England's Tour of India, 2016/2017

[Shivraj]

This was only the second time MS Dhoni played as a non-captain in 241 T20s since May 2007.

* Hardik Pandya hasn't reached double figures in his last ten innings in 20-over cricket.

* Eoin Morgan became the first England player and
12th overall to score 1500 runs in T20Is.

* England have now beaten India six times in nine matches - the most by any team in T20Is, goes past five wins by NZ.

* Virat Kohli is the first Indian skipper to lose his maiden T20I leading the side.
Wins: Sehwag, Raina, Rahane
No result: MS Dhoni

 

[rahul1117kumar]

Statistical highlights from the first Twenty20 International between India and England at Green Park Stadium, in Kanpur on Thursday.

# England’s seven-wicket win is their largest victory-margin against India in T20Is. They had won three games by six-wicket margins – one each at Manchester on August 31, 2011, Kolkata on October 29, 2011 and Mumbai on December 22, 2012.

# England have won six and lost three out of nine matches played vs India in T20Is – winning % 66.66.

# India have lost 9 and won 2 out of 12 matches while defending total of less than 150 in T20Is (Tied one). The win/loss ratio of 0.222 is the worst among the full members.

# Yuzvendra Chahal (2/27) has recorded his best bowling performance in T20Is, eclipsing the 1 for 19 vs Zimbabwe at Harare on June 20, 2016.

# Virat Kohli has opened the Indian batting three times in T20Is – his sequence of scores being 28 vs South Africa at Durban on January 9, 2011; 70 vs New Zealand at Chennai on September 11, 2012 and 29 vs England at Kanpur on January 26, 2017.

# Moeen Ali (2/21) has registered his best bowling figures in T20Is, eclipsing the 2 for 22 vs South Africa at Cape Town on February 19, 2016.

# Ali has registered an economy rate of 5.25 – his best in a T20I innings when he has delivered four overs, surpassing the 5.50 while recording figures of 4-0-22-1 vs Pakistan at Sharjah on November 30, 2015.

# Ali has been adjudged the Man of the Match for the third time in T20Is – his first vs India.

# Suresh Raina posted his highest score in ten innings in T20Is since hitting an unbeaten 49 vs Australia at Sydney on January 31, 2016.

# With his unbeaten 36 off 27 balls, Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian player and the fifth to average 50-plus vs England in T20Is – his aggregate being 203 (ave.50.75) in nine innings.

# Only four batsmen with atleast 200 runs vs England have better average than Dhoni – South Africa’s Hashim Amla (72.00), Australia’s Aaron Finch (64.20), Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene (53.25) and Australia’s Cameron White (50.83).

# Eoin Morgan is the first batsman to hit two fifties in India-England T20Is.

# Before his 51, he did not post a fifty in twelve innings in T20Is.

# Morgan became the third captain to post two fifties vs India in T20Is, joining Kumar Sangakkara and Mohammad Hafeez. His first fifty as captain vs India was 71 off 31 balls at Edgbaston on September 7, 2014.

# Morgan’s highest score as Captain in T20Is is 74 vs Australia at Cardiff on August 31, 2015.

# Morgan, with 227 runs at an average of 45.40 in six innings is the most by a batsman in India-England T20Is.

# Morgan’s tally of 32 sixes is the highest by an England captain in T20Is.

# Morgan became the first England batsman and the twelfth in all to complete 1500 runs in T20Is – his tally being 1511 at an average of 29.62 in 65 matches. His tally includes eight fifties.

# While chasing in T20Is, Morgan is averaging 73.50 – his aggregate being 294 in seven innings, including two fifties. Among the batsmen with atleast five innings while chasing, his average is the third highest next only to the Matthew Hayden (133.00) and Virat Kohli (84.90).

India vs England stats: England’s biggest win against India in T20Is | The Indian Express

 

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Jamtha Stadium to host 10th T20 International

The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Jamtha is all set to host its 10th Twenty20 International in as many months with India scheduled to take on the visiting England side in the second match of the ongoing series on Sunday.

In March itself last year, the Jamtha Stadium, situated far from the city, hosted as many as nine T20 Internationals, most of them in the preliminary stage of the ICC World T20 Championship.

Among the nine matches was a lone game featuring India, against New Zealand, that ended in defeat for the home team before they recovered to reach the semi-finals.

Two other second stage league games were played as part of the World T20 event – eventual champions West Indies v South Africa and Afghanistan v the Windies, which was shockingly won by the minnows by six runs.

In December 2009, the venue had hosted its first ever T20 International – Sri Lanka v India which was won by the islanders.

Hosts India, who are 0-1 down going into the next game, would have to buck the losing trend here to keep the series alive for the final T20 game in Bengaluru on February 1.

The game is set to start at 7 pm, as against the 4.30 pm start at Kanpur in the first T20I, but the dew factor is expected to come into the picture, albeit on a much smaller scale, according to VCA sources.

“There will be some dew but may not be to the extent it was feared in Kanpur, and that’s why it’s a 7 pm start,” VCA sources told PTI today.

The stadium, because of its distance from the main city, did not attract huge spectator interest during the last few Test matches that were played here – against England in 2012 and South Africa in 2015.

“The stadium has a capacity of nearly 45,000 out of which all tickets for the game have been sold out barring tickets of higher denomination – Rs 6,000, 8,000 and 10,000 – numbering 1,956,” VCA sources added.

The match will be the first to be hosted by the VCA after it has adopted the Supreme Court order on sweeping reforms recommended by the Justice Lodha committee .

Incidentally, VCA also happens to be the unit headed formerly by Shashank Manohar, ex-BCCI chief who is now the first-ever independent chairman of the world governing body for the game – International Cricket Council.

And Manohar will witness the match at the venue, according to sources.

VCA has also announced that all online ticket purchasers will be able to get their notification exchanged with match tickets at its old stadium in Civil Lines area, within the city only, and no counters will be open in Jamtha.

“On the last occasion there were some unruly scenes created by the online ticket holders at Jamtha, so this time we are making it clear that ticket counters will be open only at the Civil Lines stadium of VCA between 9 am and 4 pm, even on the day of the match,” sources explained.

Jamtha Stadium to host 10th T20 International | The Indian Express

 

[rahul1117kumar]

India vs England, 2nd T20I: Hosts move back the boundary rope

At Eden Gardens last week, Ben Stokes bowled a bouncer. It was fast, it reared up sharply, and Hardik Pandya was hurried up by the pace-bounce combo. He went for a pull but was late on the shot and got a thick edge. However, to Stoke’s surprise, the ball flew over third man for a six. The boundaries were relatively small, the modern-day bats have fat edges and the pace-length got no justice. It can all be dispiriting for a fast bowler. In fact, even more so for spinners, especially the wrist specialists like Amit Mishra for there is no place to hide. Luckily for aggressive seamers and spinners good news awaits them at Nagpur. Vast acres of stadium space awaits them at the arena which is probably the biggest in India.

News came in late on Friday evening that Indian management have told the stadium authorities not to get coy about the size of the boundaries. ‘Keep it to 75 yards all round’ was the message. It’s easy to see why – it brings in Amit Mishra into the picture. They no longer need to think of using run-containing bowlers (read Parvez Rasool) and instead use the spinners as attacking options. It also helps the England team of course and it promises to throw up a fascinating contest.

First a comparison with the normal grounds in India. On an average, most of the Indian ground the longest areas like long-on would be not more than 65 yards. No wonder 350 plus targets are being chased down without much of fuss in the recent times in this country. It’s set to change in Nagpur, though. Last March, the VCA ground hosted 9 games of T20 World Cup and only twice 170 plus runs were scored by any team. The average score at the ground remained 120 plus and the slow nature of the pitch has ensured batsmen try hard to get big runs. The news is that the slow tracks are set to change here as the authorities have relaid the pitch and if VCA officials are to be believed this pitch will assist bowlers while batsmen will find the ball coming on nicely to the bat.

All around the arena, the boundaries would be of 75 yards and that is definitely set to even up the contest.

Run India Run

Now for the impact of a bigger, make it normal, ground on batting. Barring Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, Indians aren’t all that fast runners between the wickets. Especially, with the likes of Yuvraj Singh and Kedar Jadhav in the mix. In Pune, when Jadhav played that knock of his life, he talked about how he was hassled by Kohli’s frenetic running. In Nagpur, the Indians would have to run hard to make up for the lack of monster hits. Would the twos and threes end up stemming India’s charge?

On grounds with boundary ropes pulled in, batsmen hit big shots without breaking into sweat. Now, at the longer boundaries, they can’t ease into those hits as nonchalantly as they normally would. Even a six would have to be hit in a gap, if you get the drift, so that mishits if any don’t carry to a fielder. It’s one thing to hit 90 yard sixes when the actual boundaries are around 60, its quite another matter when you know you need to clear 75 yards. The pressure is entirely different.

Conventional hitters

It would also be interesting to see how the Indian batsmen go about the task of hitting. They are mostly conventional hitters – in the sense that they thread the regular arcs in the ground. In a big arena, it would help to have inventive hitters like say Sam Billings with his lap shots and reverse sweeps. You are then picking the usually untenanted areas, and targeting them with innovation. When Suresh Raina tried his shuffles to the off in Kanpur, we know how it went down – the leg stump was yorked out. If a batsman has shots 360 degrees around the ground, it then takes out the vastness of the stadium out of equation. You really don’t have to flex your muscles hard and try to clear a cowcorner or a long-on. Instead you can target the unmanned fine-leg or areas behind square and get your runs.

In the here and now, though, the Indian team has reasons to look forward to this game. They can bring in Mishra especially considering how well Yuzvender Chahal bowled in the Powerplay and almost got India into the game.

Now they can continue to attack with Mishra and try to capitalise on England’s weakness against spin. The likes of Jason Roy aren’t great against spin and India can look to squeeze in the pressure. England too can attack India with short balls – if they fancy that line of attack – and their seamers can confidently do what they do without wondering about leaking runs. Despite taking Adil Rashid for first T20 game, England didn’t bowl him because their seamers sealed the deal. Here in Nagpur, they can forget all those worries and go for the attack. All in all, it’s going to be fascinating battle.

India vs England, 2nd T20I: Hosts move back the boundary rope | The Indian Express

 

[Sagar]

Anybody Noticed Parvez Razool chewing gum while Our National Anthem in ON Playing b4 match start us ..

Good caught Sai bro, i was didn't seen but here is news
Parvez Rasool draws ire for chewing gum during national anthem | The Indian Express

 

[iSK]

Oh :wall

 

[rahul1117kumar]

India vs England: Virat Kohli hints at Amit Mishra's inclusion in squad for 2nd T20 in Nagpur

India lost the first T20I at Kanpur following some miserable batting performance which didn't give the bowlers enough runs on board to defend. Kohli, after the conclusion of the 1st T20I, spoke highly of Amit Mishra, hinting that the leggie might be included in the final squad for next match in Nagpur.

“He (Mishra) has done well and that is why he is in the side. You could say we were traveling from the West Indies (in August) so we did not have that much time on hand but he has done well in the IPL."

"In 2014 World T20, he did really well. It was unfortunate that he was not part of the squad in the 2016 edition. He is a guy with variation and is any day useful on a bare wicket.”

Considering the nature of wicket at VCA stadium expected to assist slow bowlers it won't of much surprise that Mishra makes it to the XI in next match.

With reports emerging of Indian management's order to keep the boundary ropes at a distance of 75 yards all round the field, selection of a spin-heavy squad is the first reason that comes into the picture.

On an average, most of the Indian grounds would have their longest boundaries around a length of 65 yards and hence we see teams putting a score of 300-plus runs in numerous ODIs.

Considering the performance of Yuzvendra Chahal in the 1st match , the inclusion of Amit Mishra might not be a bad idea. With England cricket team's weakness against spin bowling already known, it is likely that Mishra will be selected in place of a seamer but Parvez Rasool could also be made to sit out of the 2nd T20.

Rasool too did a decent job in Kanpur, picking up the vital wicket of England skipper Eoin Morgan (51 off 38 balls) but couldn't prevent the visitors winning the opening match.

India vs England: Virat Kohli hints at Amit Mishra's inclusion in squad for 2nd T20 in Nagpur | Zee News

 

[Sagar]

Need to give chance others & right Mishra Ji did well against NZ

 

[iSK]

Why don't he give hint on pant's inclusion s

 

[iSK]

Need to give chance others & right Mishra Ji did well against NZ

Parvez out :gn