India hand England the match on a platter; fielding and Shreyas Iyer captaincy both sub-standard
The 56-run Indian defeat in the fifth and final T20 on Saturday night should not come as a surprise to anyone. Going into the match, they were already a demotivated bunch having lost the last three games as well as the five-game rubber after a washout in the first game at Chester-le-Street. India’s miserable UK tour comes to an end! They lost six out of seven games. (BCCI) However, what was surprising was that they didn’t put up much of a fight. Much before they came out to chase England’s 257/3 (the highest by any team against India in T20Is), they had lost the game. The biggest indicator of what kind of space a team is in is not exactly how it bats or bowls. It’s more often than not how it fields. The Indians were awfully poor in the field at the Ageas Bowl after deciding to have a bowl at the toss. England captain Harry Brook was helped twice, first by Shivam Dube and then by Ishan Kishan. The centurion of the match, …









