England vs India, 2nd T20I, India tour of England, 2018 - CommentaryENG vs IND, 2nd T20I, India tour of England, 2018 - Commentary

Riyaan Mak: India surely missed the services of Jasprit Bumrah!

Harsha Bhogle: Was a pretty decent defence of an inadequate total.

Rahul Rathi: 17.1 (first innings), Root takes a blinder of Kohli. 17.1 (this innings), Kuldeep takes a blinder of Bairstow - similar position, similar shot.

Harsha Bhogle: England have done their homework against Kuldeep. Have played him well.

Amit Sehgal: Hardik Pandya has developed the skill, whenever India starts struggling, he contributes with bat or ball or superb catch/runouts.

Pratik: Looks like English batsmen had a rare off day in the previous encounter. Doesn't look like they are struggling against spin now.

Sab: Hales & Morgan starting to break the shackles, India's bowlers should look to bring out their best.

Krishna Prathi: Heard England practiced spin with Merlin machine. But these Indian spinners possess so many variations a machine cannot replicate.

Somya: England are in a tricky position just like India were. The only difference now is that India had Kohli.

Ankan: 8 overs of wrist spin can change the course of the game to India's favour. Upon consideration of the fact that the pitch is on the slower side.

Deepansh: Good from England to send Root at number 3. Was being wasted down the order.

Shaleen: Meanwhile, Happy Birthday to the legend - MSD from India :)

Murali: I have a feeling it would be Chahal's day today. It is very possible that England might focus all their energy on Kuldeep and make the mistake of overlooking the other wrist spinner.

Surender: India needs Bhuvi to bounce back strongly and make early inroads with the new ball.

Hashir: "With the spinners india have , this is anyones game even with 148." - True story...

Harsha Bhogle: England showing how local knowledge helps. Short straight boundaries and very long square. Have packed their side with tall fast bowlers banging the ball in. Very unusual pitch maps as a result.

Surya Mandavilli: This is the endurance test for team India. How they will sail through this tricky period shows the real character of the team.

Das: Nice to see England showing a lot more intent in the field today. India need to be careful not to lose more wickets while keeping an eye on the run-rate not to swoop down!

Dinesh: Raina's shuffle across the stumps always scares me.. remember he lost his wicket to Siddarth Kaul in the Playoffs of this year's IPL in a similar fashion.

Jignesh: With three wickets down early, India's middle-order will be put to test.

SJ: Rohit is clueless when the ball is doing something. England look very determined today.

HM: Awesome weather in England. Hopefully, it stays the same, at least for this tour so that we get to see some more amazing cricket between the top 2 teams in the world right now!

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