyas Iyer 2)

India continue to gallop towards the target in this over as Pant smashes Jordan for a four and a six off consecutive deliveries. Jordan, however, pulls things back for his team by getting rid of the feisty keeper-batsman off the fourth ball as Pant departs for a 13-ball 26. Shreyas Iyer is the new man in and is off the mark with a brace off the last delivery. 14 runs and a wicket from the over, with India needing less than run a ball from hereon (32 off 36 with 7 wickets in hand).

OUT! Pant’s cameo comes to an end as he ends up flicking the ball off the toe end of his bat while looking for another big hit, offering Bairstow a simple catch at deep midwicket. He departs after entertaining 26 with a strike rate of 200! IND 130/3

Pant c Bairstow b Jordan 26(13)

After 13 overs,India 119/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 44 , Rishabh Pant (W) 16)

Sam Curran bowls out his quota of overs, signing off with figures of 1/22 with eight coming off his final over. Just when it seemed he would walk away with another tidy over, Pant ruins it with a boundary off his last delivery of the evening. India need 46 off 42 balls.

After 12 overs,India 111/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 42 , Rishabh Pant (W) 10)

Rishabh Pant does his bit to keep the required run rate under check as he gets down on one knee, slog-sweeping the ball into the stands beyond cow corner. The pair keep the scoreboard ticking after the big hit to sustain the pressure on the visitors, collecting a single off each of the next three balls, with Kohli running back for a second off the last delivery. 12 from the over. India need 54 off 48 to level the series.

After 11 overs,India 99/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 38 , Rishabh Pant (W) 2)

One left-hander replaces another, maintaining the left-right combination at the centre, as Rishabh Pant walks to the crease. He gets off the mark with a single off the second delivery that he faces. Five off the over, with India needing another 66 from 54 — one that should be a walk in the park, unless England are able to stop the run flow with a couple of more wickets at this stage.

Ishan Kishan:

– Second Indian player to score a fifty on T20I debut 

– First Indian player to hit four sixes on T20I debut

After 10 overs,India 94/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 35 , )

Kishan continues to attack Rashid, smacking him for back-to-back sixes off the first two deliveries of the over to bring up his maiden international fifty in style. Rashid eventually gets Kishan’s wicket as he traps the young southpaw leg-before off the last delivery, the batsman going for the review but getting ‘Umpire’s Call’ on wickets in the end. End of a scintillating innings from the youngster, one that has just made Shikhar Dhawan’s chances of making it to the T20 World Cup squad just that much more difficult. 14 runs and a wicket from the over.

OUT! Rashid finally ends the partnership that was just one hit away from the century mark, as he traps Kishan leg-before just as the southpaw was looking for a reverse slap, missing the ball completely. Kishan tries to review it after a quick chat with Kohli, and the ball is shown to be clipping the off stump. IND 94/2

Kishan lbw Rashid 56(32)

After 9 overs,India 80/1 ( Ishan Kishan 42 , Virat Kohli (C) 35)

Archer back in place of Stokes. Kohli drives the ball through the off side for a brace at the start of the over, and brings Kishan on strike with a single off the next. Square leg umpire signals a wide after Archer digs it real short in the fourth delivery — a decision the bowler visibly isn’t happy with. Five off the over.

After 8 overs,India 75/1 ( Ishan Kishan 41 , Virat Kohli (C) 32)

Spin introduced for the first time after powerplay, as Morgan gives the ball to Rashid. Kishan gets down on one knee and sweeps the ball towards the midwicket fence for another boundary, but is nearly dismissed next delivery — staying at the crease after Ben Stokes drops a regulation chance at long on. Rashid’s gutted to have missed out on a crucial breakthrough in his first over, in which he ends up conceding eight runs.

After 7 overs,India 67/1 ( Ishan Kishan 34 , Virat Kohli (C) 31)

Kohli races back for a second run at the start of the over as Morgan brings Stokes in place of Jordan. Stokes oversteps in the next delivery, and the crowd goes wild as the no-ball hooter goes off. Kohli makes the most of the free hit, albeit with a thick outside edge that carries all the way over the third man fence. Kishan continues to impress, pulling the ball over deep square leg for another maximum off the penultimate delivery, before collecting a single off the last ball to keep the strike. 17 off this over, with 33 coming off the last two. England under pressure at the moment.

After 6 overs,India 50/1 ( Ishan Kishan 27 , Virat Kohli (C) 22)

Expensive start for Tom Curran after he’s brought in place of Jofra Archer, getting smashed for two fours and a six by Ishan Kishan as he brings up the fifty stand with Kohli for the second wicket at the end of the powerplay. Fine recovery for the hosts after losing the wicket of KL Rahul early, needing another 115 to win off 84 balls with nine wickets in hand.

After 5 overs,India 34/1 ( Ishan Kishan 12 , Virat Kohli (C) 21)

Jordan, brought into the attack in place of Curran, nearly gets rid of Kohli off the first delivery and Kishan two balls later — Buttler fluffing the chance and allowing the ball to race away for a four in the first one, and the ball landing short of Dawid Malan at deep square leg off the third. Second boundary for Kohli in the over after he guides the ball towards long leg off the penultimate delivery, before driving the ball towards sweeper cover for a brace off the last ball. 12 off the over.

After 4 overs,India 22/1 ( Ishan Kishan 11 , Virat Kohli (C) 10)

Kohli gets into the act now as he gets on top of the bounce generated by Archer at the start of the over, pulling the ball through the midwicket region for his first boundary of the evening. Three runs in addition to that four added to the Indian total in this over. India will be happy with the progress these two have made since Rahul’s early exit.

After 3 overs,India 15/1 ( Ishan Kishan 11 , Virat Kohli (C) 4)

Kishan continues to bat positively as he pulls a back-of-length delivery from Curran towards the midwicket fence for a four off the second delivery. That’s four of the nine runs collected this over, with Kohli and Kishan rotating the strike between themselves through singles.

After 2 overs,India 6/1 ( Ishan Kishan 5 , Virat Kohli (C) 1)

Jofra Archer from the other end. Ishan Kishan, meanwhile, is off to a flourishing start in international cricket as he collects a boundary off the first delivery that he faces. Couple of singles collected off the remaining deliveries, with skipper Virat Kohli also opening his account in the process.

After 1 over,India 0/1 ( Ishan Kishan 0 , )

Sam Curran starts off from over the wicket to Rahul, shaping the ball away from the right-hander first up. Rahul fails to score off the next four deliveries as Curran sticks to a tight line to the hard-hitting opener, before getting the outside edge off the last ball with one that moves away from the bat. Dream start for England as the younger Curran sibling walks away with a wicket maiden.

OUT! Five dot balls on the trot, and Rahul ends up nicking the ball to the keeper off the last delivery, as England are off to a dream start! IND 0/1

Rahul c Buttler b S Curran 0(6)

Ishan Kishan in PP overs in IPL:

Runs : 365
Dismissals : 8 
SR : 121.7

New opening combination for the Indians today as Ishan Kishan walks out to open alongside KL Rahul, with Sam Curran set to bowl the first over for the Englishmen.

And the chase is underway!

England today:

PP overs : 44/1 (RR : 7.33)
Middle-overs : 85/3 (RR : 9.44)
Death overs : 35/2 (RR : 7.00)

Decent comeback by the Indian attack today

Just 28 runs from England's last four overs. Only once since the start of 2018 have they scored fewer runs in the final overs of a completed innings. #INDvENG

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) March 14, 2021

After 20 overs,England 164/6 ( Sam Curran 6 , Chris Jordan 0)

England finish with 164/6 on the board. 

Stokes collected one at long on on the first ball. One bye off the second ball. The third ball is a slow off cutter, going across Stokes who wanted to smash it over deep mid-wicket, miscued it. He was frustrated and it reflected in that shot he played on the next ball, hit it flat to Hardik at long on. Sam Curran collects boundary off the last ball to take England’s total to 164/6 at end of 20 overs.

India need 165 to win and level series.

After 19 overs,England 158/5 ( Ben Stokes 23 , Sam Curran 2)

Bhuvneshwar comes back. Pace off the ball and bowling away from Stokes arc. Stokes tries to scoop the second ball over the keeper, misses it completely. Bhuvi bowls a brilliant yorker next, Stokes manages to hit it right back at the bowler. Pandya with a terrible fielding effort on the off side inside the circle, Stokes collected two off it. Stokes manages to collect one boundary in the over. Nine off it.

After 18 overs,England 149/5 ( Ben Stokes 14 , Sam Curran 2)

Thakur succeeds on the first ball of the over, removes Morgan with a smart piece of bowling. It was a nice off cutter, away from Morgan’s arc and it resulted in a wicket. Stokes almsot handed a catch to Ishan Kishan at backward point, he did well to stop it on one bounce. Stokes steals three on the third ball thanks to fresh legs of Sam Curran who pushed for it. Seven off the over and a wicket.

Hardik the bowler back in full swing!

Pretty decent return to bowling from Hardik - just two boundaries conceded of his four overs. First time since Sep 2019 he has bowled a full quota of four overs in a T20.#INDvENG

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) March 14, 2021

After 17 overs,England 142/4 ( Eoin Morgan (C) 28 , Ben Stokes 9)

Pandya back on to complete his spell. A single each for Morgan and Stokes on first two balls. Stokes wanted to scoop Pandya for a six to third man, miscued but still got two at third man. Pandya finished the spell with two dots. Just six off the over. 0/33 off four for Pandya.

The reason behind England’s transformation in white-ball cricket post-2015
 

Two balls left for Chahal, four wickets down, with five overs of right-arm fast-medium remaining

So many batsmen would knock a couple of singles before going hard at the death but Morgan reverse-sweeps for four. Sums up England's approach under him

— Matt Roller (@mroller98) March 14, 2021

After 16 overs,England 136/4 ( Eoin Morgan (C) 27 , Ben Stokes 4)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes back into the attack and starts the over with a wide, that was too wide outside the off stump. Morgan is using his feet well against the pacer, slaps him to sweeper cover for a single. One bye on the second ball and then a super fielding off his own bowling by Bhuvi to stop a certain  boundary. Morgan collects a two on the off side next and then a single to long on off the fifth ball. Stokes hammers the ball to long off for a single to make it seven off the over.

After 15 overs,England 129/4 ( Eoin Morgan (C) 23 , Ben Stokes 2)

Chahal finishes the over. Sundar completed his spell with figures of 2/29 from four. Morgan collects a single to deep mid-wicket off the first ball. Ben Stokes comes in and gets off the mark straightaway. Two left-handers in the middle. Morgan with a fine reverse-sweep collects a boundary. Nine off the over.

After 14 overs,England 120/4 ( Eoin Morgan (C) 16 , Ben Stokes 0)

Sundar continues and he almost had a wicket on the first ball of the over with Bairstow giving a catch to Surya at deep mid-wicket. He spilled it, let it go for a maximum. he though rectified the error with a good catch on the penultimate ball of the over to dismiss the same batter Bairstow. Kohli with a stupendous effort at mid-wicket as well, stopped a certain boundary. Nine off the over and a wicket.

After 13 overs,England 111/3 ( Jonny Bairstow 13 , Eoin Morgan (C) 14)

Thakur back on, starts off with a shorter one, and Morgan gives him a charge, gets beaten. The second ball is slightly pitched up, seaming away from Morgan, he reached out for it, ball finds the inside edge and runs away for four runs behind the stumps. Hundred up for England as well with that shot. Morgan gifted another boundary thanks to a poor effort in the deep by Iyer. Four leg byes on the last ball, makes it 14 off it. Not a bad over for England at all.

After 12 overs,England 97/3 (Jonny Bairstow 12, Eoin Morgan 5)

Sundar back on and he gets Roy on the first ball. Fine catch by Bhuvneshwar in the lights. England captain Eoin Morgan has come in to bat at No 5. His strike rate 139. England need some of that striking tonight. He starts off with a boundary, in typical Morgan style. Six off the over and a wicket.

Jonny Bairstow vs Yuzvendra Chahal in T20s:

Runs : 16
Balls : 18
Dismissals : 2

After 11 overs,England 91/2 ( Jason Roy 46 , Jonny Bairstow 11)

Chahal continues. Bairstow flicks him for a single. Roy smashed it back to Chahal on the second ball, hit hard, Chahal attempted to catch it, but it deflected off his hand to long off for a single. Bairstow wanted to smash the third ball for a six over deep mid-wicket but failed to connect. The fourth ball he hits in air for a single to man at long off. Single off the fifth ball off the bat of Roy and a boundary to finish the over. Eight off the over.

After 10 overs,England 83/2 ( Jason Roy 44 , Jonny Bairstow 5)

Pandya continues. Kohli fails to collect the ball at the stumps and as a result, Bairstow collects the second on the first ball of the over. Hits the second ball for a single to long on. Roy collects single with a tap to cover on the third. Bairstow plays the fourth ball late to third man for a single. Roy pulls the fifth ball for a single to cow corner. Roy with an ugly heave to long on for two runs to complete the over. Nine off the over.

The ball was dangerously close to Pandya’s head after a powerful smash by Roy down the ground

Jeez I swear there’s going to be a bowler seriously cleaned up by one coming back at them.

A was on comms at Edgbaston when Luke Fletcher got hit and was frightening.

— 🗡️Charles Dagnall 🗡️ (@CharlesDagnall) March 14, 2021

After 9 overs,England 74/2 ( Jason Roy 39 , Jonny Bairstow 1)

Chahal continues. Huge appeal for LBW against Malan who was looking to reverse-sweep Chahal. That looked close but Kohli did not take it, Pant the keeper was not interested as well. Similar second ball, leg spinner, that spun in from off stump to Malan, hit the front pad of the left-handed batsman who was looking to sweep Chahal. Kohli went for the review this time after umpire Chaudhary was unmoved to the appeal and got Malan. Two boundaries off the reverse-sweep for Roy in later half of the over. 10 off it and a wicket. Jonny Bairstow has joined Roy in the middle.

After 8 overs,England 64/1 ( Jason Roy 31 , Dawid Malan 24)

Pandya continues. Fifty up for England in last over as well as fifty-run stand for the second wicket between Roy and Malan. Took a single off the second ball and then Roy ran a double off leg byes. He smashed Pandya for a boundary straight down the ground, the shot reflected how frustrated he was since the last over bowled by Chahal. Two singles off the last two deliveries, make it 13 off the over.

After 7 overs,England 51/1 ( Jason Roy 26 , Dawid Malan 18)

Yuzvendra Chahal, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack now after the end of the powerplay. He starts off with a quicker one outside the off stump to Roy, who missed it. Similar second ball and this time Roy wanted to reverse-sweep it for a six, missed it again. Third ball, he came out slightly but Chahal went further outside the off stump, Pant collected the clipped the bails, but Roy’s back foot was back in time. Chahal stuck to the wide line but the fourth ball was more wide. The penultimate ball shorter and straighter, Roy smashed it for a six, a lovely gift to release the pressure. Last ball a dot as well. Seven off the over.

After 6 overs,England 44/1 ( Jason Roy 20 , Dawid Malan 18)

Hardik Pandya, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack now, replaces Sundar. Expect him to bowl a lot more since India are a bowler short in this game with Axar missing out. Single off the first two balls for Malan and Roy respectively. Third ball a slower one, mixing it up beautifully, Malan tapped it to off side for one more single. A lovely slow yorker going down leg, almost tricked Roy who wanted to sweep him, did not miss the leg stump that ball by much and the umpire called it a wide. Harsh call that. Fourth ball, wider, Roy made room and reached out for the ball, the ball flew over the cover fielder after hitting the bottom edge and landed safely, two collected off it. Roy smashed the fifth ball to mid off and ran a quick single. Pandya finished the over with a dot. End of powerplay. Seven off it.

After 5 overs,England 37/1 ( Jason Roy 16 , Dawid Malan 16)

Shardul Thakur, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack now, replaces Bhuvneshwar. Roy dances down the track straightaway on the first ball but misses it completely. Collects a single on the second ball with a flick. Malan almost handed a catch to short fine leg where Chahal waited for the ball and did not dive forward. Next ball, a clever slower one to Malan from Thakur, it almost worked for the bowler, produced a thick edge but beat the short third man fielder and went for four runs. Nice variations from Thakur in the over, he finishes the over with a dot, a slow yorker to Roy who was making room to go big on the off side. Seven off the over.

After 4 overs,England 30/1 ( Jason Roy 15 , Dawid Malan 11)

Sundar continues. Brave from Kohli to give him the ball against Roy. Roy takes the single on the first ball. Malan gets a short one, but fails to find the gap on the off side, hitting it straight to Pandya at cover. Third ball, he collects a single at mid on. Roy with a big heave to the long on for a single. Huge appeal for LBW against Malan on the fifth ball, umpire unmoved. Kohli did not take the review as well, was going down leg, said Kohli himself. Malan finishes the over with a boundary.

Washington Sundar in powerplay overs in T20Is:

Wickets : 13
Eco. rate : 6.65

After 3 overs,England 23/1 ( Jason Roy 13 , Dawid Malan 6)

Bhuvi this time brings the first ball of the over in to Roy, unlike the last over. Good ploy by the Indian speedster, quizzing the opening bat. Second ball, even a better one, nipped back in further, and hit the back thigh, went past Pant for four leg byes. Next ball, Roy swung hard at it and collected a boundary behind square. The fifth ball of the over weirdly stays low to Malan. Chahal with a poor fielding effort, helped Malan come back for a second. 11 off the over.

After 2 overs,England 12/1 ( Jason Roy 8 , Dawid Malan 4)

Washington Sundar, right-arm off break, into the attack and Roy welcomes him with a six off the first ball. Works the third ball to the on side for a single. Malan plays two dots and out of frustration, dances down the track on the last ball of the over, but fails to connect. Three back to back dots for Sundar to finish the over. Good stuff after being hit for six on the first ball. Seven off it.

After 1 over, England 5/1 ( Jason Roy 1 , Dawid Malan 4)

Bhuvi starts things off for India. Oh and swing straightaway. Outswinger to start with, Roy wanted to drive it on the up, took the inside edge and went to mid on. Room given on the second ball, Roy slashed hard but Surya at backward point stopped the boundary with a dive. Roy took a single nonetheless. Buttler gone on the first ball he faced, adjudged LBW. The ball would have just clipped the bails, the tracker says. Dawid Malan joins Roy and starts off with a boundary. Five off the over and a wicket.

Did You Know?

England have won their last five away T20I series while India have won their last five T20I series.

The two players who will be donning the iconic blue jersey for the first time this evening

Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan are set to make their first T20I appearances 🙌#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/1mXZJR5LGr

— ICC (@ICC) March 14, 2021

Massive opportunity for the youngster today
 

Debutant Ishan Kishan to open. Clearly India want an attacking leftie option at the top and Dhawan is not cutting it at the moment.

This is a potential mega move. #IndvEng

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) March 14, 2021

England XI: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid

India XI: KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal

Virat Kohli: Looking at the surface, and the result of the last match, better to bowl first. Dhawan and Axar miss out. Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan make their debuts. 

Eoin Morgan: One forced changed. Tom Curran comes in for Mark Wood. You need to have many options, not knowing what the conditions will be like.

Kishan, Surya handed debuts

Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav have been given their maiden caps during a team huddle shortly before toss in the second T20I against England, confirms official broadcaster Star Sports. Both batsman enjoyed stellar runs in IPL 2020, as well as in recent domestic fixtures.

ICYMI: Yuvi involved in another six-fest

Former India batsman Yuvraj Singh rekindled memories of the 2007 ICC World T20 when he smashed four consecutive sixes off Zander de Bruyn’s bowling as India legends registered a 57-run victory over South Africa legends in the ongoing Road Safety World Series T20 tournament.

Some key stats at the end of the first T20I by our statistician Umang Pabari:

 – India losing most T20Is against a team:

   9 : Australia 
   8 : New Zealand 
   8 : England

 – Yuzvendra Chahal is now the highest wicket-taker for India in T20Is, going past Jasprit Bumrah’s tally of 59 wickets. 

 – Virat Kohli has 14 ducks in international cricket as a captain – the most among Indian captains, going past Sourav Ganguly who recorded 13 ducks.

India’s “play freely” batting philosophy that skipper Virat Kohli has advocated won’t change despite the opening T20I debacle against England, the rapidly-rising Shreyas Iyer said but acknowledged that it needs better execution in the coming games.

Read what all Shreyas Iyer has to say here.

England pacer Jofra Archer said he needs to look after his troublesome elbow first before setting sights on his twin targets of playing in the T20 World Cup in India and the Ashes Down Under.

Click here to read the quotes.

The squads:

India: Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Navdeep Saini, T Natarajan, Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Rahul Chahar

England: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Sam Billings, Reece Topley, Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Liam Livingstone

“We just weren’t aware of what we had to do on that pitch, lack of execution on our shots is something we have to address,” Kohli said after going down by eight wickets.

Read more from Kohli here.

Not a happy Sunday for the women’s team. Mithali Raj and Co have beaten by South Africa by seven wickets in the fourth ODI. Proteas have also sealed the series.

Click here to check out the full scorecard.

Click here to read the report.

Left shaken by a bunch of world-class operators, the Indian team’s white-ball stars will be aiming to put up an improved batting effort in the second T20I against England on Sunday.

Read the 2nd T20I preview here.