IND vs ENG 3rd T20I Highlights: Duckett, Livingstone And Bowlers Halt Indian Rampage As ENG Makes It 1-2
England players celebrating an Indian wicket [Source: @englandcricket/x]
The English cricket team sealed a 26-run win in the third T20I at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot to make it 1-2 in the five-match series. Visiting bowlers collectively restricted India’s star-studded batting line-up after Liam Livingstone and Ben Duckett influenced a competitive total upfront.
Here’s the timeline of how IND vs ENG panned out in Rajkot:
IND vs ENG Highlights: Ben Duckett Leads Early English Charge
Struggling opener Phil Salt succumbed to an off-cutter from Hardik Pandya in just the second over of the match for a sluggish seven-ball five. His opening partner Ben Duckett led England’s charge after the early setback by composing a swift 76-run partnership with captain Jos Buttler.
Duckett bludgeoned seven boundaries and two sixes to bring up his second T20I half-century, scoring 51 runs off 28 balls before getting holed out by Abhishek Sharma off Axar Patel around the halfway stage of the innings. Buttler made 24 off 22 balls in his support for Duckett, but a sharp catch from Sanju Samson off Varun Chakravarthy ensured the visitors reached 87-3 from 10 overs.
IND vs ENG Highlights: Livingstone Blasts Five Sixes Amidst Chakravarthy’s Late Burst
Ravi Bishnoi, while expensive in his spell, knocked over Harry Brook for just eight to claim figures of 1-46 from his four overs. Liam Livingstone at number five blasted five huge sixes for England in his fiery 43-run cameo from just 24 balls. The hard-hitting middle-order batter eventually picked out Dhruv Jurel at long-on to become Hardik Pandya’s second English victim of the evening.
Varun Chakravarthy wreaked havoc from his end by getting Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton in successive deliveries, and by bewildering Brydon Carse and Jofra Archer in the space of a single over to secure astonishing figures of 5-24. Nonetheless, unbeaten cameos from Adil Rashid and Mark Wood ensured England reached a competitive 171-9 from 20 overs.
IND vs ENG Highlights: India Lose Top Three Within Opening Powerplay
England fast bowlers Jofra Archer, Mark Wood and Brydon Carse all struck within their opening spells with the new ball early in the Indian run-chase. While Archer toppled Sanju Samson with a short delivery, Carse trapped Abhishek Sharma and Wood had Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav top-edge one towards Phil Salt as the hosts reached a sluggish 51-3 in six overs.
IND vs ENG Highlights: Jamie Overton Douses Indian Hopes As England Claim Rare Win
In-form Tilak Varma also made his way back to the dugout for just 18 after getting knocked over by an economical Adil Rashid (1-15). Jamie Overton picked up three wickets for England, including that of Washington Sundar and well-set Hardik Pandya (40 off 35 balls) to bag four-over figures of 3-24.
Jofra Archer and Brydon Carse also struck during the slog overs with the wickets of Axar Patel and Dhruv Jurel respectively as the Englishmen restricted India to just 145-9 to walk away with an emphatic 26-run win.