Eng 58-2 (19 overs) vs India |
Scorecard
Siraj continues. Pope is on strike. Dropped! Full delivery in the channel and Pope drives it but the ball goes to the second slip after taking an edge. K L Rahul drives forward but could not pouch it.
Five dot balls follow as Siraj bowls another maiden over.
Reddy continues. Joe Root is on strike. After playing out two dot balls, Root opens his account with a push to the covers for a single.
Four dots follow as Reddy concedes just one run off his second over. Excellent start from the youngster.
Siraj continues from the other end. Root tries to drives but gets beaten.
Four! Pitched up delivery and Root drives it through the gap in the cover region to pick up his first boundary.
A dot later, he hits another boundary, this time through a flick beating the fielder at mid-wicket.
A single through covers follow before Siraj bowls a dot to end the over. 9 come off it.
Reddy with his third over. Starts off with a length delivery seaming away and Root gets beaten on the outside edge.
A dot ball later Root gets beaten again!
A dot and a single through point to end the over. Just one run come off it.
Akash Deep is back into the attack. Root is on strike and he picks up a single with a clip to fine leg.
A dot later, Pope pushes one to square of the wicket and gets off the strike.
Root tucks one down straight to the mid-off fielder before picking up a single through mid-wicket.
A dot to end the over. Three runs come off it.
