England Down India to keep T20 series alive | Cricket news
England scored 25 runs in Rajkot in the third T20 International to keep the five -match series alive.
Disciplined bowling by Ben Docket and a Quickfire 51 helped England win the third T20 International against India and keep the series alive.
28 balls of Docket founded England, despite the collapse triggered by Indian spinner Varun Chakraborty to make 171–9, who returned 5–24 figures in Rajkot, India on Tuesday.
The England bowlers then limited India to 145–9, sealed a 26-run win in the five-match series, which is now only 2–1 by India.
Leg-spinner Adil Rashid impressed with a 1–15 figures from an excellent four-over spell, while England’s fast bowlers hit regularly.
Jamie Overton took three wickets while Joffra Archer and Bridan Cars claimed two each.
Hardik Pandya scored 40 runs in 35 delivery before being dismissed by overson, when the required run rate climbed to more than 20 over.
Archer first hit Sanju Samson’s wicket, who was caught by Rashid in mid-on.
Cars dismissed Abhishek Sharma for 24, Archer took a brilliant catch running backwards from mid-off.
Mark Wood sent back the skipper Suryakumar Yadav, with a quick, growing delivery in the glove of wicketkeeper Phil Salt with batter top-eding.
Rashid bowled the wickets while bowling Tilak Verma and overton sent Washington Sundar back to reduce India by 85–5, and Pandya never seriously threatened to take India into line.
Earlier, the lower order was cut off by the banging start of the docket and then by Liam Livingstone 24-Gund 43 and after England slipped to 127–8 in 16 overs.
Docket hit 24 after losing his early partner salt, scoring 76 runs with 24 runs.
Chakraborty broke the stand with Butler’s wicket, which was given on the review.
Docket, who hit two sixes and seven fours, reached his 50 in 26 balls, but was out of Exer Patel’s left hand spin.
England soon lost their way against India’s spinners as Ravi Bishnoi bowled Harry Brook for eight and Chakraborty hit twice to send Jamie Smith and Jamie Opeton back in the next over.
Chakraborty returned two more in his last over and to register his second five wickets in T20 International.
Livingstone dismissed Bishnoi for three sixes in four balls of space before exiting Pandya and broke Bishnoi, but his knock proved significant.
Fast bowler Mohammad Shami, who returned to international action for the first time after the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup, bowled three wicketsless overs for 25 runs.
The fourth match is in Pune on Friday.
