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
Image source, Getty ImagesIn the five T20Is hosted at Rajkot, teams on average have scored at 8.91 runs per over. Of the 12 venues in India to hosted five or more T20Is, Rajkot is the third quickest venue after Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (9.34 rpo) & PCA Stadium, Mohali (9.03 rpo).
Expect plenty of runs today!
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC 5 Live Cricket Show
I am staggered England don’t have a left-armer. I find it remarkable they have gone to India and tried to blow them away with rockets. 90mph coming onto the bat in India is lovely because you can deflect.
I am staggered they are not playing another spinner in Rehan Ahmed. I can’t see England winning the T20 World Cup with all of the rockets. They need a left-armer, left-arm spinner and variation in that bowling attack.
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Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on TNT Sports
200 feels like a par score. To get there you need to have a belting wicket.
If they get partnerships going - just six or seven overs - the pressure goes onto the India spinners.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on TNT Sports
No Arshdeep Singh is significant for England. He moves the ball both ways in the air. Mohammed Shami is more of a line bowler. Phil Salt will be sat there praising the lord.
Srinivas Vijaykumar
Cricviz analyst
Mohammed Shami is back in the playing XI after a long injury break. He last played for India in the Cricket World Cup Final v Australia in Ahmedabad on 19 November 2023.
India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Dhruv Jurel, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy
England: Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith (wk), Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
As Jos Buttler said at the toss, England are unchanged but Jamie Smith takes the gloves from Phil Salt. India make one switch, with Mohammed Shami returning from injury to replace India's T20 record wicket taker Arshdeep Singh.
England captain Jos Buttler: "It looks a really good surface, looking forward to batting on it.
"We'd have chased as well. The guys had a good practice yesterday, we're really excited for the match."
On the previous game: "A really good game of cricket, we fought hard and pushed them all the way. We need to be at our best today to take the win.
"We know how India will play, a strong team, we need to put enough runs on the board to defend.
"We're going with the same team, but Jamie Smith is going to keep wicket today. He's got a tight calf, so he's going to stand behind the stumps rather than run around.
India captain Suryakumar Yadav: "It [the pitch] looks nice and hard. I don't think it is going to change later on. Rajkot has always been a good track. I am sure it will be a sporting one."
It's a bad start.
Jos Buttler has lost the toss for the third match from three.
England are put into bat again by India in Rajkot.
The narrative before this series was about England's fresh start. For a variety of reasons it has all felt very familiar since.
Much like the England Women's team last week, the men's team now need a first win of the tour to save a series before it's even really got going for them.
Can Jos Buttler's charges fare better than Heather Knight's?
Or might we be facing a clean sweep double?
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's must-win for England from here...
| 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 |