It was on this very day in 2013 that India had defeated England by 5 runs to raise the ICC Champions Trophy for the second time. While their first such victory had seen them sharing the silverware with Sri Lanka in 2002, a title triumph in 2013 was the primary occasion of a world group profitable all of the three international white-ball tournaments.
With all these three titles coming beneath Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a victory precisely a decade in the past had made him the primary and (thus far) the one captain to win ICC T20 World Cup, ICC Cricket World Cup and ICC Champions Trophy.
A match deeply affected by rain was transformed right into a T20 after hours of delay in Birmingham that day. Having scored 129/7 in 20 overs after then-England captain Alastair Cook invited India in to bat first, the guests had been actually not in the perfect of positions across the midway mark.
That mentioned, this was precisely the place Dhoni and his masterly expertise to rotate bowlers got here into play. With the likes of Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Suresh Raina returning with mixed bowling figures of 11-1-58-4, they’d performed a titular position in decreasing England to 124/8 in 20 overs despite a probably game-changing 64-run sixth-wicket partnership between Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara.
Dhoni, who had efficiently infused a way of perception amongst his teammates with respect to defending a low innings complete, had additionally thrived by making Rohit Sharma open the batting in ODIs. For those that don’t know, this event was the primary time when Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan had opened the batting collectively for India in an ICC occasion.
Playing his first-ever main competitors, Dhawan had emerged because the Player of the Series to embark on a journey which noticed him dominating related tournaments sooner or later as effectively.
ICC Champions Trophy 2013 Final Highlights Of England Innings
While official highlights of the total watch aren’t accessible, you may watch ICC Champions Trophy 2013 remaining highlights of England’s innings by clicking here.
