Finance
By: Shree1news, 14 MAR 2021
Team India bounced back in style on Sunday as they beat England by 7 wickets in the second T20 international to level the 5-match series 1-1 in Ahmedabad.
Chasing 165 for victory, India rode on excellent knocks from captain Virat Kohli and debutant Ishan Kishan to gun down the target in 17.5 overs.
Kohli top-scored with 73 not out from 49 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes whereas Kishan repaid the faith of the selector and team management by making an influence in his first International match, scoring 56 off simply 32 balls with 5 fours and 4 towering sixes.
Kishan emulated Ajinkya Rahane’s feat by becoming only the second Indian to score a fifty on debut in the shortest format. Rahane had scored 61 on his T20I debut against England in Manchester in 2011 with followed by Kishan’s score.
Kohli in the meantime, became the first Indian cricketer to score 12000 international runs as captain during his innings. When he crossed the 17-run mark, Kohli became only the 3rd captain after Australian great Ricky Ponting and South Africa legend Graeme Smith to breach the 12,000-run mark in international cricket.
Source:A-N
