Virat Kohli woes continue as he edges one outside off and dismiss by David Willey. Kohli score 16 runs off 25 balls in India’s 100-run loss to England in the second One-Day International.
Virat Kohli’s lean streak shows no signs of abating. He scored 11 and 20 in two innings in the fifth rescheduled Test against England. Then, in the T20I series, he only managed to score one and eleven runs. Then he missed the first ODI against England due to a groin strain. He returned in the second ODI, only to be bowl for 16 by David Willey. After India were reduce to 29/3 in the 11th over while chasing a 247-run target. A lot was expected from the former Indian cricket team captain, but he fail to deliver once more.
Willey, the fast bowling allrounder. Bowl the 12th over and was caught by wicketkeeper Jos Buttler on a length ball that was shaping away.
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Virat Kohli falls for another low score
Earlier, Yuzvendra Chahal’s clever variations. Combined with Hardik Pandya’s steady fast medium bowling, helped India bowl out England in 49 overs for 246. Moeen Ali (47 off 64 balls) returned the attack to the opposition camp with audacious hooked and pulled sixes interspersed with slog sweeps, giving England’s total some semblance of respectability after the feared top-order promised much but delivered little.
Moeen and Willey (41 off 49 balls) added 62 runs for the seventh wicket to help set up a 250-run target after 200 seemed improbable.
Chahal (10-0-47-4) was brilliant in managing his lengths while giving the ball a lot of air as he got rid of England’s ‘Big Three’ — Jonny Bairstow (31), Joe Root (11) and Ben Stokes (21) — and then snuffed out Moeen just when he was looking dangerous on a two-paced track.
On the other end, Pandya (6-0-28-2) chipped in with wickets of Jason Roy (23) and Liam Livingstone (33) to choke the run-flow as Rohit Sharma had another successful day in charge, maneuvering his six-man attack.
Mohammed Shami (10-0-48-1) looked as regal as ever as he castled rival captain Jos Buttler (4) with a sharp inswinger that tailed in late. Although it wasn’t as bad for England as the first game, Jasprit Bumrah (10-1-49-2) and Shami were once again in the zone.
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