India vs England: India and England faced each other in the third match of the 5-match T20I series. Team India won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, host England scored 201 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs, thanks to a explosive half-century by Philip Salt. England’s opening batsman Philip Salt played the highest innings of 70 runs. Salt faced 44 balls in his innings. During this period, 7 fours and 3 sixes were seen from his bat. Sam Curran scored unbeaten 41 runs in 24 balls. For India, Harshit Rana and Prince Yadav took 2-2 wickets. Akshar Patel got a success.
Team India’s innings had a very bad start while chasing England’s score. 5 wickets of the Indian team fell in just 5 overs. Even after this the process of falling wickets continued. Team India could not even play the full 20 overs. In front of the sharp bowling of England, it was bundled out for just 76 runs in 11.4 overs. In this way, Team India lost the second consecutive match and lagged behind badly in the 5-match series. The first match of the series was washed out due to rain, while in the second match, Team India had to face a crushing defeat.
For England, Josh Tong took maximum 4 wickets while Joffra Archer took 3 batsmen. Whereas, Adil Rashid got 2 wickets and Will Jacques got 1 wicket. Vaibhav and Ishan Kishan scored the maximum runs for India. Only 13-13 runs came from both their bats. 7 batsmen could not go beyond single digits.
playing eleven
England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethel, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue.
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Shivam Dubey, Tilak Verma, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty.
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