5 Major Positives For The Indian Team After Defeating England In Their Own Backyard
Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, and Rishabh Pant (Image Source: Twitter)
After losing the one-off Test against England, India was scheduled to play a three-match T20I and a three-match ODI series against them. India drew the Test series 2-2 while India came out victorious in the remaining two formats with a scoreline of 2-1. India became the first team to defeat England at their home in a bilateral ODI series since 2014.
During this whole white-ball series, many players stepped up big time as they helped India to win these series convincingly. Star players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Shikhar Dhawan failed. Despite it, several players came up with their best performances and ensured these historic wins. Here are the top five positives for India from the overall White-ball series against England:
Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya (Image Source: Twitter)
This player was the talk of the town when he was given the captaincy duties of the new Gujarat franchise in this year’s Indian T20 League. Hardik was coming back from an injury without any competitive match experience behind his back. But, he silenced his critics in style as he led Gujarat to win that tournament at the first attempt.
After that, he had a good series against the Proteas at home and led India to a 2-0 T20I series victory over Ireland. Then, he came to England and contributed significantly to winning the T20I series. In the ODI series, he scored 100 runs in two innings while he picked up six wickets with the ball. This performance earned him the player of the series award. Hence, seeing his rich-vein form, the Indian Team management will be relieved ahead of the T20 World Cup.
