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ENGvIND: Twitter Praises Kuldeep and Rahul as India decimate England in the first T20I

Cricfit Staff

It was a start of a much-anticipated series between two limited overs giants India and England and as expected cricket on display was of the highest quality.

But surprisingly the first game of the three t20I series played in Manchester at Old Trafford turned out to be a bit one-sided affair, as hosts were dominated by visitors in every aspect of the game.

Virat Kohli after winning the toss sent England in the middle to have a bat and English openers were off to a flying start. Things were started to look worrying for India as Jos Buttler continued his good form and smashed another half-century in t20I cricket.

England was well set for an enormous total but Kuldeep Yadav had another idea. His artistic and magical spell of wrist spin bewildered the hosts and no opposition batsman had any clue of his variations.

He picked up joe root, Alex Hales and Jonny Bairstow in a single over to completely turn the match in India’s favour. He later got two more wickets and completed a memorable spell of bowling with figures of 5 for 24 in his quota of 4 overs.

England who looked well on course for 190+ total was restricted for a paltry 159 and India cruised the run chase winning with 10 balls to spare.

In reply, India lost Dhawan early but Kl Rahul lit up the arena with his flamboyant and elegant stroke play all around the turf. He registered his second t20I hundred in almost no time pummeling English bowlers into submission.

India won the game with a Kohli six and stamped the authority on this series. Twitter was all praise for Rahul but Kuldeep Yadav who also was awarded the man of the match award was all over social media.

Here are all the reactions:

https://twitter.com/SirJadejaaaa/status/1014202357234614274

https://twitter.com/KP24/status/1014224746282717184

https://twitter.com/SirJadejaaaa/status/1014232788575268864

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