Twitter Reactions: Rohit Sharma powers India in the chase of 199 to win the series 2-1

The final T20I of the series in Bristol was a high-scoring affair, one that the fans were waiting for right through the series. Both India and England had one win in their account and wanted to get their hands on the trophy. England set them a target of 199 and when India walked out to chase it was just the matter of time. Rohit Sharma scored a hundred and they got home with 7 wickets and 8 balls to spare.

Virat Kohli asked Eoin Morgan’s men to bat first and Jason Roy along with Jos Buttler walked out to open the innings. They got the team off to a flying start. Almost every ball that hit the middle of the bat went to the boundary and even the top edges found the ropes. Roy hit the ball down the ground on several occasions and tried to pull everything that was short of the length.

India made two changes and brought pacers Deepak Chahar and Siddarth Kaul in the XI for Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav. Chahar was making his debut while Kaul is featuring in his second T20I. It was the debutant who broke the opening stand worth 94 and Kaul then sent back Roy for 67.

England after an amazing start lost their way in the middle as the Indian bowlers made a really good comeback. The biggest example of how well they pulled things back was Hardik Pandya’s spell. The medium pacer spent 22 runs in his first over, the most he has ever been hit for 22 in an over but concluded his spell with figures of 4/38. He dismissed all the big guns and England posted an under-par total on the board.

For Indi,a it was a matter of just spending enough time in the middle. The ball was not doing anything and both the pacers or the spinners had nothing in it for them. Shikhar Dhawan once again missed out but Rohit was not going to let this go. On the easiest of the batting wickets, he will get on this tour the opener capitalized.

He anchored the innings with the likes of KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya hitting around him. Rohit in the end got to his 3rd T20I hundred with a stroke-filled knock. He got as many as 11 boundaries and five sixes. Pandya’s 14-ball 33 helped India close the game in double quick time and thus they won their first T20I series on English soil.

Here is how Twitterati reacted to Team India’s T20I series win:

India's last 5 T20I series:

2-1 Beat NZ
3-0 Beat SL
2-1 Beat SA
2-0 Beat IRE
2-1 Beat Eng

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) July 8, 2018

India in last eight three-match T20I series:
Won ✅
Won ✅
Won ✅
Won ✅
Won ✅
Won ✅
Won ✅
Won ✅ #ENGvIND

— Jaspreet Sahni (@JaspreetSSahni) July 8, 2018

@ImRo45 missing his double century by 100 runs. Oh wait ! pic.twitter.com/V6a9SesbAz

— Aap Chutiye Hain (@AapChutiye) July 8, 2018

I feel India will wrap up the match before the 19th over. Do you all agree? #ENGvIND

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 8, 2018

What a sensational chase this has been. Superb hundred for @ImRo45 and India win yet another series. Intetestingly, India have not lost a bilateral 3 match T20i series yet. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/9Gec8rlyPS

— R P Singh (@rpsingh) July 8, 2018

Have watched two stunning chases today – first by Pakistan and now India. Who’d be a bowler? #AUSvPAK #ENGvIND

— Hemant (@hemantbuch) July 8, 2018

Fantastic win from India. The bowlers were outstanding to restrict England below 200 on that surface and @ImRo45 makes it look so easy. 3rd T20I 💯 and as effortless as ever. 6th successive T20 series win from this special side #IndvsEng

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 8, 2018

Rohit Sharma after hitting fifty runs #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/idoqOVphd3

— Dhaval Patel (@dhaval241086) July 8, 2018

Congratulations hit man another brilliant century well played @ImRo45 keep going 🏏@mipaltan @IPL @BCCI 👍

— Ishwwar pandey (@pandey_ishwar) July 8, 2018

Hardik Pandya becomes the first Indian player & seventh player overall to score 30-plus runs (33* off 14) and take four-plus wickets (4/38) in a T20I. #ENGvIND

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) July 8, 2018

Brilliant run chase from india. He’s some player that @ImRo45 Hardik pandya not too shabby either #ENGvIND #wheredoyoubowl pic.twitter.com/cgPKYvgYLF

— simon hughes (@theanalyst) July 8, 2018

Good bowling by our very own Ninja and KungFuPandya to get us back into the game. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/jWhbCJsDNS

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 8, 2018

The record of most T20i runs in a calendar year is currently with India's @imVkohli, who scored 641 in 2016. @FakharZamanLive has already scored 516 in 2018, Pak to play 6 more T20Is this year, Fakhar needs 126 to surpass Kohli. Can Fakhar break Kohli's record? #Cricket #Pakistan

— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) July 8, 2018

Best Economy Rate in overs 16-20 in T20Is since 2016 (Min: 100 balls)

5.50 Imran Tahir
5.70 Mohammad Naveed
6.72 Hardik Pandya*
6.95 Kyle Abbott
6.97 Rashid Khan

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 8, 2018

Roooooooohiiiitttttttt shaaarrrrmaaaaaaaa u beauty @ImRo45 top 💯 brother.. great stuff with the bowl and bat @hardikpandya7 #ENGvsIND congratulations team india 🇮🇳 @BCCI Indian summer in England 💪🏏

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 8, 2018

All players, including extras, should hug Hardik one by one… #ENGvIND

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) July 8, 2018

India in 3-match T20I series since 2016
Beat Aus 3-0 in Aus(2016)
Beat SL 2-1 in India(2016)
Beat Zim 2-1 in Zim(2016)
Beat Eng 2-1 in Ind(2017)
Beat NZ 2-1 in Ind(2017)
Beat SL 3-0 in Ind(2017)
Beat SA 2-1 in SA(2018)
Beat Eng 2-1 in Eng(2018)
Series 8 Won 8#INDvsENG #ENGvIND

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) July 8, 2018

What a great display of team effort by everyone @BCCI !!Congrats on the win!👌👌👌 #ENGvIND

— Jasprit bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) July 8, 2018

Fantastic T20 match and series win against England. Hearty congratulations to the team and the captain. Kudos to @ImRo45 for the brilliant century #INDvENG @BCCI @imVkohli

— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) July 8, 2018

Pandya ends the match MS Dhoni style. Looks like a capable successor to the Master Finisher

— Just Cricket 🏏 (@BatBallStumps) July 8, 2018

Rohit Sharma – Only Batsman To Score 3 Hundreds in Each Format (Test, ODI, T20Is)#ENGvIND

— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) July 8, 2018

#HardikPandya is showing great maturity and responsibility in his game. Credit to the team management for showing faith in him. Promoting him in batting and using him as a front line pacer. Keep it up @hardikpandya7 . #ENGvIND

— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) July 8, 2018