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India registered a comfortable 50-run win in the first T20 international against England on Thursday. Rohit Sharma and Co. batted first and notched a formidable score of 198 runs in the first innings. India played in aggressive manner right throughout the course of the innings.
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Rohit Sharma provided a quick start with a 14-ball 24-run knock. Later, the likes of Deepak Hooda (33 off 17) and Suryakumar Yadav (39 off 19) also made valuable contributions.
However, both of them got out inside 12 overs of the innings. At 11.4 overs, India had lost 4 wickets for 126 runs. At that stage, everyone was expecting Dinesh Karthik to come out in the middle but India, instead sent Axar Patel at number six.
Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel added 45 runs for the fifth wicket before the latter got back to the hut in the 17th over. Hardik Pandya was the aggressor, while Patel only played as a second fiddle to him. Patel scored 17 runs in 12 balls. Dinesh Karthik came into bat in the 17th over and the fans didn't like the move.
Karthik has been in outstanding form of late. And, with him in the line-up, sending Patel ahead of him didn’t look like a great decision from the team management for many critics. A lot of them took to Twitter to bash the Indian Cricket Board and the team management for sending Axar Patel ahead of Dinesh Karthik.
Here’s a look at some of the reactions:
Axar patel batting ahead of Dinesh Karthik? What the hell? Are you afraid of Dinesh Karthik playing well? @BCCI
— Rajat Goyal (TechRJ) (@TechR_J) July 7, 2022
When Dinesh Karthik is in form of his life.
— Norbert Elekes (@N0rbertElekes) July 7, 2022
Was Axar Patel sent before him due to Gujarat Quota?#EngvInd
Axar patel batting ahead of Dinesh Karthik? What the hell? Are you afraid of Dinesh Karthik playing well? @BCCI
— Rajat Goyal (TechRJ) (@TechR_J) July 7, 2022
Why is Dinesh Karthik sent so lower down the order?
— Kartik Mundra (@kartikkm89) July 7, 2022
He should have definitely come above Axar Patel today
Brilliant batting and bowling from Hardik Pandya. 50 with bat and 4 wicket while bowling, single Handedly for India. Credit goes to Hardik Pandya.#ENGvIND #Cricket
— Angry Munda (@angrybanda) July 7, 2022
DK before Axar is the basic common sense which Indian coaches lack.@BCCI @DineshKarthik
— Aishwary Bhombe (@aishwary_bhombe) July 7, 2022
So team India expects #DineshKarthik to play only 7-8 balls and hit a boundary off every delivery. Axar Patel playing more balls than #DK shows the level of decision making by the captain and team management. #INDvsEND
— Ayush Arora (@Ayush0405) July 7, 2022
Ok so what is point of sending Axar Patel ahead of @DineshKarthik ? He could use those 6 six balls to get used to settle down whereas Axar would basically just waste those 6 balls (sometimes even more). Why?#AxarPatel #dineshkarthik #IndiaVsEnglandT20onSonyLIV
— Lookupyaweirdo188 (@Lookupyaweirdo2) July 7, 2022
Someone please help me to find the logic of sending Axar Patel ahead of Dinesh Karthik!@BCCI is doing so many b!unders#INDvENG
— Rafa (@RafaTweets_) July 7, 2022
Nevertheless, India managed to post a par score of 198 runs in the first innings. In reply, England were bundled out for 148, thereby falling 50 runs short. Hardik Pandya scored a fifty in the first innings and took 4 wickets in the second innings. He was awarded the player of the match. Besides, the likes of Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal also made great returns.
The second T20 international is slated to be played on 9th June 2022 in Birmingham.