India’s opening pair did not last long after losing the toss in Adelaide. Lokesh Rahul (5) was the victim of Chris Woakes in the team’s 9 runs. The other opener captain Rohit Sharma also failed. Playing slow innings of 27 runs off 28 balls, Chris Jordan was cut off by Sam Curran at wide long-on. Virat Kohli was batting responsibly at one end. Suryakumar Yadav, who batted destructively throughout the tournament, also did not do well today.

Adil Rashid scored 14 runs off 10 balls with 1 four and a six. Phil Salt took the catch at deep cover and the English burst into joy. Talk about big wickets. Then Hardik Pandya came down and started the devastating batting. The pair went beyond fifty. Kohli picked up the fifty off 39 balls. After this, Kohli took the path of the pavilion with a great catch of Salt in the last ball of the 18th over made by Chris Jordan. Hardik picked up the fifty off 29 balls. Rishabh Pant (6) was dismissed in the last over.

Hardik hit sixes and fours in the fifth and sixth balls. The last ball also crossed the boundary, but Hardik was hit wicket. So runs were not added. India scored 168 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Hardik scored 63 runs in 33 balls with four boundaries and five overs of boundaries. England’s Jordan took 3 wickets but gave 43 runs.