Pant, Sundar keep England at bay

March 05, 2021 15:12

India 185-6 (71 ovs) vs Eng 205 | Scorecard

The struggling Bess makes way for Leach, with England desperate to break this partnership and check India's progress.

Pant flicks the first ball to midwicket for a single before Sundar pulls the next through the same region for another run.

Pant then pushes the last ball from Leach square on the off-side for another run to retain strike.

This is good batting from Pant. Even when is not getting the big hits, he is keeping the runs coming through singles.

This time Pant steers a wide delivery from Root towards point for a quick run. Sundar looking quite solid with his defence as he blocks the next few balls and then picks one off the last ball.

Sundar hits Leach down to long-on before Pant pulls a short ball for one to take his score to 49.

Also helping India's cause is that Leach oversteps to give them an extra run as the deficit keeps coming down.

Sundar hits the fifth ball to long-on for a single but Pant is unable to find the gap off the last ball.

England should look at bring back one of their pacers as the Indian batsmen are easily getting the runs.

Sundar clips Root through the gap at midwicket for two runs and does the same a few balls later for the same result.

He survives the appeal for LBW off the last ball as he comes forward to defend but is struck on the pads.

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