Northampton: India will enter the upcoming limited overs series against England on a positive note after beating them Northamptonshire By 10 runs after a stellar performance from the bowlers in their second warm-up match here on Sunday.
India had earlier defeated Derbyshire by seven wickets.
Later Harshal Patel 54 off 36 balls to take India from a precarious position to 149 for eight as the visiting bowlers bowled out the county team for 139 with three balls to spare.
Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahali and Harshal picked up two wickets each as Northamptonshire failed to surpass India’s totals.
Earlier, asked to bat first, India got off to a bad start Sanju Samson The successful bowler on the very first ball of the match was captain Joshua Cobb.
One-down bat Rahul Tripathi also didn’t last long but India had more trouble waiting as pacer Brandon Glover sent back Suryakumar Yadav To reduce the visitors to 8/3 in the third over.
Glover took two consecutive wickets to propel Northamptonshire to the top and a 43-run stand for the fourth wicket steadied the ship. However, Ishan Kishan, who made 16 off 20 balls, fell to left-arm spinner Freddy Heldreich and ended the brief partnership.
It signaled the arrival of Dinesh Karthik and the seasoned campaigner went straight into the groove with some boundaries and a six.
However, Karthik was dismissed for 34 runs in 26 balls, as India were reduced to 72 for five at the start of the 12th over.
Venkatesh Iyer scored 20 off 22 balls, but it was Harshal who did the bulk of the scoring when India needed runs to post a challenging total. Harshal hit five fours and three sixes in his scintillating innings.
For Northamptonshire, Brandon Glover was the most successful bowler with figures of 3/33, while medium pacers Nathan Buck and Heldreich had two wickets each.
Brief Scores:
India: 149/8 in 20 overs (Hershal Patel 54, Dinesh Karthik 34; Brandon Glover 3/33)
Northamptonshire: 139 all out in 19.3 overs (Saif Zaib 33; Avesh Khan 2/16, Yuzvendra Chahal 2/25).
India had earlier defeated Derbyshire by seven wickets.
Later Harshal Patel 54 off 36 balls to take India from a precarious position to 149 for eight as the visiting bowlers bowled out the county team for 139 with three balls to spare.
Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahali and Harshal picked up two wickets each as Northamptonshire failed to surpass India’s totals.
Earlier, asked to bat first, India got off to a bad start Sanju Samson The successful bowler on the very first ball of the match was captain Joshua Cobb.
One-down bat Rahul Tripathi also didn’t last long but India had more trouble waiting as pacer Brandon Glover sent back Suryakumar Yadav To reduce the visitors to 8/3 in the third over.
Glover took two consecutive wickets to propel Northamptonshire to the top and a 43-run stand for the fourth wicket steadied the ship. However, Ishan Kishan, who made 16 off 20 balls, fell to left-arm spinner Freddy Heldreich and ended the brief partnership.
It signaled the arrival of Dinesh Karthik and the seasoned campaigner went straight into the groove with some boundaries and a six.
However, Karthik was dismissed for 34 runs in 26 balls, as India were reduced to 72 for five at the start of the 12th over.
Venkatesh Iyer scored 20 off 22 balls, but it was Harshal who did the bulk of the scoring when India needed runs to post a challenging total. Harshal hit five fours and three sixes in his scintillating innings.
For Northamptonshire, Brandon Glover was the most successful bowler with figures of 3/33, while medium pacers Nathan Buck and Heldreich had two wickets each.
Brief Scores:
India: 149/8 in 20 overs (Hershal Patel 54, Dinesh Karthik 34; Brandon Glover 3/33)
Northamptonshire: 139 all out in 19.3 overs (Saif Zaib 33; Avesh Khan 2/16, Yuzvendra Chahal 2/25).