Team India has suffered a very embarrassing and crushing defeat in the third match of the exciting five-match T20 International series being played between India and England. In this match played at the historic Trent Bridge ground in Nottingham, host England completely defeated India in every aspect of the game. With this big win, England has greatly strengthened its position in the series, whereas this defeat has proved to be a big mental blow for the Indian team. Phil Salt and Sam Curran’s strike: England scored a huge score of 201 runs. The match started with the Indian captain winning the toss and deciding to bowl first. Indian bowlers did achieve some successes in the initial overs, but the English batsmen soon took control of the match. For England, Phil Salt played a brilliant aggressive innings of 70 runs, while captain Jos Buttler made an important contribution of 36 runs. Apart from this, in the middle order, Harry Brook added 16 runs and Jacob Bethel added 13 runs. In the last moments of the innings, Sam Curran gave a boost to the score by playing an explosive inning of 41 runs unbeaten in just 24 balls, on the basis of which England scored a challenging score of 201 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. While bowling for India, Harshit Rana and Prince Yadav took two wickets each, while Akshar Patel got one success. The havoc of Jofra Archer and Josh Tong: The entire Indian team was reduced to just 76 runs. The Indian team, which came to chase the huge target, had a very disappointing start. Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma started the innings, but the Indian batsmen could not stand against the pace and swing of the English bowlers. Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs and Vaibhav Suryavanshi 13 runs. After this, Ishan Kishan (13 runs), captain Shreyas Iyer (5 runs) and Akshar Patel (10 runs) who came to the crease also failed completely. Harshit Rana scored 9 runs in the lower order, but the entire team was reduced to a score of just 76. For England, Josh Tong took 4 wickets while bowling lethally, Jofra Archer took 3 wickets, Adil Rashid took 2 wickets and Will Jacques took 1 wicket. With this huge 125-run win, England now seem to be completely dominating the series, and the Indian team will have to perform miraculously in the upcoming matches to save the series.
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