इंग्लैंड vs भारत, दूसरा टी-20, ओल्ड ट्रैफर्ड क्रिकेट ग्राउंड, मैनचेस्टर, 04 July 2026 - लाइव कमेंट्री

Pushed through, on a good length, on middle. Iyer steps out and pushes it to long off for a single.

Dishes out the googly, on a length, on off. Kishan punches it through point and turns the strike over.

No air given, flatter and angled in at the pads. Iyer whips it to wide long on for just a single.

FOUR! Oh, Phil Salt nearly pulled off a blinder.

Short at 131 kph, on middle and leg. Iyer gets a bit across and mistimes the pull shot. The ball comes higher on the bat due to the bounce, and he works it along the ground to the square leg region for a single.

 FOUR! Nails it into the gap! Back of a length, outside off. Ishan Kishan swings hard at it, loses the grip of the bottom hand, but manages to crunch it to deep backward point. The fielder there, Dawson, has it within his reach to cut it off, but the ball blazes through the fence in the blink of an eye, even before he could take a step to his right.

Back of a length. Kishan rides the bounce and opens the bat face to steer it to backward point for a single.

Bowls it short on the stumps, angling in. Iyer pulls it behind square on the leg side for a single.

Good deception from Curran! The slower one at 116 kph, on a good length, just outside off. Ishan Kishan tentatively dangles the bat away from his body, trying to punch it away to the off side, only to get beaten on the outside edge. He didn't pick the change of pace at all.

At pace now, short of a length, around off. Ishan stands up on his toes and shanks it to cover. Good little comeback by England. Just 13 runs off the last 2 overs. At halfway, India are 96/2.

Darted on a length, around off. Ishan nudges it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single.

Full from around the stumps, angling in. Iyer clips it off the pads to deep mid-wicket for one more.

Two is the call, but Salt prevents it. Spins in from off, full in length. Ishan flicks it through mid-wicket. They run the first run hard, but decide not to challenge Salt's arm, who tears forward from the outfield.

Length ball on the off stump. 93 kph. Iyer works it to deep square leg for a run.

Flat and full, in the line of the stumps. Ishan swats it off the inner half to widish long on for a single.

Beautifully bowled! A fuller-length ball with a hint of turn, Shreyas Iyer waits on it and dabs it between cover and point for a run. Just 6 singles off the over.

A short leg break on the stumps. Kishan rocks back and steers it through mid-wicket for a run.

 FOUR! Timed and placed exceptionally well! Short again, flighted on the middle stump. Shreyas Iyer uses the depth of the crease and pulls it to the leg side, and manages to bisect the deep mid-wicket and long on fielders for a boundary.

Good length on the pads, Iyer clips it to square leg for a single.

A touch fuller, outside off, Ishan cuts it through point for a single.

Fractionally full on the stumps, Iyer uses the crease and works it to deep mid-wicket for another single.

Short and outside off. Ishan Kishan ferociously swats it to the left of the bowler for a single, to the right of long on.

Drops it short, on off and middle. Ishan presses back and whips it to long on for a single.

FOUR! Gets it through! Fractionally short and equally wide on off. Iyer lets the ball come to him and cuts it late to thread the gap between short third and backward point. The Indian skipper picks up a boundary to get going.

In-drifter on a length, on off. Iyer hangs back and punches it to extra cover.

Two is the call and they will get it! Angles in from off, on a good length. Iyer hangs deep in the crease and whips it between square leg and mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Pitched fuller, on off, Iyer leans on and laces it away to long off for an easy single.

A touch short on the leg stump. Ishan heaves it across to deep mid-wicket for a single.

 FOUR! Carted down the ground! Back of a length, on top of off. Abhishek Sharma stands tall and swats it over the fielder at mid on for a cracking boundary.

WIDE! Curran goes short and wide outside off, Abhishek Sharma dangles his bat away from his body half-heartedly and misses to connect. The ball breaches the tramline. Wide called.

 In the air... but drops safely! Fuller in length, around off, nipping away. Abhishek Sharma swings his bat hard to smoke it over the leg side, but gets a thick top edge and he manages to clear the in-field. The ball drops safely in the deep third region and Josh Tongue tidies up. Single.

Nips in from a length, on off with bounce. Ishan Kishan hops on the toes and cuts it through point for an easy single to open his account.

 FOUR! PUT AWAY! Short of a good length, on middle. Abhishek Sharma walks inside the line and pulls it over mid-wicket. Beats Jofra Archer's long chase to his left from long on. Abhishek is on the move.

 FOUR! Beats Archer to his right now! A long half-volley on middle and leg. Abhishek Sharma check-drives and holds the front elbow. Cracks the drive down the ground, and beats Archer at long on, this time to his right. Sharma moves to 43 (23).

OUT! CAUGHT IN THE DEEP! Curran has the last laugh and ends Abhishek's fun. A low full toss that tails into the pads. Abhishek Sharma stays put and tries to whip it over deep mid-wicket, but hits it off the inner half of the bat and sails only as far as the fielder stationed in the deep. Tom Banton doesn't have to move an inch and takes a simple catch. India are 65/2 at the end of the Powerplay.

FOUR! Welcomed with a boundary. Starts with an off-break, full and on off, not much turn. Abhishek backs away, exposes all three stumps and goes inside out over extra cover.

FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. Jacks switches to over the wicket and tosses it up now, on middle and leg. Sharma shimmies down the track to get to the pitch of the ball and slams it over cover for four more.

Back to around the wicket, this is flatter and shorter, on middle. Abhishek swings at it but mistimes the lofted hit, but manages to clear the leaping bowler and pick up a single. The 50 is up for India.

Drifting in, on middle and leg, Sooryavanshi eases it to mid on.

OUT! STUMPED! The debutant's party is over. Will Jacks outfoxes the wonderkid. Perhaps Jacks anticipated Sooryavanshi giving him the charge, and hence, he pushes it through, flatter and shorter, outside off. Vaibhav advances and tries to force it through the off side, but fails to connect. Jos Buttler gathers the ball and whips the bails off in a flash. Sooryavanshi starts walking, but the umpires want to be sure. The third umpire is called into action, and the replays confirm that Vaibhav is short by a fair bit. End of a 50-run opening stand.

Floated up, on the off stump. Ishan taps it to cover.

SIX! Clean as a whistle. Tongue dishes out the slower one at 117 kph, on a length, angled in, on middle. Sooryavanshi needs no second invitation as he puts his head down and clobbers it over mid-wicket for half a dozen.

Leg bye! Switches to over the wicket and this is on a good length, on middle. Sooryavanshi clears the front leg and has a swipe across the line. Gets hit high on the back thigh and a leg bye is taken as the ball goes wide of cover.

FOUR! That nearly went the distance. Angling away, on a length. Abhishek stays deep in the crease and makes use of the angle to carve it over point. One bounce and over the ropes.

Does not connect this time. The length is pulled back a bit by Tongue, near the tramline, on off. Abhishek throws his hands at the ball but the ball is not short enough for the shot and it goes under the blade.

SIX! Launched down the ground. Tongue changes his angle of attack as he comes from around the wicket now. Goes searching for the yorker but ends up serving it right in the slot in line with the off stump. Abhishek clears his front leg, gets under the ball and pumps it over mid off for a biggie.

A run saved. Stays on the fuller side, on off. Abhishek gives himself a bit of room and forces the drive through covers. The ball slows down in the outfield. Will Jacks gives chase and slides to flick the ball behind towards his teammate, who mops it up. Three runs taken.

SIX! Dumped into the stands. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi greets his IPL teammate with a six. Archer spots Sooryavanshi backing away, and he follows him with a length ball. Vaibhav crouches and helps it over long leg by using the pace.

A proper fast bowler's response. Archer dishes out the short ball, over middle and leg. Sooryavanshi swings across for the pull but is beaten for pace and the ball also gets big on him to go over the blade.

Jofra nails the yorker, on middle. Sooryavanshi jams it out to the left of mid off and hurries to the other end.

Not allowing the batter to free his arms. On a good length, landing outside the line of the leg stump. Abhishek makes room to go over the off side but cannot connect.

At 148 kph, on a hard length, on off. Abhishek flays at it to go up and over cover but is beaten for pace.

FOUR! Nearly sneaked through. A puzzled look on the face of Archer. He was the only one to go up in an appeal as he thought that it went off the pad. Spears in a pinpoint yorker, on middle. Abhishek gets his bat down to keep it out. Gets an inside edge and it races past short fine leg for a four.

Tongue starts with a hard-length delivery at 140 kph, around off. Not that wide for the cut but Sooryavanshi arches back and throws his hands at the ball but fails to lay any bat on it.

Beaten for pace and bounce again. Dug in short, over the left shoulder. Sooryavanshi has a swing across the line as he tries to take the short ball on but it sails over his willow.

FIVE WIDES! That should have been stopped. Tongue pushes the length up but gets the line wrong. This is too straight, around leg. Sooryavanshi crouches and gets inside the line to shovel it away but misses. Jos Buttler moves to his right but can't get his body behind the ball. It clips his gloves and goes down to the deep fine leg fence.

Oh, that could have gone back onto the stumps. Nails the yorker, does Tongue, on off. Vaibhav hurriedly drops his bat down on the ball. Squeezes out an inside edge and it goes behind on the leg side for a single. First run in international cricket for Sooryavanshi.

Hits the back of a length, going away. Abhishek has a heave across the line but is beaten as the ball goes under the blade.

From around the wicket, out comes the slower one at 121 kph, tucking the batter up for room. Abhishek can only pat it down the strip.

Another swing and a miss. We have had quite a few of these already in the first couple of overs. Tongue keeps it away from the batter's arc, near the tramline on off, on a good length. Abhishek flashes but can only connect with thin air.

A swing and a miss! At 141 kph steaming in from over the wicket. This is on a length, pushed across the left-hander. It moves away in the air and Abhishek swings at it but is beaten on the outside edge.

And again! Archer bends his back and bashes the hard length, on off. Abhishek hangs back and throws his hands at the ball but it sails over the flailing blade.

FOUR! On the third time of asking, Abhishek Sharma gets it away rather streakily. This is fuller in length, angling away. Sharma does not move his feet at all and flashes hard at the ball. One hand comes off the bat handle. The ball flies off a thickish outside edge over short third for the first four of the contest.

Goes past the bat! Archer drags the length back and once again, it leaves the left-hander with the angle. Abhishek stays put and throws the kitchen sink at it, only to connect with thin air.

Beaten again. Closer to the off stump, on a nagging length. Sharma tries to use the pace this time by opening the bat face but misses.

An absolute snorter by Archer. Bowled at 141 kph, a sharp short ball, aimed at the batter. Abhishek hops as he tries to fend it down but is rushed and the ball climbs onto him. Sharma stabs it down off an inside edge beside the strip on the leg side.