Buttler out for a duck; England in trouble

August 01, 2018 21:55

England 242-6 (72 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Umesh gifts Stokes a half-volley on the pads which he clips through square leg for a four followed by singles off the last two balls.

Ashwin follows it up with a maiden over to left-hander Sam Curran, whose primary task will be to hold one end up and just give Stokes some support.

Shami comes into the attack and he also drifts on the pads as Stokes collects another boundary through the leg side.

He leans forward the drives the last ball through the covers for three runs as Vijay does well to chase the ball and keep it inside the ropes.

Stokes looking to be positive and keep the scoreboard ticking as he turns Ashwin on the leg side for two runs and then picks a single off the fifth ball.

In the next over, Stokes clips Shami through the leg side for another couple of runs to take his score to 20.

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