3rd T20I: indian batting flops as varun heroics now not enough to stop england comeback
england stayed alive within the five-healthy T20I series with a complete 26-run win inside the 0.33 T20I after the indian batters failed to turn up in a 172-run chase at Rajkot's Niranjan Shah Stadium on Tuesday.
varun chakravarthy rocked England's batting line-up with a exquisite 5-wicket haul, limiting the vacationers to 171 for 9 within the 1/3 T20I in rajkot on Tuesday. chakravarthy continued his sensational form with the ball, dismissing Jos Buttler (24), Jamie Smith (6), Jamie Overton (zero), Brydon Carse (three), and Jofra Archer (zero) to register his 2nd 5-wicket haul in the shortest format.
India captain suryakumar yadav won the toss for the third consecutive time and opted to field. After being put in to bat, england began nicely, attaining fifty two for 1 as hardik pandya struck early to cast off Phil salt for 5.
Captain Jos Buttler then joined arms with Ben Duckett, who attempted to charge in opposition to the indian spinners along with his audacious strokeplay. Ducket reached his 2d T20I fifty while using his feet effectively, using scoops and opposite hits to unsettle the bowlers.
Duckett turned into the aggressor in his seventy six-run stand with skipper Jos Buttler (24 off 22), but both fell in short succession, inflicting england to lose momentum within the center overs.
england lost momentum after a whirlwind fifty from Duckett (fifty one off 28), as chakravarthy dismantled the competition batting on a flat music. From eighty three for 1, england slipped to 127 for 8 earlier than Liam Livingstone (forty three off 24) went on a six-hit spree, assisting england finish their innings on a excessive.
chakravarthy then castled Jofra Archer with a googly to complete his 5-wicket haul on the ultimate ball of his 4-over spell. while ravi Bishnoi (1/forty six) and washington sundar (zero/15) proved highly-priced, Chakravarthy (five/24) and Axar patel (1/19) stored matters tight at their ends.
Mohammed Shami's inclusion changed into showed when he marked his run-up before the toss, gambling his first worldwide suit because the ODI global Cup very last in november 2023. On a flat music, shami, replacing Arshdeep Singh as the only expert pacer within the XI, opened the bowling.
Shami's establishing spell read zero/15 in overs, for the duration of which he brought about a couple of play-and-pass over deliveries. He returned to bowl within the 19th over, conceding eleven runs to cap off an incident-loose outing. Clocking speeds near one hundred forty km/h and getting the ball into form away, shami allayed issues over his health.
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