Fantastic last over by Jasprit Bumrah helped India beat England by five runs. With series levelled at 1-1 and as England and India will be playing their third and final T20 match in Bangalore on February 1, we look at the T20 specialists from both the teams.
• Virat Kohli: He is the run machine for the Indian team. He scores runs in every format. In 46 matches, Kohli has scored 1686 runs with impressive strike rate of 134.98. He is only the fourth Indian to complete 1000 runs in T20s. He is backbone of Indian batting line up.
• Suresh Raina: He is a star T20 batsman for India. He is one of the best all-rounders in the team. He is only player to score a century in all the formats. In all, Raina has played 63 matches and has scored 1237 runs with strike rate of 133.29. He has scored1 hundred and 3 fifties. He can bowl give his quota of four overs when the captain needs. He has picked up 12 wickets in all. He is electrifying fielder too.
• Ashish Nehra: He is most senior player in this current Indian team. Nehra has made a good come back and he is the leading bowler. He compliments the youngsters well. He has been regularly providing the opening burst for his team. He has taken at least one wicket in the power play that’s very good for the team’s point of view. He also bowls well at the end overs. He has taken 31 wickets in 24 matches.
• Eoin Morgan: Morgan is there key player in the limited overs format. He is an attacking batsman and most bankable limited-overs performers for England over the years. Morgan has played 65 matches for this team and scored 1511 runs with a strike rate of 131.04 He is the most experienced player in the team. Morgan has to take added responsibility for batting with his captaincy.
• Joe Root: The most dependable batsman for England, he is the backbone of English batting. His batting is very exciting to watch. He is real luxury to have in a team. He contributes both with bat and ball. Root has played only 22 T20 matches and has scored 646 runs with a strike rate of 133.74.
• Jos Buttler: A wicket keeper and a handy batsman in middle order. His impact on the one-day and T20 sides has been extraordinary. He has 3 fastest centuries to his name. He is the best wicket keeper batsman in the league of Dhoni, Decock, Candimal, Kamran Akmal and Peter Nevil. Buttler has played 51 games and scored 928 runs with a strike rate of 140.18 He has good wicket keeping skills too and has 14 catches and 3 stumping to his name.
• Ben Stokes: A good bowler and attacking low order batsman. In 19 matches, Stokes has scored 148 runs with an attacking strike rate of 138.31. He has also picked 9 wickets with an economy rate of 9.25. He is definite promise of a good all rounder for England.
