India face resurgent England to stay alive in series
After a convincing victory at Kanpur, England will look to ride the momentum and seal the three-match T20 series at Nagpur today. Skipper Virat Kohli meanwhile finds himself in a situation that he has never come across as a captain - having to save a series.
England outplayed India in all the departments for the first time in their tour and won a game convincingly to push the pressure on the hosts. India now
The visitors came in with a plan in the first T20 and it was well executed by England bowlers who cut off the scoring areas of the hosts' batsmen at Kanpur.
On the other hand, India struggled to score freely and lack of partnerships has cost them heavily, and it is the short ball that troubled them more than anything else. The only positive was spinner Chahal who showed a lot of
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With a convincing victory at Kanpur, England
Possible XI: 1 Sam Billings, 2 Jason Roy, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler, 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Jordan, 9 Liam Plunkett, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Tymal Mills
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India, on the other hand,
Possible XI: 1 Virat Kohli (capt), 2 KL Rahul, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5, MS Dhoni (wk), 6 Manish Pandey, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Parvez Rasool/Amit Mishra, 9 Yuzvendra Chahal, 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Ashish Nehra, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
Venue: Nagpur, VCA stadium
Pitch
Meanwhile, the pitch at Nagpur is likely to assist spinners more than the Kanpur one, and with big square boundaries, the short ball theory will be tested once again.
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