Ashish Nehra and Jasprit Bumrah help India level Twenty20 series against England

Skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday lavished praise on his fast bowlers after Jasprit Bumrah choked the England batting to hand India a series levelling five-run win in the second Twenty20 international in Nagpur.

Chasing 145 for victory, England needed eight off the final over but Bumrah claimed two wickets and gave away just two runs to help the hosts even out the three-match series at 1-1.

Bumrah, the pacer, combined with veteran seamer Ashish Nehra, who claimed three wickets, to keep the Eoin Morgan-led England side down to 139-6.

Joe Root, who looked like anchoring the chase with a run-a-ball 38, was given out lbw off Bumrah on the first ball of the 20th over as replays suggested the batsman got an inside edge before the ball hit his pads.

Bumrah (2-20), who was named the man of the match, bowled Jos Buttler (15) on the fourth delivery and never allowed Chris Jordan and Moeen Ali to score the remaining runs on the final two balls.

“The way the bowlers responded. The way the spinners bowled in the middle phase and these two guys Bumrah and Ashish Nehra were outstanding,” Kohli said in the post-match presentation.