England vs India 2018, 2nd T20I, Cardiff: 5 talking points as England beat India by 5 wickets 

#3 Persistent with back of a length delivery

The dimensions of Sophia Gardens is such that the straight boundaries are very short and the square boundaries are quite big.

Thus, the England bowlers persistent with a back of a length strategy which forced the Indian batsmen to look to the cross-batted strokes in order to guard the short straight boundaries.

They were also rewarded with the wickets of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul and were also successful in containing the other batsmen too.

The Indian bowlers too followed the same strategy and looked to contain the hosts and banged the ball on a length in the initial overs.