Team India achieved some measure of redemption at long last by comprehensively beating the English Lions in the first of two twenty 20 internationals at the picturesque Subrata Roy Sahara stadium in Pune.......
The Indian victory was almost solely based on the sterling efforts of the "pied piper of Punjab", Yuvraj Singh who shone both with the ball as well as bat and almost singularly put paid to the English aspirations of registering yet another facile victory against a seemingly beleaguered team India.......
Yuvraj first put the brakes on the rampaging English duo, Alex Hales and Luke Wright by bowling the former of the inside edge of his swashbuckling blade and having the latter handily caught at long off by Ajinkya Rahane, but Yuvraj was still not finished and added yet another feather to his already overcrowded cap by removing the English skipper Eoin Morgan for a paltry individual total of 5..........
His best ever twenty 20 bowling figures of 3/19 off four overs largely put paid to the English hopes and aspirations of registering a mammoth total in excess of 175 and kept them to a manageable 157; the rampaging Punjabis' swashbuckling blade almost took team India to a heady victory and his savage assault on the hapless English bowlers was ended by a supremely judged catch by Stuart Meaker on the square leg boundary........
Yuvraj was well supported in his efforts with the bat by Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni all of whom registered individual totals in excess of 20; mention should surely be made of an exhilirating fielding display put up by team India that was not only breath taking to behold, but also saved them a good 15-20 runs on the field........
Well, team India did indeed register a comprehensive victory over the Englishmen for a change but their bowling related head aches continue to persist as all the other bowlers who displayed their wares on the evening with the notable exceptions of Yuvraj Singh and Ashoke Dinda were indeed taken for plenty by the England batsmen..........
Dhoni seemed to have reached the end of his tether within the first eight overs of the game and had already tried seven different bowlers by then before Messrs Singh and Dinda provided him with welcome relief and succour, well all's well that ends well, but team India will certainly have to sort out their bowling related head aches in the very near future if they hope to stop the Pakistanis in their tracks...........
The Indian victory was almost solely based on the sterling efforts of the "pied piper of Punjab", Yuvraj Singh who shone both with the ball as well as bat and almost singularly put paid to the English aspirations of registering yet another facile victory against a seemingly beleaguered team India.......
Yuvraj first put the brakes on the rampaging English duo, Alex Hales and Luke Wright by bowling the former of the inside edge of his swashbuckling blade and having the latter handily caught at long off by Ajinkya Rahane, but Yuvraj was still not finished and added yet another feather to his already overcrowded cap by removing the English skipper Eoin Morgan for a paltry individual total of 5..........
His best ever twenty 20 bowling figures of 3/19 off four overs largely put paid to the English hopes and aspirations of registering a mammoth total in excess of 175 and kept them to a manageable 157; the rampaging Punjabis' swashbuckling blade almost took team India to a heady victory and his savage assault on the hapless English bowlers was ended by a supremely judged catch by Stuart Meaker on the square leg boundary........
Yuvraj was well supported in his efforts with the bat by Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni all of whom registered individual totals in excess of 20; mention should surely be made of an exhilirating fielding display put up by team India that was not only breath taking to behold, but also saved them a good 15-20 runs on the field........
Well, team India did indeed register a comprehensive victory over the Englishmen for a change but their bowling related head aches continue to persist as all the other bowlers who displayed their wares on the evening with the notable exceptions of Yuvraj Singh and Ashoke Dinda were indeed taken for plenty by the England batsmen..........
Dhoni seemed to have reached the end of his tether within the first eight overs of the game and had already tried seven different bowlers by then before Messrs Singh and Dinda provided him with welcome relief and succour, well all's well that ends well, but team India will certainly have to sort out their bowling related head aches in the very near future if they hope to stop the Pakistanis in their tracks...........
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