Jos Buttler trumps Kohli, England beat India by 8 wickets to go 2-1 up

Virat Kohlis brilliance wasnt good enough to paper over an otherwise inept Indian batting performance as England humbled the hosts by eight wickets in the third T20 International to take a 21 lead in the fivematch series on TuesdayEoin Morgan unleashed his fast bowlers Mark Wood 331 and Chris Jordan 235 to restrict the hosts for 156 for six which the visitors surpassed easily in 182 overs riding on Jos Buttlers unbeaten 83 off 52 ballsSkipper Kohli had mistakenly said at the toss that his team led 21 but Morgan in his 100th T20 International appearance made sure that opposite happenedButtler showed his mastery in white ball format after Kohli singlehandedly carried the team to a reasonable score with an unbeaten 77 off 46 ballsButtler in the Powerplay pounced on Shardul Thakur and Yuzvendra Chahal in successive overs and England were never in danger of falling behind the runrate after thatHe played the pacers and spinners with comforting ease playing reverse slog sweeps interspersed between the lofted straight hits into the empty stands In all Buttler hit five fours and four sixesMore than the Buttlers blade the difference between two sides was the sheer pace generated by England pacers after Morgan won another good tossMark Wood rocked the Indian top order during the Powerplay overs and even Kohlis magnificence wasnt good enough to save the night for the Men In BlueWoods thunderbolts at 90 plus miles per hour found the younger Indian batsmen in considerable discomfortHe didnt do anything extra but bowled fast and straight mixing the well disguised short pitched stuff to get them into a tangleSave Kohli other Indian youngsters found it difficult to put bat to ball as pace and bounce off the pitch worked wonders for English speed merchantsThe Indian skipper with his near perfect technique fought fire with fire playing pull shots and the lofted hits shuffling towards leg stump to make room for himselfHe was lucky when his mistimed flick off a short ball from Jofra Archer fetched him a six but then the second flick off Chris Jordan was perfectly dispatched to the longest corner for a maximumBut the shot of the night was a straight six off Wood which made the bowler take his time to finish the over Not to forget the shape which he was in while executing a ramp shot off ArcherHis partnership with Hardik Pandya 17 off 15 balls fetched 70 runs off just 53 overs but it was all about Kohli for the better part as the Baroda allrounder was struggling to time the ballBut others were not so lucky with Wood making life miserable for themKL Rahul 0 was once again in the midst of a forgettable patch where all the good deliveries were being earmarked for himWood bowled one at 91 mph that pitched on length and nipped back enough to breach through the openers defence before he could bring his bat downRohit Sharma 15 off 17 balls was playing his first game of the series and while he managed to read Adil Rashids googlies well Woods well directed bouncer got him as he was holed out in the deepIshan Kishan 4 after a dream debut got a hostile welcome from Wood who managed to soften the Jharkhand dasherThe result was Chris Jordan extracting extra bounce and the illtimed pull shot bringing Kishans downfall as the hosts looked in complete disarrayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever