England defeated India in the only T20 match played at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. India batted first with almost a new team on ground. Rahul making debut and few other young guns. Rahane playing his first Int’l T20 scored 61 and Rahul 31 with three sixes. Last it was Raina who managed to score 33 no other player could score fine and India got all out for just 165. Chasing a target of 166 that too in home was not a big deal for English batsmen. England started badly loosing Alex on the very first ball. As it was T20 it doesn’t take time to change game. England slowly and steadily started moving forward to its target. Thought England lose 4 wickets time to time but at the end Bopara and Patel managed to bring England victory with 3 balls to spare. England won the match by 6 wickets.
India will now play another 5 ODI’s in England. The matches are as follows…
| 03 Sep 11 | England vs India | 1st ODI | Riverside Ground,Chester | 14:45 IST | ||
| 06 Sep 11 | England vs India | 2nd ODI | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | 18:30 IST | ||
| 09 Sep 11 | England vs India | 3rd ODI | Kennington Oval, London | 18:30 IST | ||
| 11 Sep 11 | England vs India | 4th ODI | Lord’s, London | 14:45 IST | ||
| 16 Sep 11 | England vs India | 5th ODI | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | 18:30 IST | ||
India have lost Test series by 4-0 and now a T20. Lets wait and watch for ODI’s
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