Match Details
Earlier in
the day, it was Rohit Sharma who won the toss and elected to bowl first as
Jasprit Bumrah missed the game due to back spasms and was replaced by Mohammed
Siraj in the playing XI. Jason Roy started firing as he scored 12 runs which
included three boundaries in the first over off Shami. Then Siraj got rid of
the two Yorkshiremen Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root for ducks. Roy and Bairstow then
counter-attacked and put on 54 for the third wicket before Hardik Pandya for 41
off 31 balls and Ben Stokes for 27 off 29 balls.
Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali put
on a 75-run stand for the 5th wicket before Moeen Ali fell for 34
off 44 balls. Jos Buttler played a mature knock as he top scored for the side
with 60 off 80 balls. Livingstone (27 off 31 balls) and Buttler shared a
partnership of 49 runs before both fell to Hardik Pandya as he had 4 wickets to
the tally. England was 199-7 at one stage, but thanks to David Willey’s 18 off
15 balls and Craig Overton’s 32 off 33 balls that took England to 259 in 45.5
overs. They lost their last wickets in a whimper as Yuzvendra Chahal cleaned up
the tail by picking up the last three wickets.
From India’s
point of view, Hardik Pandya was the pick of the bowlers with his 7 overs 4 for
24 which included three maidens as well. Yuzvendra Chahal went for 60 in 9.5
overs but picked up three crucial wickets. A couple of wickets for Mohammed
Siraj while Jadeja picked up Moeen Ali. Shami and Krishna were wicketless, but
they kept things relatively tight here. Hardik Pandya had a great day with his four-wicket haul and 71 with the bat. Pant scored an unbeaten hundred. So, it's going to be a tough choice for the Player of the Match Award today in my view.
So, India wins by 5 wickets to win the series 2-1 and break a 39-year-old jinx at Old Trafford and their first bilateral ODI series win in England since 2014. Plenty to cheer about for the Indian fans on this Super Sunday. Stay tuned for the post-match presentation ceremony coming your way soon.