2 hours ago Second Twenty20 international, Emirates Old Trafford
India 190-7 (20 overs): Kishan 49 (40), Sharma 43 (24), Iyer 37 (22); Curran 3-33
England 191-6 (20 Overs): Bethell 76* (46), Brook 39 (15), Banton 39 (32), Arshdeep 3-40
England won by 4 wickets, pb five-match bid 1-0
Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest antheral to play for India successful England's thrilling four-wicket triumph successful the 2nd T20 astatine Old Trafford.
At 15 years and 99 days old, the opener broke the grounds acceptable by the large Sachin Tendulkar erstwhile helium played a Test against Pakistan aged 16 years and 205 days successful 1989.
Although Sooryavanshi sparkled for 14 disconnected 10 balls successful India's 190-7, it was England's ain protégé, Jacob Bethell, who led them to triumph with an implicit to spare.
Bethell crunched a breathtaking unbeaten 76 from 46 balls to springiness the location broadside a 1-0 pb successful the five-match series.
Sooryavanshi's inclusion sent a frisson of excitement astir Old Trafford, giving a boisterous and partisan assemblage further crushed to marque noise.
And the left-hander gave a little glimpse of the thrilling strokeplay that has enthralled the cricketing world.
From the 4th transportation helium faced, and archetypal from England accelerated bowler Jofra Archer, Sooryavanshi audaciously whipped implicit his enarthrosis for six. In the adjacent over, Josh Tongue was larruped implicit cattle country for six.
In the 5th over, Sooryavanshi looked primed to onslaught the off-spin of Will Jacks, lone to tally past a flatter 1 and beryllium stumped.
Ishan Kishan made 49, Abhishek Sharma 43 and Shreyas Iyer 37, but India were stifled by choky bowling from Jacks and Sam Curran, the second claiming 3-33. The tourists took 23 disconnected the past 7 balls, yet their full felt nary amended than par.
From 1-2 aft the archetypal over, England were kickstarted by skipper Harry Brook's 39 from 15 balls, followed by a basal of 67 betwixt Bethell and Tom Banton.
England needed 49 disconnected the last four, erstwhile Bethell climbed into the leg-spin of Ravi Bishnoi, hammering 3 sixes for a full of 29 disconnected the 17th over.
And Archer calmly clipped the winning runs from the last shot of the 19th implicit to enactment England up going into the 3rd lucifer of the bid astatine Trent Bridge connected Tuesday.
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