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Ind vs Eng 5th T20I: Focus on handling pressure in World Cup year as India, England play T20I series decider | Cricket News – Times of India

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The five-match T20I series against top-ranked England has given India a chance to assess their standing in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup in October this year. It has also given some players who are coming out of injuries a chance to test their battle-readiness.
India will be happy with the return of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and the death bowling of Shardul Thakur. It was Thakur and Hardik Pandya who, despite the dew, tilted the scales in India’s favour in the fourth T20I on Thursday.

For a while during the 65-run partnership between Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes, it looked like England would continue the trend of chasing down targets in this series, in which the toss has been a significant factor, but Thakur’s two wickets off successive balls to get rid of Stokes and skipper Eoin Morgan ensured India did not miss the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja.
With the series level at 2-2 ahead of the final one in Ahmedabad on Saturday, India will have all to play for. It’ll be the frenetic rush of the IPL after this series followed by the World Test Championship (WTC) and the tour of England.
Unless the proposed T20I series against South Africa and New Zealand happen, India will have to ride on the IPL wave going forward. The Indian team management too will be happy with the way in which the IPL heroes have grabbed their chances.

Ishan Kishan’s stunning counter-attack in the second T20I reflected the confidence that comes from taking on the best in the business in the IPL. A groin injury saw him miss the fourth game but Suryakumar Yadav proved an equal replacement. That he didn’t get a chance to prove his worth on debut didn’t matter as he launched into the England attack on Thursday.
Kohli, however, will be worried about India’s show in the Powerplay. India’s best was 50/1 in the second match, but they’ve also recorded two of their worst Powerplay performances, 22/3 in the first and 24/3 in the third match, in T20Is in this series.
Jofra Archer and Mark Wood have combined clever variations of pace and bounce to unsettle the Indians upfront. The visitors have lived up to their top billing in all departments and won the third match by eight wickets in a fitting tribute to Morgan, as he became the first player from England to make 100 T20I appearances.
The Englishmen seem to be relishing the “pressure of T20 final in a World Cup year,” as Stokes put it. It remains to be seen who will have the last laugh.

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India vs England: India ‘class team’, but we are confident of bouncing back, says Jason Roy | Cricket News – Times of India

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AHMEDABAD: England opening batsman Jason Roy on Monday said he is pretty confident that the side would make a comeback in the third T20I against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday.
Roy has been in good form in the ongoing T20I series against India as he has recorded scores of 49 and 46 in the first two matches. The series currently stands level at 1-1 after India won the second T20I by seven wickets.
“I am very confident that we can bounce back. India is a class team, but the way we started the series in the first game, was a bit more comprehensive than what they gave us last night. I think going into the third game, we are full of confidence, in the last eight overs of our batting yesterday, we found it a bit difficult, we are a fast learning side so I am confident that we will bounce back,” said Roy during a virtual press conference on Monday.

“I learnt that I am staying on my shots a little bit more. You saw a couple of my reverse sweeps, I missed some of the balls but I rectified it during the course of my innings and it is just a pitch where you have to pick your bowler. Unfortunately, the bowler I picked got me out, Washington was the guy I was looking to target, unfortunately, it did not go my way. It was a slow and tough pitch, they made light work of it,” he added.
Roy scored 46 in the second T20I and he was looking set for a big one, but his vigil at the crease was ended by Washington Sundar and in the end, England was restricted to just 164 in the allotted twenty overs.

“I think the whole squad has played a huge amount of cricket in the sub-continent, playing in this five-match series and then the ODIs, it will hold us in good stead. Last night, we made a few mistakes, it was all fun. Still looking for that big score, those 40s are great, but to get a competitive total in T20Is, you need someone getting a big score. There is still a lot to improve on,” said Roy.
“I just think the last year has been a huge learning curve, everything that went on with Covid-19 and bubble life, with all this stuff that could cloud your judgment, it has been a huge learning curve. That is all behind me and I am looking forward to the next innings. I think that’s my target, my mindset is to get the best possible start for the team, put aside how I might be feeling, my job is to not mess around, really,” he added.

Further elaborating on his point, Roy said: “To score a hundred in the T20 format, you need to be ultra-aggressive. You are looking to face a maximum of 60 balls and then scoring a hundred, you need to be aggressive. It is a mixture of aggression and pretty calculated stuff if you want to get those big scores. If you live by the sword, you need to be willing to die by it.”
When asked about his take on ECB‘s rotation policy, Roy said: “It is quite an easy stance to take from outside of these bubbles. I think the rest side of the things is coming as the mental well-being of players needs to be looked at. We are here for three weeks, but the Test team first went on to Sri Lanka, and then it was here. That is mentally taxing on you and your family, so from my point of view, they are just taking a mental rest and it is not anything physical. This environment is quite demanding.”

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Ishan Kishan’s aggressive batting helped Virat Kohli play his natural game: Michael Atherton | Cricket News – Times of India

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LONDON: Former England captain Michael Atherton says debutant Ishan Kishan‘s aggressive batting at the top helped ‘under-pressure’ Virat Kohli settle down and play his natural game in the second T20 International.
Ishan smashed a 32-ball 56 on his first international outing and stitched a 94-run stand for the second wicket with Kohli (73 not out off 49 balls) to hand India a series-levelling seven-wicket win in the second T20 here on Sunday night.

Atherton said Kishan’s fluent batting helped in taking some pressure off Kohli, who had registered three ducks in his previous five innings.
“I think Virat felt under a little bit of pressure in that first game because of what he’d said in the press conference about India playing a slightly more aggressive game,” the former England skipper told Sky Sports.
“The problem in that first game, with the line-up that India had was that they had quite a lot of similar players in the top-order and I think Kohli felt pressured. ‘I’ve talked the talk, let’s walk it now’ and it’s not really his game.

“He’s (Kohli) an elite player and scores very quickly but not like a (Rishabh) Pant or, indeed, an Ishan Kishan. So when that young man came in and played the way that he did, I think that just allowed Kohli to come in and play his natural game,” he observed.
Atherton said Kohli looked in his comfort zone during his knock on Sunday.
“He’s not playing the type of shot he got out to the other day, where he is backing away and trying to manufacture something. He’s just playing a more orthodox type of innings for him, even though he’s still striking quickly and getting those fast hands through the ball in those leg-side shots that he plays so well,” he said.
“I definitely felt this was a more Kohli-like performance than in the first game.”

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