England vs India 2018: 5 talking points as India beat England by 8 wickets

#2 KL Rahul slams century; Rohit Sharma supports

India were chasing down 160, which is not daunting by any means but can be tricky. The pitch was on the slower side, and Shikhar Dhawan departed early when the score read seven.

Out walked KL Rahul, perhaps the best batsman in the just-concluded Indian Premier League. Chris Jordan pitched the ball on a length outside off, Rahul was one knee and then timed it clean over covers. Just the aesthetic beginning one associates with Rahul and this was just the way he kicked off.

Flicks, reverse sweeps, drives, pulls, and much more, 50 of the very best runs, 100-run partnership was raised, and then there was Rohit Sharma was just turning over the strike, he too played few awe-inspiring stroke.

However, it was a batting masterclass from KL Rahul who was not partial to any part of the the ground and he was out in full display in the 11th over of the innings against Liam Plunkett.

He flicked the ball over square leg, then opened up and creamed a drive over covers, then swivelled and pulled one past long leg and then rounded off the over with a sumptuous pull over square leg.

Well, and he slammed his second century in T20Is off 52 balls, an innings of absolute command.