India defeated England by 36 runs in the fifth T20 match with Virat Kohli’s quick batting and Bhubaneswar Kumar’s financial bowling power. With this win, Team India won the five-match T20 series 3–2. After losing the toss, India batted first and scored 224 runs for the loss of only 2 wickets in 20 overs. In response, England could only score 188 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Captain Kohli played an impressive 80-run innings for India and returned unbeaten for the third consecutive series. Bhuvneshwar took 2 wickets for just 15 runs in his four overs while Shardul Thakur took three wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was named Man of the Match for his outstanding bowling. At the same time, Virat Kohli became the man of the series, bullying the English bowlers with his bat.
India vs England: Get to know India in the T20 series, from Virat Kohli’s batting to Shardul Thakur’s match-winning spell
Virat Kohli has looked good in this five-match T20 series, scoring 231 runs, batting at a strike rate of 147.13. He averaged 115.50. Virat became the highest run scorer in any bilateral T20 series. Kohli has completed his 3000 runs in T20 International cricket in this series. With that, Virat is now the highest-scoring player in T20, with Aaron Finch remaining behind. Prior to the T20 series, there was a lot of talk about Kohli’s form and he was unable to perform to his name in the Test series.
After winning the series, Virat’s big statement, I will also open in the IPL
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who returned from injury, did not look very effective with the ball in the first two matches, but Bhuvi managed to consistently improve his rhythm from the third T20. Heavy rain poured throughout the match on the fifth T20, with Bhubaneswar spending just 15 runs with a 3.80 economy and taking wickets from the dangerous Jason Roy and Jose Butler. Bhubaneswar Butler got the wicket when Malan and Butler were trying to dominate India’s bowlers.
