ENG vs IND: Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismisses Jos Buttler for golden duck with absolute peach

After posting a formidable total of 198 runs in the first innings against England, India started off on a brilliant note as Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed the English skipper Jos Buttler in the very first over of the second innings. Buttler, who has been in great touch in limited-overs cricket, couldn’t trouble the scorers this time as India got a major breakthrough.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is certainly a captain’s go-to bowler in the powerplay overs, and the senior pro yet again opened the bowling for India. He is expected to deliver to his best ability, and get the crucial wickets in the powerplay and that is exactly what he did this time again. The pacer delivered a thundering inswinger and left the opposition skipper clueless on the field.

Kumar got the ball to swing brilliantly as Buttler looked entirely clueless and his stumps were disturbed. He obviously didn’t anticipate the ball to swing that much. The ball hit the stumps after brushing his pad as India got the first wicket and Buttler walked back to the pavilion without even opening his account.

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Hardik Pandya gets his maiden T20I fifty

Earlier in the first innings, Indian batters got off to a good start as skipper Rohit Sharma took charge of the game from the word go. Though his efforts were just not enough, he added some quick runs onboard. Ishan Kishan failed to impress, but Deepak Hooda kept his form from the previous games alive as he went for the boundaries straightaway.

Suryakumar Yadav provided substantial support for him and played a quickfire knock. As Hooda perished, Hardik Pandya walked out to make his bat talk. There was a moment where the game slowed down in the middle, but Pandya managed to play a calm and composed innings as he bagged his maiden T20I half-century. He added the crucial runs and walked off as the top-scorer for his side.

Dinesh Karthik and Axar Patel contributed a little with the bat towards the end, but could not last for a longer period as the English bowlers restricted the batters from scoring big in the slog overs. Eventually, India posted a target of 199 runs.