IND vs ENG, 1st T20: Twitter Reacts As Kuldeep Yadav Blows Away England With Career-Best Performance

Kuldeep Yadav ran through the English batting lineup, taking his maiden 5-fer in T20Is as the hosts managed a modest 159 for 8 in the first T20I. The chinaman spinner finished the game with stunning figures of 5 for 24.

Fresh off the demolition job against Australia, the in-form English batsmen found the going a bit tough against a solid Indian attack. Put in to bat first, the hosts were off to a solid start before the Indian bowlers tightened things up.

Jason Roy and Jos Buttler started the proceedings on a bang, adding 50 runs off just 29 balls before Umesh Yadav struck. The right-arm pacer castled Roy who smashed 30 off 20. Jos Buttler and Alex Hales then took the inning forward. While Buttler batted in his usual manner, Hales departed. The duo added 45 runs for the second wicket before Kuldeep Yadav ended Hales’ painful stay at the crease. Hales scored 8 off 18 balls.

Prior to that, Buttler had reached his fifty off just 29 balls. England reached the three-digit mark in the 12th over before Kuldeep turned the match in India’s favour. The chinaman spinner dismissed Eoin Morgan (7), Jonny Bairstow (0) and Joe Root (0) inside an over to leave England reeling at 107 for 5. 10 runs later, Hardik Pandya sent back Moeen Ali to pile more misery on the hosts.

David Willey then hit Bhuvneshwar Kumar for two fours and a six in the 17th over to ease the pressure off. However, in the very next over, Kuldeep dismissed the dangerous Buttler to put England firmly on the backfoot. The keeper-batsman scored  69 off 46 balls. England never managed to recover from those setbacks and were eventually restricted to a modest total.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the innings:

Kuldeep Yadav is causing absolutely chaos ……. The Indians are a little bit better than the Aussies ……. #ENGvIND

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 3, 2018

Few Ireland players having a wry smile watching Kuldeep Yadav bamboozling England right now.

— Emmet Riordan (@emmetrd) July 3, 2018

I guess this is because a bowling machine can’t quite simulate Kuldeep Yadav’s deliveries. #EngvInd

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) July 3, 2018

Poor judgment by Butler to go after Kuldeep. Could have played out his last over. Super catch by Kohli. Brilliant by bowler to claim 5 wkts

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 3, 2018

While Akhilesh Yadav is busy picking up tiles and taps, Kuldeep Yadav is busy picking up WICKETS.#ENGvIND

— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) July 3, 2018

This England team has changed a lot in the last 12-18 months. But somethings remain the same. Last T20 vs India in Bengaluru (2017) – Chahal claimed six wickets… the start of this tour has five snapped by Kuldeep. Wrist is the twist in this story ??‍♂️! #EngvInd

— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) July 3, 2018

Kuldeep Yadav's England Tour Begins…Ladies and Gentlemen, it's spinning ??? #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/D6Ctsbatzr

— …. (@ynakg2) July 3, 2018

Kuldeep Yadav is the first bowler to get two batsmen stumped for ducks off successive deliveries in T20Is. #EngvInd

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) July 3, 2018

The English players want to get done with this #ENGvIND game quickly so that they can go watch the game that has massive consequence – Columbia vs England at the #WorldCup ??

— Rashi (@rashi_kakkar) July 3, 2018

PA : Ma’am what a match, Kuldeep Yadav is asking so many questions !

Sushma Swaraj : Block kar ise abhi ke abhi…#IndvEng

— The Lying Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) July 3, 2018

Kuldeep Yadav – forget what comes out of his hand, it’s hard to tell what comes out of his mouth. #PutASpellOnYou #EngvInd

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) July 3, 2018

Yujuvendea Chahal in England. The only way he can gain some pounds #EngvInd

— The Goan Patiala ?. ? (@TheGoanPatiala) July 3, 2018

Meanwhile Hales is probably contesting for a place a in Eng test squad. ?? #INDvENG

— JD (@jayu_192) July 3, 2018

Someone remind Kohli he is not captaining RCB now. Apart from Chahal, he has Kuldeep too!#EngvInd

— cricBC (@cricBC) July 3, 2018

Woh cricket match mein Sanjay Manjrekar se commentary karwana zaroori hai kya ? #IndvEng pic.twitter.com/wkJxLjcsiH

— The Lying Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) July 3, 2018

5 overs bowled and I am already feeling bad for the bowlers in this tour. #ENGvIND

— Pritam Sharma (@VanDiablo) July 3, 2018

Wo Atherton, Lloyd, Hussain ke available hone per bhi commentary panel mei Sanjay Manjrekar ka hona jaruri hai kya? pic.twitter.com/2bIn8gfbWC

— Ritesh (@Sachislife) July 3, 2018