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India vs England, 2nd T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: England tour of India, 2016-17 Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Date & Time: Jan 29, 07:00 PM LOCAL
Bumrah delivered when England needed 8 runs off 6 balls.
Bumrah delivered when England needed 8 runs off 6 balls. © Cricbuzz

















Both teams reckon that the wicket would take turn and hence have made a change each but it is England who will be bowling first yet again. Kohli is fairly pleased since the pitch deteriorated more in the second half of the game during his side's World T20 encounter at the same venue against New Zealand. Amit Mishra comes in place of Parvez Rasool and Liam Dawson replaces Liam Plunkett in the playing XI.

Playing XI:

India: Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni(w), Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Amit Mishra, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ashish Nehra

England: Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Moeen Ali, Liam Dawson, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills

With Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal entertaining fans with three and a half hours of exhilarating Tennis, can India and England now put on a show for the same duration on a Super Sunday? England finally got a much-needed first win on the tour in the first game that they dominated completely with both bat and ball. India will have to turn things around quickly to keep this three-match series alive.

While England are expected to go in with the same XI, India might be tempted to make a change or two. Will Mandeep Singh or the young basher Rishabh Pant get a game with KL Rahul failing yet again? Will we see Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the bowling department? Amit Mishra might get a look in too considering the success the other leggie Yuzvendra Chahal had in the first game.

India's focus will lie on making it count at the death. They faltered towards the end of their innings in the first game and they cannot afford a repeat in Nagpur. Welcome to our live blog for the second Twenty20 International. Tweet in your opinions to @Narbavi_CFC

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