India vs England 2011 Photos

2nd ODI: India thrash England by 8 wickets

October 17, 2011 19:07

India dominated the Kotla ODI against England from the word go. Bowlers and two Delhi batsmen combined forces to down Alastair Cook and his team. A look:

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India dominated the Kotla ODI against England from the word go. Bowlers and two Delhi batsmen combined forces to down Alastair Cook and his team. A look:
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Praveen Kumar struck in the first over of the day when he removed Alastair Cook on a duck.
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Craig Kieswetter also left without scoring when Vinay Kumar forced an edge for Virat Kohli to complete a regulation catch.
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Jonathon Trott played a responsible knock of 34 but edged a Vinay Kumar delivery behind to give the bowler his second.
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Kevin Pietersen top-scored for England with a fluent 46 runs. He hit three boundaries and two sixes in his innings.
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Young Umesh Yadav got the prized wicket eventually when he took the edge of KP's bat and Dhoni completing the catch behind the stumps.
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England were able to stabilize largely because of Samit Patel (42) and Jonny Bairstow (35).
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The duo put on 86 runs for the sixth wicket. Bairstow (in pic) hit three boundaries in his innings while Patel had two and two sixes against his name.
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Yadav eventually got the breakthrough when he got the wicket of Patel. The rest of the batsmen could not do much as England folded on 238 in 48.2 overs.
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India's reply did not begin well. Parthiv Patel failed to make a dropped catch count and was removed by Tim Bresnan.
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Bresnan's first spell was excellent and he removed Ajinkya Rahane to leave India on 29 for 2.
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Gautam Gambhir was off the block after negating the initial English attack. He took his time but then played shots to the fence at will.
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Kohli at the other end was immaculate with his technique. He soon overtook his partner and completed his half-century.
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Gambhir followed within minutes and by now, the fate of the match had swung in India's favour completely.
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Alastair Cook could not do much as every move of his was thwarted by the Delhi batsmen, with authority.
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Kohli fired all guns blazing towards the end of the match and helped himself to his 7th ODI century and gifting his team and fans, an emphatic 8-wicket win.

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