India gave the perfect example of a never-give-up attitude, as, despite a tough challenge by England at home, it dug deep to churn out a 3-2 series win the five-game Twenty20 International series against England. As India has extended its unbeaten T20I series run to eight, we rank the performances by the Indians in every department.
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BatsmenThe department has to start with the best batsman in the world, skipper Virat Kohli. Although he was a flop throughout the Tests and the opening T20I, he magically sprung back to form thereon. He finished as the highest run-scorer, scoring 231 runs in the five innings at a bradmansque average of 115.50, including three half-centuries. Kohli was duly supported by Shreyas Iyer, finished as the second-highest, while senior opener Rohit Sharma was placed third. Nonetheless, it is worth mentioning the performances of debutants Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, who scored 89 and 60 in a couple of innings, respectively. Overall, all the batsmen contributed and fired.Top performers: Kohli, Suryakumar, Iyer, Rohit and Kishan
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WicketkeepersThe only name that fits into the department is Rishabh Pant, who was dominating with the gloves, while with the bat, he finished as the third-highest run-scorer, scoring 102 in four innings at an average of 25.50. As for the other man in the department, while KL Rahul did not keep the wickets, he was a super flop with the bat, scoring just 15 in four innings.Top performer: Pant
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All-roundersAs for the all-round department, it too has one man in the form of the explosive Hardik Pandya. With the bat, he scored the most, of 86, at an average of 28.66. Considering his bowling, he claimed the joint third-most wickets, three from five at an economy of 6.94. Also, Washington Sundar did well with the ball, claiming four from five at 9.90. Among the other all-rounder was Axar Patel, who played a game, scoring an unbeaten seven, while he performed poorly with the ball.Top performer: Pandya and Sundar
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SpinnersIncidentally, the series was not the ideal one for spinners, despite being played on Indian tracks. While only a couple of specialist spinners were utilised, both performed averagely. As Yuzvendra Chahal claimed three from three, Rahul Chahar claimed two from two.Top performers: Chahal and Rahul
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PacersThe department fared relatively well, to everyone's surprise. Shardul Thakur finished as the highest wicket-taker, claiming eight from five at an economy of 9.69. He was adequately supported by seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who claimed four from five at 6.38. Although T Natarajan could play just a game, he wasn't efficient.Top performers: Thakur and Bhuvi
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