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India vs England 3rd T20I Highlights: ENG beat IND by 26 runs
India vs England 3rd T20I Highlights: A clinical all-round effort from the England bowling attack stifled India for runs throughout their chase and the visitors recorded their first win of the series. India's lead in the five-match series has been cut in half to 2-1.
- 5:05 PM IST, Jan 28England beat India by 26 runs
- 4:50 PM IST, Jan 28GONE! Pandya falls
- 4:48 PM IST, Jan 28OUT! Axar falls to Archer
- 4:40 PM IST, Jan 28SIX! Is there life yet in this Indian chase?
- 4:19 PM IST, Jan 28OUT! Sundar goes, IND continue to sink
- 4:10 PM IST, Jan 2810 overs gone, India need 94 to win from 60 balls
- 4:01 PM IST, Jan 28OUT! Tilak flummoxed by Rashid
- 3:53 PM IST, Jan 28GONE! That's it for SKY
- 3:39 PM IST, Jan 28GONE! Incredible catch by Archer and Abhishek has to walk
- 3:34 PM IST, Jan 28OUT! Samson falls to Archer again
- 3:19 PM IST, Jan 28Samson and Abhishek walk out for IND…
- 3:06 PM IST, Jan 28England 171/9 in 20 overs
- 2:52 PM IST, Jan 28OUT! Pandya ends the Livingstone resistance
- 2:46 PM IST, Jan 28OUT! FIVE-WICKET HAUL FOR VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY!
- 2:45 PM IST, Jan 28GONE! More joy for India and Varun!
- 2:35 PM IST, Jan 28OUT! Varun Chakravarthy on a hat-trick!
- 2:34 PM IST, Jan 28GONE! There is the Varun Chakravarthy wicket of this match
- 2:31 PM IST, Jan 28OUT! Another failure for Brook
- 2:18 PM IST, Jan 28OUT! One brings two, Axar sends back Duckett!
- 2:12 PM IST, Jan 28OUT! SENSATIONAL CATCH BY SAMSON, Chakravarthy gets Buttler
- 2:06 PM IST, Jan 28Powerplay ends, England 52/1
- 1:37 PM IST, Jan 28GONE! Pandya gets the breakthrough for India
- 1:32 PM IST, Jan 28Mohammed Shami has the ball in his hands…
- 1:25 PM IST, Jan 28What the captains said
- 1:17 PM IST, Jan 28India XI
- 1:03 PM IST, Jan 28MOHAMMED SHAMI IS BACK!
- 1:02 PM IST, Jan 28TOSS ALERT!
- 1:00 PM IST, Jan 28Shami marking his runup
- 12:47 PM IST, Jan 28What to expect in Rajkot
- 12:43 PM IST, Jan 28A challenging start for Brendon McCullum
- 12:33 PM IST, Jan 28A star turn for Brydon Carse
- 12:27 PM IST, Jan 28Sanju Samson puts in the hard yards
- 12:14 PM IST, Jan 28Jofra Archer blows hot and cold
- 12:01 PM IST, Jan 28England's spin woes
- 11:48 AM IST, Jan 28Could Dhruv Jurel sit out?
- 11:26 AM IST, Jan 28Livingstone slips up to spinners
- 11:15 AM IST, Jan 28Big scores to expected today...
- 11:04 AM IST, Jan 28India's middle-over aggression
- 10:53 AM IST, Jan 28India's strength in Rajkot
- 10:35 AM IST, Jan 28Suryakumar Yadav's blitz in the last Rajkot T20I
- 10:26 AM IST, Jan 28Suryakumar Yadav due a big score
- 10:17 AM IST, Jan 28Arshdeep Singh two wickets away from history
- 9:57 AM IST, Jan 28India's two contrasting victories
- 9:47 AM IST, Jan 28England full squad
- 9:36 AM IST, Jan 28India full squad
- 9:33 AM IST, Jan 28Hello and welcome!
India vs England 3rd T20I Highlights: England opened their account on this tour with a 26-run win against India in the third T20I in Rajkot. England were buoyed by a late charge from Liam Livingstone and their tail-enders followed by a clinical bowling performance led by spinner Adil Rashid. While Jamie Overton took three wickets and was England's highest wicket-taker, Adil Rashid spell of 1/15 is what knocked the wind out of India's sails....Read More
The hosts were under the pump, tottering at 78/4 in 10 overs while chasing a target of 172. They never really managed to break out of jail despite Hardik Pandya's best efforts and even went nearly eight overs without a boundary between the seventh and 15th overs.
Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Brydon Carse and Adil Rashid all picked a wicket each in the first 10 overs. England got to a score of 171/9 in 20 overs which, while looking below par considering the conditions, is far more than what seemed possible for England at the end of the 16th over. England had crumbled from 87/2 in the 10th over to 127/8 in the 16th over. Jos Buttler and Ben Duckett gave England a good start but that was torn to pieces. Chakravarthy ended his spell with sensational figures of 5/24. Livingstone then smashed Ravi Bishnoi all around the park and got to a score of 43 off 24 balls before falling to Hardik Pandya.
Buttler and Duckett had earlier put up a partnership of 76 runs off just 45 balls for the second wicket before the former fell to Chakravarthy thanks to a sensational catch by Sanju Samson. Duckett got to his half-century in 26 balls but soon fell to Axar Patel on 51 off 28 balls.
England switched gears to put pressure on India after Hardik Pandya dismissed Phil Salt in the second over of the third T20I in Rajkot. Mohammed Shami is back in international cricket for the first time since the 2023 World Cup final with India captain Suryakumar Yadav saying that his replacing Arshdeep Singh, who has been rested for the third T20I against England in Rajkot. India have won the toss and are bowling first.
India have experienced two very different kinds of victories in their T20I series against England thus far and one more win today would confirm yet another series win at home for them. It was almost a walk in the park for them at the Eden Gardens where they won the first T20I by seven wickets with a whopping 43 balls to spare. In the second, though, it took a virtuoso knock from Tilak Varma to take them over the line with two wickets and four balls to spare.
England's ploy of throwing the kitchen sink at the Indian bowlers, particularly the spinners, almost worked at the Chepauk in the second T20I. The fact remains that they would have probably stuck to that tactic today even if it hadn't worked at all in Chennai. Such is the Bazball way. They have their task cut out for them, though - in India they are facing a side who have won 15 of the 17 T20Is they have played since they won the 2024 T20 World Cup. India are also unbeaten in their last 17 T20I series at home, with their last defeat being a 2-0 loss to Australia in February 2019.
Moreover, India seemed to have changed their approach to T20 cricket during this period. Gone are the days of top order anchors and middle-order sloggers, they all slog now. Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson have not have too many big opening partnerships but that is largely because they have tried to heave the bowlers out of the ground as often as possible in the powerplay. Tilak has been a revelation at No.3.
Strangely enough, the one player on whom some doubt seems to have crept up since the T20 World Cup is captain Suryakumar Yadav, although the alarm bells are not even visible in the horizon. Suryakumar has scored 12 runs at a strike rate of 120 in this series thus far. Since the T20 World Cup, he has managed only two fifties and scored 242 runs at an average of 23.
In the bowling lineup, it seems pretty certain that Mohammed Shami won't be playing this time around either. Batting coach Sitanshu Kotak said that the fitness didn't play a role in the decision to keep out Shami, who has been on the sidelines since the final of the 2023 World Cup. With Arshdeep Singh's short-pitched deliveries proving to be too much for Phil Salt to handle, it wouldn't really make sense to drop him halfway through the series. Moreover, Arshdeep has proven himself to be undroppable regardless of the situation as he sits within touching distance of becoming the first Indian to take 100 wickets in T20Is.
Here are some pointers to India vs England 3rd T20I:
- England beat India by 26 runs
- India could not hit a single boundary between the seventh over and the 15th
- India were tottering at 78/4 at the end of the first 10 overs
- England 171/9 in 20 overs
- Varun Chakravarthy completed his five-wicket haul and finished with figures of 5/24
- Varun Chakravarthy got two wickets on the trot in the 14th over
- Hardik Pandya got the early breakthrough by dismissing Phil Salt in the second over
- Shami bowled the opening over and conceded six runs
- Mohammed Shami is back for his first international match since November 2023
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: England beat India by 26 runs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Well there was a flurry of wickets after Pandya fell and India finish with a score of 145/9 in 20 overs. A clinical performance with the ball and in the field by England. While this had looked like a sub-par score from England, India hardly ever looked like they had a chance of chasing this down really. Good for the neutrals, though, the series is alive and well and India are leading it 2-1.
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: GONE! Pandya falls
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: And surely, that's that. Overton comes in for the penultimate over of the innings, Pandya goes for the biggie and ends up putting it down the throat of the fielder at long-off. Surely, that is the end of India's hopes.
Pandya c Buttler b Overton 40 (35)
India 131/7 in 18.1 overs, need 41 to win from 11 balls
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: India need 41 to win off the last 2 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: All power from Pandya as he muscles the fourth ball from Archer back over the bowler's head for a six. A single after that, Pandya is on 40 off 34, Jurel at the other end on one off two.
India 131/6 in 18 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: OUT! Axar falls to Archer
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Full toss from Archer for the second ball of the 18th, Axar slices it straight to short third man. A laboured partnership ends.
Axar Patel c Rashid b Archer 15 (16
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: 14 runs in the 17th
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: India's best over by some distance but even this is below par considering what they need at the moment. Pandya heaves at the second ball but it's just too fast, the batters run two. Then another mistimed heave fourth ball and just a single. Axar then sends the last ball past wide long off for a four.
India 122/5, need 50 to win from 18 balls
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: SIX! Is there life yet in this Indian chase?
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Mark Wood returns for the 17th over, starts with a wide down leg side. The second is full on Pandya's pads and he whips it with his bottom hand for a six. That is just the third six of this innings.
India 115/5, need 57 to win from 23 balls
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: A boundary at long, long last for India
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Overton returns for the 15th over, starts with a yorker and Pandya digs it out to hit it back over the bowler's head for the first four in ages. Six more runs in the rest of the over though, Pandya is on 22 off 25 balls, Axar Patel at the other end on five off nine.
India 100/5 in 15 overs, need 72 off 30 balls
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Nearly 8 overs without a boundary!
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Adil Rashid returns to bowl his last over in the 14th. The last boundary was hit off the third ball of the seventh over and with the single that Pandya took off the third ball of this one, India have gone seven overs without a boundary. In a T20 match. While chasing 172. A big appeal for LBW off the last ball of that over that the umpire turns down. Rashid convinces Buttler to take a review and the England captain obliges. It is missing the stumps.
India 90/5 in 14 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: OUT! Sundar goes, IND continue to sink
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Jamie Overton gets a wicket now. It has been more than five overs since the last boundary and so Washington had to go for it. He does and spoons one to mid-off. It was a slower delivery there from Overton and that seems to have done Sundar in.
Sundar c Buttler b Overton 6 (15)
India 85/5 in 12.1 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: 10 overs gone, India need 94 to win from 60 balls
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Well the hosts are in a soup all right. Just a couple of singles for Hardik and Sundar off the second and third balls. It looked like he would've got a wicket off the fifth with Sundar being completely clueless about it. But it misses the stumps and the wicketkeeper and goes behind for four byes. Drinks at the end of that over, England are on top at the moment.
India 78/4 in 10 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: OUT! Tilak flummoxed by Rashid
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: That is virtuoso stuff from Adil Rashid and India's in-form player falls. He pushes Tilak on to the backfoot, then the ball rips right past him and hits his middle stump. Tilak was completely deceived there.
Tilak Varma b Rashid 18 (14)
India 68/4 in 8 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: 11 runs in the seventh, Tilak with the cleanest of strikes for a six
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Livingstone bowls the seventhe over, singles off the first two balls and then Tilak gracefully lifts the third ball back over the bowler's head for a six. Three more singles after that. Tilak on 14 off 10, Pandya on three off five.
India 62/3 in 7 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: GONE! That's it for SKY
India vs. England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Wood returns, and SKY goes for the sky. But he has mistimed, and the ball goes up, kisses a satellite or two, and then comes down to nestle in the hands of Salt, who had just taken the gloves from the injured Jamie Smith. Smith, by the way, has left the field.
Suryakumar Yadav c Salt b Wood 14 (7)
India 48/3 in 5.1 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: 13 runs off the 5th, Suryakumar freeing his arms
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Is this the day he ends his run of low scores. He sends the first ball from Archer for a six with that trademark supla shot of his. Two runs off the next and then SKY sends the third ball over point for a four. Rashid stops the next one at mid on quite brilliantly and so just a single there. Suryakumar is on 14 off six balls at the end of that over, Tilak Varma on four off four.
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: GONE! Incredible catch by Archer and Abhishek has to walk
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: He had to back track a long way but he kept his eyes on the ball and completed a brilliant catch. Abhishek had hit a couple of boundaries off Carse in that over but his attempted drive off the fourth ends up popping up high into the night sky. Archer keeps his eyes on it all the way while running back towards the cover boundary.
Abhishek c Archer b Carse 24 (14)
India 31/2 in 3.4 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: OUT! Samson falls to Archer again
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Hard length delivery that seemed to skid on to Samson and that is what did the batter in. He was ready for the pull but it in the end came a slight bit quicker than he was ready for. The ball floats to the fielder at mid-on.
Samson c Rashid b Archer 3 (6)
India 16/1 in 2.2 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: 12 runs off the 2nd! Abhishek Sharma tees off
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Wood starts off with a wide down the leg side. He goes fuller and Samson whips it square for a single. Abhishek then lifts the first ball he faces from Wood over covers for a four. The second is lifted straighter down the ground for another four. A single next ball and then Wood sprays the last one wide down the leg side as well. Abhishek on 10 off seven, Samson on three off five.
India 15/0 in 2 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Just three runs in the first over…
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Samson worked the first ball off his hip for a single, Abhishek finds the cover fielder for a dot second ball. Then he goes for a hail mary over covers and misses it entirely, the ball goes just above his off stump. He plays the next ball to covers and takes a single after that. Samson heaves at the last one and mistimes, he runs another single.
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Samson and Abhishek walk out for IND…
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Now for the Indian chase. It is not a small total by any stretch of imagination but it is certainly a below-par score considering the conditions. Will Samson's extra work for facing the bounce of Archer and Wood pay off for him today?
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: England 171/9 in 20 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Whether it is par or not, what is clear is that this is much, much more than what seemed possible at the end of the 16th over.
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: 11 runs off Shami in the 19th
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Shami digs the first ball in, Rashid just calmly opens his bat face and guides it past the wicketkeeper for a four. Rashid takes a single next ball and then Shami sends in a beamer. Wood falls down getting out of the way of that and Samson also fumbles his take, allowing the batters to run a single. Four runs off the last three balls. England go past 160.
England 162/9 in 19 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Into the last two overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Now Shami returns, as expected. It has been quite a spell from Pandya thus far, he has figures of 2/24 in 3 overs and he is likely to bowl the last one too. Can Shami get a wicket on his comeback?
England 151/9 in 18 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: OUT! Pandya ends the Livingstone resistance
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Livingstone tries to take on Pandya and perishes first (legal) ball. Pandya had sprayed his slow bouncer leg side for a wide. He reloads, Livingstone heaves and puts it down the throat of the fielder at long-on.
Livingstone c Jurel b Pandya 43 (24)
England 147.9 in 17.1 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: 19 runs off the 17th! Livingstone with the counter-punch for England
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Ravi Bishnoi has been tonked around the park here by Livingstone. The first ball of the over is sent soaring over midwicket for a six. The next one is heaved even further into the stands over deep midwicket. Livingstone then mistimes another heave to deep square and refuses the single. Then he smashes the fourth ball over deep square for another six. Takes a single next ball and Rashid keeps out the last one. Livingstone has raced to 43 off 23 balls.
England 146/8 in 17 overs
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: OUT! FIVE-WICKET HAUL FOR VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY!
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: This is incredible from the spinner. He gets it to drift into Archer and then skid away, the ball sneaks behind him and takes the stumps. Archer looking completely befuddled by that, England had a good start but it is all down the drain now.
Archer b Varun 0 (2)
England 127/8 in 16 overs
