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Following India's win, Sehwag trolls England

Following India's win, Sehwag trolls England

India BloomsNews Service | @indiablooms | 13 Jul 2018, 07:04 am

Nottingham, July 13 (IBNS): As India schooled England in the first One Day International of the three-match series, making light of the run chase, former cricketer Virender Sehwag took to Twitter to troll the Brits, while his colleague Sachin Tendulkar hailed the playmakers, Kuldeep Yadav and Rohit Sharma.

India's win was fashioned by an unbeaten knock from 'Hitman' Rohit Sharma, who powered his way to his 18th ODI century, 137 not out.

The 114-ball innings was encrusted with 15 boundaries and four maximums.

Prior to Rohit's sensible batting, England were put on the mat by Kuldeep, who registered his best career figures.

Apart from the two, India's skipper Virat Kohli played a measured innings of 75 runs, after Shikhar Dhawan's stroke-filled innings of 40 helped his side lay a solid base against a toothless English bowling attack.

Following India's win, Sehwag said that while Rohit will always be a 'hit', Kuldeep was too much for the hosts to handle.

Mocking the English batsmen, the former Indian opener referred to the Baahubali saga and said, while the answer to 'why Katappa killed Baahubali' has been found, the English batsmen are still looking for a way to play Kuldeep's deliveries.

Released in 2015, Baahubali, a south Indian film, struck a chord with the audience across the nation, emerging as one of the highest grosser in Indian cinema. After the end scene showed a righteous and loyal Katappa killing Baahubali, the protagonist, the audience were left bemused, prompting the question: Why Katappa killed Baahubali.

The much awaited answer was found following the release of the second installment of the movie in 2017. The movie went on to become the highest grossing Indian film of all time.

Winning the toss and sending the home team to bat first, India's captain Virat Kohli's decision seemed to backfire initially, as England notched up 73 runs for the first wicket.

Taking advantage of the powerplay, English openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow came down hard even at Yuzvendra Chahal, one half of India's famed wrist-spin duo.

However, with the introduction of chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, Chahal's partner-in-crime, the English batting crumbled, losing three wickets in the space of three overs.

The home side batsmen, barring Jos Buttler, looked all at sea against the left-arm chinaman, losing six of their 10 wickets to him.

In a relatively odd-shaped, small ground, which boasted over 400 scores by the English side in its last two ODI there, Kuldeep aced the battle with brilliant figures of six wickets for 25 runs in his allocated 10 overs. What was even more special was that he did not get hit for a boundary during his spell.

The rest of the wickets were shared between Umesh Yadav (2) and Chahal, who got rid of Eoin Morgan, the English skipper.

Buttler was by far the best batsman facing the Indian attack. The wicketkeeper-batsman maintained his rich vein of form, scoring 53 runs of 51 balls, and more importantly, safeguarding his team from a meltdown, following a mini collapse.

Ben Stokes, who generally looks effortless at the crease, was made to slog hard for his 50 runs, consuming 103 balls during his stay at the crease.

England, after a promise-filled start, was ultimately bowled out for a below par 268 runs, with a ball to spare.

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