The England bowling attack’s brilliant all-around performance held India to a run total throughout their chase, giving the visitors their first series victory. India now leads the five-match series 2-1, a halving of their lead.
India lost to England by 26 runs in the third Twenty20 International match played at Rajkot. Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Dhruv Jurel, Suryakumar Yadav, and Sanju Samson were all removed from the Indian team. England had earlier scored 171/9 in 20 overs thanks to an incredible five-wicket haul from India’s Varun Chakravarthy. The highest scorer, Ben Duckett, hit 51, while Liam Livingstone got a useful 43 from 24 balls. As Chakravarthy ran wild, England lost seven wickets in seven overs during that time. When he returned to the Indian team, pacer Mohammed Shami went wicketless after 14