India off to a steady start after being set 194 for win

August 03, 2018 20:52

India 16-0 (5 ovs); Target to win: 194 | Scorecard

Jimmy Anderson to open the bowling for England, who will need a few early wickets or else India could run away with the contest.

Vijay gets off the mark with a single off the second ball on the off-side and Dhawan survives a leg before shout off the fifth ball before he keeps strike with a single from the last ball.

Stuart Broad to bowl the second over. Dhawan gets some width as he crashes the third ball through the off-side for the first boundary of the innings to show his positive intent right at the start.

He taps the fifth ball on the off-side and picks an easy single before Vijay blocks the last ball.

Dhawan keeps the runs coming as he turns Anderson on the leg side for another single before Vijay watchfully defends the rest of the over.

In the pacer's next over, Dhawan drives a full delivery through the covers for three runs.

Vijay (1) tries to repeat a similar shot through but gets an edge which is put down by Dawide Malan at second slip. He had put down two catches off Virat Kohli in India's first innings which proved quite costly for England.

An early lifeline for Vijay as India reach 16 for no loss in five overs, needing another 178 runs for victory.

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