Chennai: After defeating England in the first T20I of an ongoing series, India and England arrived in Chennai ahead of their second T20I of the five-match series, which will be played on Saturday.
With India 1-0 ahead in the series after a three-wicket win in the first T20I at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens on Wednesday. India will be aiming to take another step in continuing their dominant ways in T20I format. Meanwhile England, under new head coach Brendon McCullum, would be looking forward to finally delivering the ‘Bazball’ brand of cricket after a stumble at Kolkata.
The second T20I will be played at the Chepauk Stadium.
In first match, India won the toss and elected to field first. England lost wickets at regular intervals, with only skipper Jos Buttler (68 in 44 balls, with eight fours and two sixes) fighting it out for Three Lions. England was restricted to 132 in 20 overs.
Spinner Varun Chakravarthy (3/23) was the top wicket-taker for India. Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel got two scalps for India.
Varun got the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his bowling spell.
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