7 wickets for 55 runs, Team India scattered like cards, eclipse started as soon as Kohli was out, India could not even play 50 overs

New Delhi. A very disappointing form of Indian batting was seen in the ongoing second ODI between India and England at Sophia Gardens. The Indian team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, could not stay on the crease even for the entire 50 overs and was reduced to just 233 runs in 44 overs. Team India, which was looking at a score of 300 at one time, succumbed so much in the last overs that it lost its last 7 wickets in just 55 runs. After the combative innings of Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer, as soon as Kohli’s wicket fell, the Indian middle and lower order collapsed like a pack of cards.

The Indian innings was started by captain Shubman Gill and experienced Rohit Sharma. Both of them played cautiously and tried to give a steady start to the team. Shubman Gill looked in good touch and played a quick inning of 31 runs in 30 balls with the help of 6 fours. However, in the eighth over, he was caught by Ben Duckett on a ball from Gus Atkinson and India got its first blow on the total score of 44.

After this, run-machine Virat Kohli came to the crease. Kohli along with Rohit Sharma took the innings forward. Rohit was holding one end, but he could not convert his innings into a big innings. After scoring 26 runs (1 four, 1 six) in 47 balls, Rohit was caught out by Jos Buttler by Will Jacques. India’s second wicket fell at 104 runs. Immediately after this, wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan, who came to bat, proved to be a flop and became the victim of Sam Curran after scoring just 1 run. The Indian team looked to be in a bit of trouble after losing 3 wickets for 111 runs.

The century partnership of Kohli and Shreyas took over
After three wickets fell early, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer took charge. Both the batsmen faced the sharp bowling of the English bowlers wisely. Shreyas Iyer played some brilliant shots while counter-attacking, while Kohli kept rotating the strike. Both of them made an important partnership of 67 runs for the fourth wicket.

During this, Virat Kohli completed his half-century and played a captaincy inning of 65 runs in 66 balls with the help of 8 fours. On the other hand, Shreyas Iyer also looked in good form and scored 66 runs in 71 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 skyscraper sixes. When India’s score was 178 runs for 3 wickets till the 31st over, it seemed that Team India would easily cross the 300 mark.

Kohli’s wicket and Indian batting were devastated
The turning point of the match came in the 32nd over when Joffra Archer showed the way to the pavilion by getting set batsman Virat Kohli caught out by Adil Rashid. As soon as Kohli was out, there was panic in the Indian dressing room. What happened next, no Indian fan had imagined.

In the very next over, Washington Sundar scored just 2 runs and was caught by wicketkeeper Butler on the ball of Saqib Mahmood. Akshar Patel also could not stay at the crease for long and became the second victim of Joffra Archer after scoring 1 run in 5 balls. On the very next ball of the same over, all-rounder Shivam Dubey was caught by Archer without opening the account (0). Within no time, India’s score went from 178/3 to 193/7.

In the lower order, Gurnoor Brar struggled a bit by scoring 7 runs in 15 balls, but Saqib Mahmood also sent him to the pavilion. Shreyas Iyer, standing at one end, also got caught by Jos Buttler on the ball of Gus Atkinson in the 44th over. On the last ball of this over, Prasidh Krishna was bowled on zero and the Indian innings ended at 233 runs. In the last overs, Jasprit Bumrah made India reach this score by scoring unbeaten 20 runs with the help of 3 fours and 1 six in 13 balls, otherwise the situation could have got worse.

havoc of english bowlers
England’s bowlers took full advantage of the home conditions. Joffra Archer was the most successful bowler, who took 3 important wickets for 47 runs in 10 overs and broke the back of Indian batting. Gus Atkinson also bowled brilliantly, taking 3 wickets for 50 runs in 9 overs, which included the last wicket. Saqib Mahmood got 2 wickets, while Sam Curran and Will Jacques took 1 wicket each.