India followed the same blueprint of the first T20I in Kolkata as they elected to field first after winning the coin flip in Chennai. Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya were successful in drawing early wickets and keeping the pressure checked on the Three Lions early on. However, Jos Buttler looked surreal against the spinners with Harry Brook finding some confident strokes off his bat. As the pair tried to counter the Indian bowling, Chakaravarthy doused their attempt by cleaning up Brook with a seed.
After the powerplay score reflected 58/2, Chakaravarthy was summoned to operate in his home ground. Buttler took a couple of balls to get off the strike against the finger spinner before a googly, pitched outside the stumps on a fuller length beat the inside edge of Brook’s bat to castle the stumps. The right-hander, failing to read the length and variation early, tried to rock back to fend, only to realize the timbers broken in a jiffy. Right after, Brook, who blamed Kolkata smog for his last match dismissal to Chakaravarthy, had a dejection written across his face. Meanwhile, the bowler stared at him with a wry smile, prompting the Twitterverse into a frenzy.
Brook Gone! pic.twitter.com/2zyfzHOYQJ
— jithesh (@jithesh1569353) January 25, 2025
VARUN DISMISSES BROOK IN 1ST T20I.
VARUN DISMISSES BROOK IN 2ND T20I.
-VERUN IS GENIUS😍#INDvENG #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/oKoA1M2up6— Tanveer (@tanveermamdani) January 25, 2025
Chakravarthy T20I’s firebrand
Varun Chakravarthy has been on fire in T20Is since 2024! 🔥 With 22 wickets in just 9 matches, including standout spells like 5/17 and 3/23, he’s proving to be a match-winner for India. Phenomenal consistency!#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/UoiS3uqdoZ
— cricket update (@cricketnews9758) January 25, 2025
Varun On fire!
Off-stump out of the ground!
Varun Chakaravarthy gets his second 🔥🔥#TeamIndia | #INDvENG | @IDFCFIRSTBankpic.twitter.com/s67ySFdLOh— Indian Cricket Team (@incricketteam) January 25, 2025
Brydon Carse scored 31 (17) with a four and 3 sixes.
– He’s part of SRH in IPL 2025.#SanjuSamson #HardikPandya #INDvENG #ViratKohli #KLRahul #INDvsENG #ENGvIND #SRH #ChampionsTrophy2025 #IPL pic.twitter.com/IbZsKIP1f9— Monish (@Monish09cric) January 25, 2025
TTTTT
Trying to score!
Well England is England.#INDvENG
— Himanshu (@hims_negi) January 25, 2025
Good to see low scoring matches.#INDvENG
— Vinay (@VIINAY24) January 25, 2025
Gam on!
