Third T20, Rajkot
England win by 26 runs to reduce series deficit to 2-1
Tourists slip from 83-1 to 127-8 before last two wickets add 44
England 171-9: Duckett 51 (28), Livingstone 43 (24); Chakravarthy 5-24
In reply, hosts can only reach 145-9: Pandya 40 (35); Overton 3-24
Fourth T20 in Pune on Friday (13:30 GMT)
Srinivas Vijaykumar
Cricviz analyst
England have now lost 16 wickets to spin in this T20I series at an average of 16.12, losing a wicket once in every 13 deliveries.
As it stands, it's the the lowest they've averaged in a T20I series in the subcontinent.
Two dot balls to finish the over as Livingstone turns down a strike-retaining single from a nudge to mid-on.
Properly walloped.
Livingstone nails Bishnoi's delivery over square for his second six of the match.
Brydon Carse survives the hat-trick ball, knocking into the off side for a single.
Livingstone sends the ball down to third for a dot ball to close the over.
Varun Chakravarthy now has figures of 3-20 from his three overs.
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I’m all for England taking the attack to India, but what’s separating the two sides at the moment is their shot selection and execution. Compare how Tikal Varma played last game with Brook’s choice of shot today and Smith’s execution for his dismissal.
William in Hertfordshire
Overton b Varun 0 (Eng 115-6)
Bowled round the back of the legs!
Two in two for Varun Chakravarthy, taking out Jamie Overton's leg stump as the all-rounder attempted to knock the ball around the corner.
Hat-trick ball incoming...
Smith c Jurel b Varun 6 (Eng 115-5)
Six and out!
Smith lifts for six over long-on but falls from the following delivery.
Out of the back of the hand from Varun Chakravarthy and Smith picks out Dhruv Jurel at deep mid-wicket, with the fielder running round to his right to the catch on the dive.
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Harry Brook has been all at sea in this series. Terrible shot selection again. A promising opportunity to post a challenging total is being wasted.
Richard, Telford
Here comes Jamie Smith, who made 22 off 12 on debut last time out.
Could he have been out first ball?
A rueful smile from Sanju Samson and replays show he put down a slight inside edge.
Bishnoi goes up for an lbw off the final ball of the over, but no-one else seems interested.
Brook b Bishnoi 8 (Eng 108-4)
Bowled him!
Brook goes for the sweep of Ravi Bishnoi and an under-edge jags the ball sharply back onto the stumps.
Another start and stop innings for Brook, after scores of 13 and 17 in the first two T20s.
Prior to the wicket, Livingstone used his feet well before lashing the ball over mid-wicket for four.
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Is it just me that quite likes Buttler at three? It means we can afford to lose an early wicket and still have him come out to play whatever role is required.
Gus in Durham
Up comes England's hundred as Brook knocks the ball to mid-wicket then hurries through a swift two.
Srinivas Vijaykumar
Cricviz analyst
England WinViz dropped from 65% to 51% with those two wickets in a span of seven balls.
Enough of that steady rebuild - Livingstone lifts Axar Patel for six over long-on.
85 metres on that, apparently.
A seventh bowler for India as Abhishek Sharma and his left-arm spin comes on after the drinks break.
Just four singles from it as England's batters start their rebuild steadily - just 17 runs off the last three overs.
Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on TNT Sports
Ben Duckett is the only one who has found the pace of the wicket.
T20 is a balancing act. England had just lost a wicket so did Ben Duckett need to play that shot?
India will love this that they can bowl their spinners against two guys who have hardly faced a ball.
As the players take drinks, the match is in the balance.
England have two new batters in Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone at the crease - can they kick on?
Image source, CricVizDuckett c Abhishek b Patel 51 (Eng 87-3)
But now Duckett departs!
He holes out Abhishek Sharma at deep mid-wicket to bring Patel his first wicket.
England lose a wicket from the final ball of the over for the second over in a row.
Eng 84-2
Duckett knocks Axar Patel into the leg side to bring up his 50 from 26 deliveries.
After scores of three and four in the previous two games, he'll be delighted to make a big score.
Buttler c Samson b Varun 24 (Eng 83-2)
A long wait for UltraEdge... gone!
The technology shows the ball brushing the shoulder of the bat on the way through, a smart take from Samson and a good review.
Buttler looked a little shifty, and there's the reason.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salt,caught Sharma, bowled Pandya Salt, caught Sharma, bowled Pandya | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 71.43 |
Duckett,caught Sharma, bowled Patel Duckett, caught Sharma, bowled Patel | 51 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 182.14 |
Buttler,caught Samson, bowled Chakravarthy Buttler, caught Samson, bowled Chakravarthy | 24 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 109.09 |
Brook,bowled Bishnoi Brook, bowled Bishnoi | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 80.00 |
Livingstone,caught Jurel, bowled Pandya Livingstone, caught Jurel, bowled Pandya | 43 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 179.17 |
Smith,caught Jurel, bowled Chakravarthy Smith, caught Jurel, bowled Chakravarthy | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 150.00 |
Overton,bowled Chakravarthy Overton, bowled Chakravarthy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Carse,caught Tilak Varma, bowled Chakravarthy Carse, caught Tilak Varma, bowled Chakravarthy | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 75.00 |
Archer,bowled Chakravarthy Archer, bowled Chakravarthy | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Rashid,not out Rashid, not out | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 111.11 |
Wood,not out Wood, not out | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 5, byes 5, leg byes 0, total 11 Extras, no balls 1, wides 5, byes 5, leg byes 0, total 11 | |||||||
Total,171 for 9 20.0 overs Total,171 for 9 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mohammed Shami | 3.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.33 |
Pandya | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8.25 |
Washington Sundar | 1.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15.00 |
Chakravarthy | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 |
Bishnoi | 4.0 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11.50 |
Patel | 3.0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.33 |
Sharma | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
7 for 1 (1.3 overs) | Salt |
83 for 2 (8.6 overs) | Buttler |
87 for 3 (9.6 overs) | Duckett |
108 for 4 (12.4 overs) | Brook |
115 for 5 (13.3 overs) | Smith |
115 for 6 (13.4 overs) | Overton |
127 for 7 (15.4 overs) | Carse |
127 for 8 (15.6 overs) | Archer |
147 for 9 (17.1 overs) | Livingstone |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samson,caught Rashid, bowled Archer Samson, caught Rashid, bowled Archer | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 50.00 |
Sharma,caught Archer, bowled Carse Sharma, caught Archer, bowled Carse | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 171.43 |
Yadav,caught Salt, bowled Wood Yadav, caught Salt, bowled Wood | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 200.00 |
Tilak Varma,bowled Rashid Tilak Varma, bowled Rashid | 18 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 128.57 |
Pandya,caught Buttler, bowled Overton Pandya, caught Buttler, bowled Overton | 40 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 114.29 |
Washington Sundar,caught Buttler, bowled Overton Washington Sundar, caught Buttler, bowled Overton | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 40.00 |
Patel,caught Rashid, bowled Archer Patel, caught Rashid, bowled Archer | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 93.75 |
Jurel,caught Salt, bowled Carse Jurel, caught Salt, bowled Carse | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 50.00 |
Mohammed Shami,caught Brook, bowled Overton Mohammed Shami, caught Brook, bowled Overton | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 175.00 |
Bishnoi,not out Bishnoi, not out | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 133.33 |
Chakravarthy,not out Chakravarthy, not out | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 6, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 11 Extras, no balls 0, wides 6, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 11 | |||||||
Total,145 for 9 20.0 overs Total,145 for 9 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archer | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8.25 |
Wood | 3.0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9.66 |
Carse | 4.0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7.00 |
Livingstone | 1.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 |
Rashid | 4.0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 |
Overton | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
16 for 1 (2.2 overs) | Samson |
31 for 2 (3.4 overs) | Sharma |
48 for 3 (5.1 overs) | Yadav |
68 for 4 (7.6 overs) | Tilak Varma |
85 for 5 (12.1 overs) | Washington Sundar |
123 for 6 (17.2 overs) | Patel |
131 for 7 (18.1 overs) | Pandya |
140 for 8 (18.6 overs) | Mohammed Shami |
140 for 9 (19.1 overs) | Jurel |