India vs England 3rd T20 LIVE Score: Rohit Sharma gave India a good start was not given support by Shikar Dhawan. The string of low runs continued for Dhawan and he departed for 5 runs. India 27-1 after 2 overs. K L Rahul looked good after hitting big sixes had to depart for 19 runs leaving India into a dicey situation. But Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma handled everything in a great manner and managed to put 150 runs for India on board, giving India an edge for winning. Virat Kohli mistiming the yorker gave a simple catch to Chris Jordan and loses his wicket. India 153-3 after 16 overs. After the wicket of Kohli, Hardik Pandya came to the crease ahead of Raina and Dhoni and proved that he deserved that spot. Rohit Sharma scoring an excellent century and Hardik Pandya constantly hitting boundaries and 6s led India to win this match and series by 2-1. India won the match by 7 wickets with 1.2 overs still remaining. It is their 8 consecutive series win in a 3 match series.
England getting a fantastic start by Buttler and Roy, lost their first wicket. Siddarth Kaul rescued India’s by getting the wicket of dangerous Jos Buttler who had to depart for 34 runs. Jason Roy smashed balls out of the boundary from the other end even after the departure of Buttler got England their 100 runs. Deepak Chahar striked for India and got the wicket of Roy caught by MS Dhoni England 111-2 after 10 overs. India dwindled to get the match in control was not able to get hold of their bowling tactics smashed away for boundaries again and again by the English batsmen. Hardik Pandya attacked, took two crucial wickets of Morgan (6) and Hales (30) gave India some relief. India coming back strong into the game has been able to take wickets back to back very quickly. Pandya and Umesh Yadav striking back to back brought a huge relief to the Indian side. Hardik in his final overtook two back to back wickets of Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow after which Umesh Yadav stunning David Willey with a brilliant yorker blind sighted him and gets his wicket easily. Siddarth Kaul learning from his previous mistakes, come strong and took one wicket of Plunkett caught by Dhoni, 5th catch taken by Dhoni. Dhoni known for his quickness, gets Jordon runout in the last ball and saved 1 run and getting a target off 200 runs. Rohit Sharma awarded Man of the Match award.
India has won the toss in County Ground, Bristol and elected to ball first. India coming to win has made two changes in the playing XI. Kohli has taken a big decision of not including Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav and including Deepak Chahar and Siddarth Kaul. While England has also included dangerous Ben Stoke into their playing XI who was out due to his Hamstring injury. It will be a tough competition and both the team will be giving their best to win.
Early bragging rights are up for grabs for both England and India as the two nations lock horns for the third and final match of the T20 series at County Ground, Bristol. With the ‘Three Lions’ winning the second Twenty20 International to level the series at 1-1, the Men in Blue will aim to improve the performance and win. In the second match, England bowling attack restricted India to a below-par score of 148/5. Leaving their previous mistakes behind which they committed in the first T20I, the English bowlers came accurate with the line and length as they struck at regular intervals to deny the visitors post a challenging total on a batting-friendly wicket.
Apart from skipper Kohli (47), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (32 not out) no other Indian batsmen clicked and went cheaply. Suresh Raina, however, tried to contribute but the Uttar Pradesh batsmen only managed to score 27 runs. So, if India want to seal the series, then top-order batsmen like Shikhar Dhawan, who failed in both the matches, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul need to score big. In the bowling department, unlike the first match, Bowlers failed to impress. Pacer Umesh Yadav was the only successful bowling, scalping two wickets. Other bowlers–Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal only managed to take one wicket.
In order to restrict England to dominate the visitors, the spin duo of Kuldeep and Chahal have to click along with the pacers. England, on the other hand, seemed like they did their homework perfectly. After they got thrashed in the first match, the hosts bounced back in style in the second match, thanks to some good bowling and batsman Alex Hales.
The bowling department especially seemed settled but towards the end, the English bowlers are leaking runs. So to trouble the Indian side, bowlers need to stop the flow of runs towards the end and top-order batsmen need to click.