As Virat Kohli hit a six over long on off Moeen Ali, India reached a 8 wicket victory with 10 balls remaining. However, it were the efforts of KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav which took India to win the 1st England T20I.
Before the match started there was a lot of hype around the match and rightly so. The most important factor that was being stressed upon by the commentators and the cricket experts was that how England play the Indian spinners.
While Kuldeep picked up a sublime fifer, Rahul raced to a classic 101 to pummel India to a win. Twitter could not handle the great win and went berserk. Tendulkar, Sehwag, Manjerakar and several others cricketers made their amazement known.
Amazing spell by @imkuldeep18 England failing to read Kuldeep’s wrist position. #ENGvIND
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 3, 2018
Kuldeep Yadav is causing absolutely chaos ……. The Indians are a little bit better than the Aussies ……. #ENGvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 3, 2018
Kuldeep carrying on what Kachra did to England in Lagan. #ENGvIND
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) July 3, 2018
Kuldeep Yadav, 5-24, is the first left-arm wrist-spinner to take a five-for in T20 Internationals. #EngvInd
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 3, 2018
After Kul , KL a treat to watch#ENGvIND
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 3, 2018
Virat goes and fields at deep midwicket… loud cheers greet him of course… and then immediately Morgan smacks Kuldeep straight to him… clean catch and acknowledges the crowd… they roar even louder because its possible…
Indian summer in England has started! 🏏 #EngvInd
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) July 3, 2018
7/45 for the Yadavs in 8 overs #ENGvIND
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) July 3, 2018
Kuldeep Yadav Is On A Roll. Gets 3 Wickets In 4 Balls. Morgan, Bairstow And Root Dispatched To Pavilion. This Has To Be The Turning Point. Come On Team India. 💪👏🙏 #INDvsENG #ENGvsIND #INDvENG #ENGvIND
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa) July 3, 2018
That Butler has thanked the #VivoIPL for the change in his approach and mindset is a no brainer.. England might’ve taken time to jump on to the bandwagon, but they’re making up for lost time.. Treat to watch.. #ENGvIND
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) July 3, 2018
Another one for the Dhoni canon of cool stumpings. Fumbled it, then pulled it off like a boss. #EngvInd
— Osman Samiuddin (@OsmanSamiuddin) July 3, 2018
Best thing about watching Kuldeep bowl is, you can watch cricket and magic at the same time. #ENGvIND
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) July 3, 2018
England needs 17 fielders for KL Rahul! #ENGvIND
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) July 3, 2018
33rd stumping for MS Dhoni in T20I cricket; the most by any keeper. He went past Kamran Akmal’s tally of 32 stumpings in T20Is. #ENGvIND
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) July 3, 2018
What a phenomenal talent KL Rahul is. So pleasing to the eyes. High time he is an automatic pick across formats. All class #ENGvIND
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 3, 2018
5-fer for Kuldeep Yadav. As I have said earlier, genuinely feel England will really struggle to pick him.
After this performance, he will have a huge psychological impact and England will struggle even more against him. India have done brilliantly to restrict Eng to 159. #ENGvIND— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 3, 2018
These Englishmen just can’t find a silk route to get past this Chinaman .. 😉 What an over that .. #EngvInd
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) July 3, 2018
I guess this is because a bowling machine can’t quite simulate Kuldeep Yadav’s deliveries. #EngvInd
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) July 3, 2018
Don’t think I have ever seen both sets of Fans cheering a jumping around at the same time a 6 is hit into the Stands ……… #HarryKane #ENGvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 3, 2018
