IND vs ENG: Rohit Sharma’s century went in vain at Lord’s, bowlers sank the boat, England won the third match and captured the series.

IND vs ENG 3rd ODI: After T20I, the Indian team also had to face defeat in the ODI series in England. In the third and decider ODI match played at Lord’s, England defeated India by 27 runs and won the series 2-1. In this match, England batted first and scored a big score of 387 runs due to Ben Duckett’s century and Jacob Bethel-Joe Root’s brilliant innings. In reply, Team India could score only 360 runs for 7 wickets. Rohit Sharma played a brilliant inning of 138 runs for India. Shubman Gill scored 77 runs and Virat Kohli scored 74 runs, but could not lead the team to victory. The middle order of Team India also disappointed. Had the Indian bowlers not given away so many runs, perhaps this match would not have slipped out of India’s hands.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a good start to Team India

Captain Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma started Team India’s innings to chase the target of 388 runs given by England. Both the openers gave a good start to the team and did not lose wickets for 24 overs. There was a partnership of 147 runs between the two for the first wicket, but then Adil Rashid gave the first blow to India. He has sent Lubhman Gill to the pavilion. Gill played an innings of 77 runs in 84 balls, which included 10 fours and 1 six.

113 run partnership between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli

After this, the Indian team’s two great batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli took the lead together at Lord’s and made a brilliant partnership of 113 runs for the second wicket. During this, Rohit was seen in his old and dangerous form. The Hitman thrashed the English bowlers, but then captain Harry Brook handed over the 39th over to young player Jacob Bethel.

Rohit Sharma becomes the first Indian player to score an ODI century at Lord’s

Bethel gave a big blow to India by dismissing Rohit Sharma on this fourth ball. Rohit played a brilliant inning of 138 runs in 110 balls. During this period, 17 fours and 5 sixes came from his bat. Let us tell you that Rohit has become the first Indian player to score an ODI century at Lord’s. After Rohit’s dismissal, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer also got out soon. Sam Curran gave two big blows to India at the score of 304 runs in the 44th over. On the third ball of this over, Ishan Kishan was dismissed by Sam Curran on the personal score of 14 runs. After this, Shreyas Iyer was sent to the pavilion on the last ball. Iyer was out without opening the account.

First Indian to score an ODI century at Lord’s ✅
8️⃣th ODI century in England ✅

Rohit Sharma with a special knock at the Home of Cricket 💙

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Virat Kohli could not lead Team India to victory

After this, again in the 46th over, Sam Curran eliminated Virat Kohli and eliminated Team India from the match. Kohli was out after scoring 74 runs on 60 balls. During this, 4 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. After Kohli’s dismissal, Team India continued losing wickets. KL Rahul scored 12 runs, Akshar Patel 2 runs, Brar and Arshdeep Singh scored 18-18 runs unbeaten. Sam Curran took 4 wickets for England.

England batted first and scored 387 runs.

In this match against India, the England team, after winning the toss and batting first, scored a big score of 387 runs for 3 wickets. Ben Duckett played a brilliant century of 141 runs for England. Jacob Bethel had scored 91 runs. Joe Root played a brilliant inning of 74 unbeaten runs. Whereas Jos Buttler played a stormy inning of 41 unbeaten runs in just 11 balls. While the famous Krishna took 2 wickets for India. Whereas Prind Yadav got a success.

Also read: IND vs ENG: Rohit Sharma created history at Lord’s, became the first player in the world to achieve this feat against SENA country.