England tour of India: India v England - 2nd T20I - Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 won by 6 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
If you had stopped believing in miracles, well you better renew your faith, as miracles do happen. Today was a faith awakening moment for most of us, as England pulled off a miraculous win against hosts India on the final delivery of the match - needing three runs off it. England’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/EJG-Morgan-c1419 was the knight in shining armour, who stabbed a glorious six, leaving Dhoni and co helpless as the ball sailed over the boundary line.
After leading his side to this emphatic victory, the English skipper had this to say:
“It was a h**l of a game of cricket, a fantastic match and a great pitch for a game of Twenty20. The stats suggest, particularly at this stadium, that the chasing side usually wins and we backed ourselves to do that. It was a good job because we nearly fell short! Fielding was outstanding, we try to save 10-15 runs each time and today we were amazing. It was great, one of the best crowd atmospheres I've ever played in, and we showed great promise for the future.”
After winning the opening match, the Indians were aiming to avenge their Test series defeat by beating the English in the two-T20I series with a win here at the Wankhede Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820.
England, who chose to field, made an early breakthrough when AM Rahane was dismissed by Dernbach after scoring only three runs. At the time of this wicket, India had posted only seven runs.
The second-wicket partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 was effective, as it took the score to 64, before V Kohli was given lbw after belting 38 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364, was not in his best form with the bat today as he could score only four runs, before finding his way off the field. By this time, India had managed to post 71 runs on the board.
Wright then sent Gambhir back for 17, as the batsman left India stranded on 88 runs. With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 smacking 38, the Indians played their 20 overs with 177 runs on the board for the loss of eight wickets.
England openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 and AD Hales gave their side a fantastic start of 80 runs, with Lumb later perishing after jabbing 50 and Hales departing after posting 42 runs. Yuvraj Singh’s three-wicket haul was instrumental in disrupting England’s run chase, nonetheless, they were too strong to be thwarted today.
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