India and England are up against each other in the warm-up game of the T20 World Cup 2021 in Dubai. Both teams are among the favourites to win the tournament and this game will give them a glimpse of what to expect ahead in the main tournament.
Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl first. He mentioned that he will be playing at number three in the tournament.
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England scored 188/5 in 20 overs, where Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali were the chief contributors with both scoring in the 40s.
In response, India were taken off to a flyer by KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan. Both batsmen were hitting boundaries for fun and looted 59 runs within the powerplay. KL Rahul in particular was looking more threatening and scored freely against every England bowler.
He scored his fifty in 23 balls and got out on the next ball by Mark Wood.
See how Twitter reacted to KL Rahul’s innings;
5⃣1⃣ Runs
2⃣4⃣ Balls
6⃣ Fours
3⃣ SixesWhat a knock @klrahul11 has played! 👏 👏#TeamIndia #INDvENG #T20WorldCup
📸: Getty Images pic.twitter.com/zSyFyWeh59
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 18, 2021
Warming up in style! 🔥
5️⃣1️⃣(24) for @klrahul11. 👏🏻👏🏻#PlayBold #TeamIndia #T20WorldCup #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/GygDhoCnhb
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) October 18, 2021
Intimidating – @klrahul11 and @ishankishan51 #IndvsEng
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) October 18, 2021
'Picking up' from where he left 👌🏻👏🏻 #INDvENG #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/dujoAqLVCY
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) October 18, 2021
Vintage KL Rahul – fifty in just 23 balls. In class of his own when he's playing his natural game.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 18, 2021
Pakistan cricket Team Watching KL rahul & ishan kishan's batting:#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/h4vxC32pV4
— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) October 18, 2021
https://twitter.com/Jitendr63761289/status/1450141853907505154
KL Rahul In Opening at his Very Best. 31 Innings, 1100+ Runs with 140+ Strike Rate. pic.twitter.com/BibAaixDgq
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) October 18, 2021
"It's difficult to look beyond KL Rahul. He's been solid up front." – Virat Kohli
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) October 18, 2021
Earlier, England tried to go berserk from the word go but Mohammed Shami jolted them early by dismissing Jos Buttler and Jason Roy inside the powerplay. Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone then stabilized England’s innings before the latter got out to Shami, who bagged three wickets for 40 runs in his four overs.
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Moeen Ali played some lusty shots towards the end as he punished Indian bowlers during his 20-ball knock of 43 runs, where he hit four fours and two sixes to take England to 188/5 in 20 overs.
India (Batting XI and Fielding XI): Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Varun Chakaravarthy.
England (Batting XI and Fielding XI): Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler(w), Eoin Morgan(c), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Sam Billings.
