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IND vs ENG 3rd T20I Highlights: Buttler shines as England thrash India by 8 wickets, lead series 2-1
IND vs ENG 3rd T20I Highlights: Jos Buttler smashed unbeaten 83, while Jonny Bairstow hit unbeaten 40 to help England thrash India by eight wickets to take 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Earlier, Virat Kohli`s unbeaten 77 and Hardik Pandya`s 17 help India post 156/6 against after flop show by the top order.
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England beat India by 8 wickets
Riding on Jos Buttler's unbeaten 83 and Jonny Bairtsow's unbeaten 40 England thrashed India by eight wickets in the third T20I. Chasing the modest 157-run target, the visitors crossed the finishing line in just 18.2 overs. With this victory, England take 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
England inching towards win
Buttler has put England in comfortable position as the visitors just need 17 runs in 20 balls to win the match and take 2-1 lead in the series.
Buttler smashes fifty
Jos Buttler continues his good form as he smashes fifty to put pressure on India.
Chahal removes Roy
Out! Early breakthrough for India as Chahal removes Roy, who went for reverse sweep but ended up hitting it to Rohit Sharma at backward point. Eng 23/1 after 3.3 overs.
India keep England on backfoot
Good start by Indian bowlers as they are keeping pressure on England openers by not giving easy runs.
India 156/6 after 20 overs
Virat Kohli smashed unbeaten 77 to help India post 156/6 after another flop show by the top order. On the other hand, Mark Wood bagged three wickets while Chris Jordan picked two for England.
England need157 runs to win
Fifty for Kohli
Virat Kohli completes fifty on 37 balls. It's his consecutive half-century as he smashed 73 unbeaten in the second T20I. Ind 114/5 after 17 overs
Shreyas Iyer gone
OUT! Another one bites the dust! Short ball by Wood and Iyer hit it straight to Maland at deep point. Ind 86/5 in 14.3 overs
Pant departs, India in trouble
Out! India lose their fourth wicket as Rishabh Pant has been ran out after a mix up with Kohli. Ind 64/4 in 11.1 overs
Slow start for India
India are once again off to slow start as they have lost three wickets for mere 30 runs in 7 overs. In the process, the hosts also registered their fourth lowest powerplay score in T20I.
Lowest Powerplay scores for India (T20I):
21/3 v Pak Mirpur 2016
22/3 v Eng Ahmedabad 2021
24/4 v Aus Bridgetown 2010
24/3 v Eng Ahmedabad 2021 *Rohit departs as Wood strikes again
Out! India lose their another opener as Mark Wood strikes again to remove Rohit Sharma, who tried for hook but mistimed it and ended up giving catch to Jofra Archer at short fine leg. IND 24/3
KL Rahul's poor show continues
BOWLED! Team India opener KL Rahul once again failed with the bat as he was removed for a duck by Mark Wood. Notably, it is Rahul's consecutive duck as he failed to open his account in the second T20I as well. IND 7/1
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul open for India
Rohit and Rahul have come out to open for India as Adil Rashid start the proceedings for England.
India make one change as they bring in Rohit Sharma in place of SuryaKumar Yadav.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal
England have won the toss and elected to field first in the 3rd T20I.
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Hello and Welcome!
Hello and welcome to the LIVE COVERAGE of the third T20I between India and England at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The five-match series is squared at 1-1, with India securing a hard-fough seven wickets win in the previous encounter to bounce back in the series. The Playing XIs are yet to be released but it will be interesting to see if KL Rahul will be retained, considering his failures in both the previous encounters.
India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE updates: After bouncing back in remarkable fashion, Virat Kohli-led Team India will look to maintain the winning momentum when they take on England in the third T20I at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The five match series is squared at 1-1.
Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see if KL Rahul will retain his place in the playing XI after back to back failures in the previous two encounters. In order to keep the right-left opening pair in place, the team might include senior batsman Rohit Sharma in the playing XI. If that is the case, Ishan Kishan, who enjoyed a fairytale debut in the previous occasion, will then open India's innings with his Mumbai Indians teammate Rohit.