Scotland after a sedate start has lost wickets in a heap. They have lost four wickets inside the first 10 overs and two wickets in the seventh over by Ravindra Jadeja. The left-arm spinner’s first wicket was Richie Berrington. He now has been dismissed thrice for a duck becoming only the second batsman in the tournament to do so after Andre Fletcher in the 2009 edition.
Ravindra Jadeja went past his bat and took hit the top of the stumps. It was a ball that pitched in the middle stump and hit the top of off. It was a ball that lured Berrington forward and the right-hander failed to get his bat in the line of the delivery.
Ravindra Jadeja Takes Two In The Over
Jadeja then dismissed Matthew Cross plumb in front to finish with two wickets in his second over. Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bowl first with the target of bowling out Scotland for a below-par score and chase it down quickly.
Kohli won the toss on his birthday after losing 13 tosses within the last 14 games before this game against the Scotts. He spoke about his luck with the toss favouring him a bit earlier in the competition.
Birthday boy got lucky;Virat Kohli wins the toss and chose to field. #INDvSCO
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“We are going to bowl first. Dew is going to be a big factor. Try and restrict them and chase it down convincingly if the situation allows us to. Winning my first toss on my birthday, probably we should have played the first game on my birthday (smiles). The intensity from ball one is important. For us, it’s just about keeping that intensity on for 20 overs. That’s something we expect from people and people have done that over the years as well. Shardul makes way for Varun. He is back fit, so he will be our third spinner” said Kohli after winning the toss.
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