England need 230 runs from 300 balls to win this crucial match against India. Keeping a team like India below 250 runs is not an easy task. England have lost a few matches in a row and they are trying to recover and maybe they will get back to winning ways with the India match. Chasing 230 runs, there is nothing not to win then opponents England. With enough balls in hand and enough runs on the wicket, England's batsmen should not be so aggressive early on. England's batsmen have tried to attack too much from the beginning in all the matches and because of this they have lost most of the matches. England must be patient today and leave the field after winning this match today.
The Indian team looked under pressure for the first time. Often their openers provide a good partnership. Due to which the middle order players are able to get the score to a good target without any pressure, but today shubman Gill 9 runs and Virat Kohli dismissal for no runs caused pressure for the middle order players.India three best players had returned to the pavilion for just 40 runs. Rohit Sharma played an excellent responsible innings and none of the players could stay at the crease for long.
However, all England's bowlers performed well. A target of 230 runs is a low target that can only be defended if the Indian bowlers manage to get all the England players out. At this time 6 overs have been played and the England team has scored 33 runs for the loss of two players which is definitely a good sign for India.
I understand that India did not bat well but I think they did a good job playing the full 50 overs and did not lose all their wickets before 50 overs and managed to score 229 runs. At that time we felt that it may not be enough runs but as soon as the Indian team started bowling and took 5 quick wickets, all of sudden this total may seem adequate for the Indian team.
Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami took 2 wickets each and one wicket was taken by Kuldeep Yadav. With England, only 5 wickets remaining and the way the Indian bowlers are dominating at the moment, it is easy to predict that India may win this match even though they scored a mere of 229 runs.
Edit: Shami took another wicket just now, Moeen Ali gone. England was 6 down now.