Credit goes to my seniors who told me to go and express myself. It's not easy to come and play your first game against a quality side. Mumbai Indians helped me a lot and I want to continue the momentum. Wanted to finish the game and I knew there is a senior player batting superbly at the other end. I was disappointed with the fact that I didn't finish the game. The shot that I smashed Tom for a six off his first ball, that was special. I don't know if I'm gonna get this feeling again (on making debut for India), but really proud and happy and I want to thank all my coaches, seniors and everyone who helped me get here. Now it's my time to show them what I've got. My coach's Dad passed away a few days back and he always said that you have to go out and score and I want to dedicate this award to him.
We ticked all the boxes we wanted to and to give away only 34 in the last five overs is very special effort. Special mention to Washi and everyone chipped in and all in all very happy with the bowling and batting as well. It did come onto the bat a bit better in the second innings and the slower balls stopped gripped and special mention to Ishan the way he batted. I tried to do what I can but he kept following his instincts and it was a quality innings on debut. When you play in the IPL with such dominance like he has and he is a fearless character and he knew that he was hitting the ball well and he is very calculated and not restless
We were probably in and around par, but India bowled well and there's slightly less pace today on the pitch. They put us on the back foot from the start and pace off the ball is always challenging for players. I am glad we played on this wicket, but little disappointed with the way we played. There's always advantage in chasing statistically and the disappointing area is we couldn't counter the opposition attack in the first ten overs. The two guys at the top always try and be aggressive as they can and stick with the process. We were always gonna miss him and hopefully he will be fit before the next game. We will be practicing and the next game is on red soil and there might be more turn.
This is a better wicket than the first T20I, we did a good job to keep it down. Very good to win such a game. There was a bit of dew as well. There is a lot of pressure to bowl in the powerplay, but that gives a lot of satisfaction. Virat and I had a chat about Bairstow, and thought about taking the pace off the ball because he was going hard early, so we decided to take pace off the ball. We didn't talk much about the loss, we knew where we had to improve, and wanted to play together and we might have one off game. Kudos to the way played in the first game, but how we bounce back is important. Very happy for Ishan and Pant and the way they have turned up for India.
SIX! Kohli seals India's win with a six. INDIA BEAT ENGLAND by 7 WICKETS
Chris Jordan starts his third over
End of OVER 17
FOUR!
Archer starts his fourth and last over
End of OVER 16
Adil Rashid starts his fourth and last over
End of OVER 15
FIFTY! KOHLI ON SONG
INDIA need 32 runs in 36 balls
WICKET! Pant falls after brilliant cameo
SIX!
FOUR!
Chris Jordan is back into the attack. This is his second over.
End of OVER 13
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