After the loss of in the first T20 International match in Kanpur, MS Dhoni and head coach Anil Kumble had a deep conversation for the second T20 match at Nagpur on Sunday. 

The pressure is on the hosts to win two games on the trot. If India loses Sunday’s match then the T20 series will go to England.

England was very smart to read and assess the pitch at Green Park in Kanpur. They bowled a good tight line to the Indian batsmen. That didn’t allow them to score freely. The visitor’s restricted the powerful Indian batting line up for just 147 in 20 overs.

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The Indian team have already started their preparations for the 2nd T20. This match will be played in Nagpur at Jamtha Stadium.

Dhoni who has captained his side during Word T20 match against the Kiwis at the same venue will surely share his ideas and inputs with the coach Anil Kumble and the captain Virat Kohli.

In this T20 series players like Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul should step up. The opening woes continued for India in this shortest format.

India should go with the regular opener instead of Virat Kohli. Rishab Pant should get a chance in the second match. Kedav Jhadav should also be in the team. He had shown lot of promise in the recently concluded ODI series which India won 2-1.

In the last match only Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni looked comfortable against the England bowlers. Rest of batting unit didn’t fire as they should have done.
Of all the negatives, Yuzvendra Chahal was the one positive for India. He took two quick wickets and tried to put England in pressure. But that was not enough in the end.

Young Yuzvendra Chahal is expected to repeat this performance more for his team. Parvez Rasool is also a handy bowler. He picked up the wicket of Eoin Morgan. But that was too late.

India will have to win this match to stay alive in this series.

Kohli and Co. should come up with something great.