Dinesh Karthik and Shan Masood
Reflexes
- India beat Derbyshire by seven wickets in T20 practice match
- Dinesh Karthik captained the Indian team
- Deepak Hooda played half a century of innings
Dinesh Karthik is in constant promotion. Until just a month ago, his place in the Indian team was not even secure and now he has become the captain of the team. Karthik also led the Indian team to victory on the tour of England.
India won under the captaincy of Dinesh Karthik
The Indian team played a warm-up match against Derbyshire before the start of the T20I series against England. Dinesh Karthik captained India in this match. In this night match held in Derby, the host team’s captain was Pakistani cricketer Shan Masood. Batting first, Derbyshire set a target of 150 runs for India to win. The Indian bowlers played well as a result, none of the hosts being able to cross the 30 mark.
Umran and Arshdeep shine
In this match, two new bowlers included in the team, Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh played well. Both young bowlers took the maximum of two wickets on their names, with Arshdeep spending just 29 runs in his four overs, while Umran gave up 31 runs. Apart from these two, Axar Patel and Venkatesh Iyer got one wicket each.
Deepak Hooda’s fiery batting
Deepak Hooda, who won the series 2-0 by scoring a century in the T20 series against Ireland, has been in tremendous form. Hooda scored 59 runs on 37 balls, batting at number three against Derbyshire. Batting at a strike rate of 159.45, he also hit two sixes with five fours in his innings. Alongside Hooda, Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav also appeared in good rhythm. Leading off the innings, Sanju scored 38 runs on 30 balls, while Suryakumar played an undefeated inning of 36 runs on 22 balls. However, starter Rituraj Gaikwad failed once again. He returned to the arena after scoring just three runs and also put a big question mark over his place on the team. India easily won the match by seven wickets with 20 balls to spare.
