A spineless India suffered
their second consecutive
defeat as England crushed
them by nine wickets with a
bonus point, throwing their
tri-series campaign in jeopardy
here on Tuesday. Electing
to bat, India were bundled
out for 153 in 39.3 overs
with the top-five batsmen
returning to the dressing
room with just 67 runs on
board by the 19th over on a
lively Gabba track.
Steven Finn (5/33) and his
pace colleague James
Anderson (4/18) exploited
the pacer-friendly deck to
the hilt by extracting extra
bounce as the Indians, barring
Stuart Binny (44),
struggled to come to terms.
Binny was the lone Indian
batsman to show some
resilience on a day when the
others got out due to poor
shot selection. Opener
Ajinkya Rahane (33), Virat
Kohli (4), Ambati Rayudu
(23) and Suresh Raina (1)
were out playing poor shots,
while Shikhar Dhawan (1)
fell to a beauty from Anderson
in the third over of the
India innings.
England chased down the
easy target with more than
22 overs to spare to collect
five points, including a
bonus point, from the comprehensive
win.
Opener Ian Bell led the
England run chase with a
91-ball unbeaten 88 while
James Taylor also scored an
unbeaten half century (56
not out from 63 balls) to take
their side home.
The duo stitched 131 runs
for the unconquered second
wicket stand as they negotiated
the Indian bowlers
without much difficulty on a
pitch that seemed to have
demons while England were
batting. Taylor hit the winning
runs, a four, as England
reached 156 for one in
27.3 overs to wrap up the
match.
The other English opener,
Moeen Ali (8), was dismissed
cheaply off the bowling
of Binny, who opened
the Indian bowling during
the first session as England
batted before the break
after India folded early.
Australia are now on top of
table with nine points from
two matches while England
have five points from two
games.
India will now have to win
both their remaining
matches if they are to qualify
for the final.
The only bright spark for
India was Binny’s all-round
performance. He scored 44
runs (55 balls, 3x4, 2x6) earlier
and was the only Indian
batsman to show some
resilience amid some poor
shot selection by the rest of
the line-up.
This was after India had
won the toss and elected to
bat first once again. They
made two changes with
Rohit Sharma missing out
due to a sore hamstring and
Rayudu coming into the
side as his replacement. R
Ashwin was also left out for
Binny. England made one
change from their opening
match against Australia,
with Anderson coming in
for Chris Jordan.
Rahane opened the
innings with Dhawan who
once again did not last long
at the crease. At least he was
not guilty of a poor shotmaking
as Anderson had
him caught behind, in the
third over, off one that neatly
moved away. The fast
bowler bowled a stifling
opening spell even as
Rahane and Rayudu stayed
together long enough to get
a start.
Only 36 runs came in the
first 10 overs but that wouldn’t
have mattered if the
Indian batsmen had made
the latter half of the innings
count. Instead they decided
to throw their wickets away,
starting with Rahane who
advanced against Finn in
the 15th over of the innings,
only to lob a simple catch to
mid-on.
It opened the floodgates
with Kohli trying to run the
ball past slips two overs later,
but no width from Finn
meant he was caught
behind. In the very next
over, Raina charged Moeen
Ali (1/31) and was stumped,
comprehensively beaten by
his turn and bounce. It got
worse with Rayudu getting
in the same manner as
Kohli, off Finn in the 19th
over, as India collapsed to
67/5
their second consecutive
defeat as England crushed
them by nine wickets with a
bonus point, throwing their
tri-series campaign in jeopardy
here on Tuesday. Electing
to bat, India were bundled
out for 153 in 39.3 overs
with the top-five batsmen
returning to the dressing
room with just 67 runs on
board by the 19th over on a
lively Gabba track.
Steven Finn (5/33) and his
pace colleague James
Anderson (4/18) exploited
the pacer-friendly deck to
the hilt by extracting extra
bounce as the Indians, barring
Stuart Binny (44),
struggled to come to terms.
Binny was the lone Indian
batsman to show some
resilience on a day when the
others got out due to poor
shot selection. Opener
Ajinkya Rahane (33), Virat
Kohli (4), Ambati Rayudu
(23) and Suresh Raina (1)
were out playing poor shots,
while Shikhar Dhawan (1)
fell to a beauty from Anderson
in the third over of the
India innings.
England chased down the
easy target with more than
22 overs to spare to collect
five points, including a
bonus point, from the comprehensive
win.
Opener Ian Bell led the
England run chase with a
91-ball unbeaten 88 while
James Taylor also scored an
unbeaten half century (56
not out from 63 balls) to take
their side home.
The duo stitched 131 runs
for the unconquered second
wicket stand as they negotiated
the Indian bowlers
without much difficulty on a
pitch that seemed to have
demons while England were
batting. Taylor hit the winning
runs, a four, as England
reached 156 for one in
27.3 overs to wrap up the
match.
The other English opener,
Moeen Ali (8), was dismissed
cheaply off the bowling
of Binny, who opened
the Indian bowling during
the first session as England
batted before the break
after India folded early.
Australia are now on top of
table with nine points from
two matches while England
have five points from two
games.
India will now have to win
both their remaining
matches if they are to qualify
for the final.
The only bright spark for
India was Binny’s all-round
performance. He scored 44
runs (55 balls, 3x4, 2x6) earlier
and was the only Indian
batsman to show some
resilience amid some poor
shot selection by the rest of
the line-up.
This was after India had
won the toss and elected to
bat first once again. They
made two changes with
Rohit Sharma missing out
due to a sore hamstring and
Rayudu coming into the
side as his replacement. R
Ashwin was also left out for
Binny. England made one
change from their opening
match against Australia,
with Anderson coming in
for Chris Jordan.
Rahane opened the
innings with Dhawan who
once again did not last long
at the crease. At least he was
not guilty of a poor shotmaking
as Anderson had
him caught behind, in the
third over, off one that neatly
moved away. The fast
bowler bowled a stifling
opening spell even as
Rahane and Rayudu stayed
together long enough to get
a start.
Only 36 runs came in the
first 10 overs but that wouldn’t
have mattered if the
Indian batsmen had made
the latter half of the innings
count. Instead they decided
to throw their wickets away,
starting with Rahane who
advanced against Finn in
the 15th over of the innings,
only to lob a simple catch to
mid-on.
It opened the floodgates
with Kohli trying to run the
ball past slips two overs later,
but no width from Finn
meant he was caught
behind. In the very next
over, Raina charged Moeen
Ali (1/31) and was stumped,
comprehensively beaten by
his turn and bounce. It got
worse with Rayudu getting
in the same manner as
Kohli, off Finn in the 19th
over, as India collapsed to
67/5
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