Delhi born Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir guided India to a complete eight-wicket victory over England in the second one-day international on Monday. The right-left combination made the English attack look disgustingly inadequate and sprayed the ball in all directions. Gambhir may have started unsteadily by getting a couple of lucky boundaries off the edge of his bat, but once he got into the rhythm there was no pardon for the visiting side.
As the scoring picked up pace, Kohli overtook Gambhir in reaching the half-century and later pressed on the accelerator to reach his seventh century in One-Day Internationals. He also reached the 1000-run mark this year to be third on the list of run-getters in ODIs this year, behind Jonathan Trott and Shane Watson. Kohli, in fact, had a complete day. He bowled five overs for just 18 runs, took two catches, scored a strokeful century studded with 16 boundaries.
He was lucky to be around to put the final touches to the chase after being dropped soon after reaching the three-figure mark. Gambhir, who smashed 10 boundaries in his unbeaten 84, played his part to perfection. Earlier, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel and Jonny Bairstow raised visions of setting India a quite challenging total. However, each of these batsmen rotten, exposing the English tail.
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As the scoring picked up pace, Kohli overtook Gambhir in reaching the half-century and later pressed on the accelerator to reach his seventh century in One-Day Internationals. He also reached the 1000-run mark this year to be third on the list of run-getters in ODIs this year, behind Jonathan Trott and Shane Watson. Kohli, in fact, had a complete day. He bowled five overs for just 18 runs, took two catches, scored a strokeful century studded with 16 boundaries.
He was lucky to be around to put the final touches to the chase after being dropped soon after reaching the three-figure mark. Gambhir, who smashed 10 boundaries in his unbeaten 84, played his part to perfection. Earlier, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel and Jonny Bairstow raised visions of setting India a quite challenging total. However, each of these batsmen rotten, exposing the English tail.
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