Former cricketer Kevin Pietersen lambasted England batters' approach against South Africa in their final group stage match in the ongoing Champions Trophy.
A powerful spell by lanky pacer Marco Jansen (3/39 in seven overs) left England without their top order within the first seven overs. A statistic has emerged that proves only one thing: England has retained the philosophy of bold and attacking cricket of their World Cup-winning skipper Morga
England will kickstart their Champions Trophy campaign against arch-rivals Australia from February 22 at Lahore, with matches against Afghanistan (February 26) and South Africa (March 1) coming later.
This concludes India's successful home white-ball series against England, securing 4-1 win in T20Is and 3-0 win in ODIs. This is Gautam Gambhir's first ODI series win as head coach.
Solid three wicket hauls by spinner Ravindra Jadeja and debutant pacer Harshit Rana helped India overcome half-centuries from skipper Jos Buttler and Jacob Bethell, restricting England to 248 in 47.4 overs at Nagpur's Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium on Thursday.
During his 31-ball stay at the crease after England lost wicket of Phil Salt, Root's scoring opportunities were restricted well by India. Root could score just one boundary against Kuldeep Yadav. He was trapped leg-before wicket by Jadeja, breaking a 44-run stand between skipper Jos Buttler
The first match of the ODI series between the Men in Blue and the Three Lions will be played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday at 1:30 PM.
Salt reached this milestone during his side's fourth T20I against India at Pune. During the match, he gave England a fine start, scoring 23 in 21 balls, with four boundaries after a string of low scores.
India's bowling unit put on a clinical performance to restrict England to a modest total of 165/9 in the second T20I of the five-match series in Chennai on Saturday. After winning the toss, India opted to bowl first.
England made a couple of changes to their squad. Brydon Carse has replaced Gus Atkinson in the playing XI for the match, and wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith has been added to the squad, taking the total to 12 players, as per Wisden
Left-arm speedster Arshdeep Singh changed the course of history with his blistering pace at the iconic Eden Gardens by becoming India's leading wicket-taker in the men's T20I format.