India channelled the spirit of their unlikely Champions Trophy victory in England last year - the fielding was near world-class, the spinners were outstanding - to leave director of cricket Ravi Shastri clapping in approval midway through the third ODI at Trent Bridge.
When MS Dhoni won the toss he spoke about wanting to bowl because of “early morning help” for his quicks. Though Bhuvneshwar Kumar had the ball curling around, producing plenty of edges, he couldn’t produce the breakthrough. An hour after the start, England were comfortably placed at 75 for 0, with Alastair Cook finding some semblance of ODI form and Alex Hales providing some of the dynamic hitting he was picked for.
That was when England’s old troubles against spin surfaced again, and most gallingly for them, their initial problems were against the part-timers, Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu. Hales top-edged a sweep for the second time in his two ODI innings as Raina struck in his first over, before Cook was stumped to give Rayudu his first international wicket.
Dhoni had been forced to turn to his part-timers because quick bowler Mohit Sharma hobbled off the field with a leg injury in the 11th over. Though he came back about an hour later, Dhoni didn’t need to turn to him again as the spinners, both the specialists and the irregulars, were strangling England. Between the 15th and 42nd over, which were almost entirely bowled by the tweakers, there were only two boundaries.
The ball was gripping and turning, and England’s batsmen seemed as uncomfortable as someone undertaking the ice-bucket challenge. Ravindra Jadeja got one to spin big, beating Joe Root’s outside edge and Dhoni pulled off another of his express stumpings. R Ashwin found the outside edge five overs later and Eoin Morgan was caught behind. From 82 for 0, England had slid to 120 for 4.
India’s fielding in the Test series had been amateurish, with catches regularly put down and run-outs virtually out of the question. England’s next two wickets, though, fell through top-notch fielding efforts: Mohit rifled in a direct hit from wide long-off to catch Ian Bell short, and Raina swooped to take a low slip catch to send back Ben Stokes.
The run-rate continued to dodder despite a couple of reverse-swept boundaries from Jos Buttler, and it was only a hard-hitting cameo from James Tredwell towards the end of the innings that lifted England to 227. Tredwell, though, will need to perform plenty more heroics if England aren’t to go two down in this series today.
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England batting first got restricted to 227.A fantastic spin attack by India. 
:k:
This is going to be another cake walk for us.
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Who won first two matches ?
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India 22/0 in 3 Overs.
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Who won first two matches ?
The best team in the world .....
INDIA :)
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^Congrats
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^ Thank you. :)
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Ashwin does nt get as much dip spin as a big ripper of the ball. But he is a smart bowler. Only once his smartness did nt worke , when afridi smashed two sixes in last over in bangladash. That was power.
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Ashwin does nt get as much dip spin as a big ripper of the ball. But he is a smart bowler. Only once his smartness did nt worke , when afridi smashed two sixes in last over in bangladash. That was power.
I still rate him an average bowler.He does not have the depth to crack the order.
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India 41/0 in 9 Overs.
I predict a great knock from Kohli today. :)
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India 85/2.Rahane is gone. Well played boy.45 off 56 balls.
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Both Kohli and Rayudu have to play sensibly.They must put on a minimum of 50 Runs partnership.
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We have won it comfortably.Another cake walk.As I predicted Kohli,played a beautiful game of cricket and is back in form.:)
Also played well Rahane,Rayadu and Raina ..Raina's terrific form continues :)
One more win means we have the series in hand. :) We will do it in style and win all the remaining matches. :)
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We have won it comfortably.Another cake walk.As I predicted Kohli,played a beautiful game of cricket and is back in form.:)
Also played well Rahane,Rayadu and Raina ..Raina's terrific form continues :)
One more win means we have the series in hand. :) We will do it in style and win all the remaining matches. :)
Congrats
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Good win. Congrats
Clinical batting by team India
They remain a force in the limited overs format
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Congrats
Thank you. :)
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I heard Raina took a good catch in the slips. Saw the entire indian batting. Rahane played very confortably. Kohli struck the ball with confidence. Rayadu was a pleasure to watch.
It was very nice to see Raina being genuinely happy for Rayadu when he got his 50. Nice of Dhoni to let Jadeja bat at number 6.
nohit sharma being injured may be a blessing. He just takes too long to get settled. And puts pressure on the other opener.
Can't believe I am saying this. But maybe try Sehwag in the WC. He will give you 20 runs in 2 overs. Better than consuming deliveries after deliveries to settle down.
Or have Ashwin open with Rahane.
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It is time to test Sanju.V.Samson
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Never seen him play. But hear good things about him.
Yes I hope they do. Even if we lose next two, time to blood others.
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Nope. We will not lose.We will win all the matches.A defeat is unacceptable,come what may.