ENG vs IND | 3rd T20I| Performance Indicator Judgement

England and India faced off in the third T20I of the series at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Though the match had little significance as far as the series is concerned, neither of the teams was ready to concede ground. 

The fans witnessed an epic inning from Suryakumar Yadav. Although India lost the match, ‘SKY’ has sealed his spot for the upcoming T20 World Cup and reduced the woes of the Indian team management.

Moving ahead, we will apply the Performance Indicator to determine the best performers of the match.

Trent Bridge has a history of teams batting first winning the majority of the match. Keeping this in mind, Jos Buttler decided to bat first after winning the toss. 

Let us take a look at the top performers during the first innings of the match.

First, we find out the Contribution Factor of the players in the first innings.

English Batting

Indian Bowling

As the CF scores suggest the best batter for the English team was Dawid Malan. As far as Indian bowling is concerned Ravi Bishnoi was the pick of the bowlers on the basis of CF. 

Now, let us look at the performance of the players in the second innings.

Indian Batting

English Bowling

Well, no surprise in the fact that Suryakumar Yadav was the best batter for India. More noteworthy is the performance of Reece Topley. In a high-scoring match, he finished with a tremendous CF of 1.66.

Now, out of the four top performers let us find out the best of the day on the basis of the Performance Indicator.

Indian Bowling

Even though in a losing cause, Suryakumar Yadav was the best batter in the match. But in a match where 413 runs were scored in 40 overs, Reece Topley was exceptional. The PI rightfully indicates Topley as the Performer of the Match.