By Mir Afroz Zaman, POBNEWS24, Dhaka, Mar 15, 2021:India won the second match of the five-match T20 series against England by six wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad yesterday. Virat Kohli has built a great reputation on the day of the team’s victory. He became the first batsman in history to reach the 3,000-run milestone in the International Twenty20.I
Kohli now has 3001 runs from 61 innings of 7 matches with a strike rate of 136.36 and an average of 50.6. There is no century even though it is 22 fifty. The 94-run innings is the highest of an Indian captain
England to bat before losing the toss. At the end of the allotted over, they lost 6 wickets and got 164 runs. Jason Roy made the highest 47. The 30-year-old right-handed batsman hit four fours and two sixes off 35 balls. Also from the bats of Eoin Morgan and David Malan came two more innings of 26 and 24 runs respectively. Washington Sundar and Shardul Tagore took two wickets each for India.
In reply, India lost to KL Rahul at the beginning. Kohli and Kisan then attacked the England bowlers. Kisan returned with fifty but the captain left the field after ensuring the victory of the team. He made 63 off 49 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Pant played a short stormy innings of 26 runs in the middle.
