( ind 356/10) eng 126/3>>214 ( root Bowled axar 24) - Page 3

Originally posted by: Nishnesh

Eng might win as Indian innings Wobble

66/4* they lost Samson, Abhishek, SKy & Jurel

126/6 india

40 more to win

Arshdeep(6) & Tilak : 20 in partnership

Bishnoi (9*) & Tilak : 20* in partnership

India 166/8 ( 19.2 ovs) 💋

Sundar 26, Tilak Varma 72 not out off 55 ball 🌹

Jofra Archer-4/0/60/1
Mark Wood-3/0/28/1
Brydon Carse-4/0/29/3
Adil Rashid-4/0/14/1
Jamie Overton-2.2/0/20/1
Liam Livingstone-2/0/14/1

Tilak varma :MOTM 55 ball 72 not out

India 2/0

Rajkot 3rd t20I

7 pm today jan 28th

toss at 6.33pm

• Tilak Varma has scored 318 runs across four innings since his "last dismissal in T20Is" and has struck at 182.75 in this period.
• England's win-loss record in India in T20Is is 9-10. South Africa and Bangladesh are the only other countries where they've lost more T20Is than they won.

• Since the 2024 T20 World Cup ended, India and England are both neck-and-neck (England 9.35, India 9.34) as far as powerplay run-rate goes. It's in the middle overs where India have stood out with their new mantra of all-out aggression, scoring at 10.07 compares to England's 8.90. England's sample size (eight T20Is) is smaller than India's (17) though.
• England hit a boundary every 4.9 balls on an average in T20Is since 2024. This is the third-best among all Full Members in T20Is in this period, behind Australia (4.6) and India (4.8).

- Of the 12 Indian venues that have hosted at least five T20Is till date, only Wankhede (9.34) and Mohali (9.03) have had a better run-rate than Rajkot (8.91).

- Harry Brook has been dismissed six times in 35 balls facing googlies from leg-spinners.

- England against Indian spinners in T20Is since 2024: 6/58 in 11 overs (Providence, 2024), 5/67 in 12 overs (Kolkata, 2025), 6/118 in 14 overs (Chennai, 2025).

England's win-loss record in India in T20Is is 9-10. South Africa and Bangladesh are the only other countries where they've lost more T20Is than they won.

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Once again Axar took sterling wicket at right time Eng after 70/1

87/3* off 10.

Ben Duckett 28 ball 51

Eng 171/9

Buttler 24, Duckett 28 ball 51, Liam Livingstone 43

Mohammed Shami-3/0/25/0
Hardik Pandya-4/0/33/2
Varun Chakravarthy-4/0/24/5 🙏
Ravi Bishnoi-4/0/46/1
Axar Patel-3/0/19/1

🙏 10 wkts in 3 matches

India 145/9

Abhishek 24, pandya 48

Jofra Archer- 4/0/33/2

Mark Wood-3/0/29/1

Brydon Carse-4/0/28/2

Adil Rashid-4/0/15/1

Jamie Overton-4/0/24/3

Eng won by 26 runs

Varun MOTM

SERIES 2/1

Jan 31 tomorrow ind v Eng at Pune

Series lead by ind 2/1

Stats and trivia

• India's run-rate in the middle overs (7 to 16) in T20Is since the start of January 2024 is 9.45, the best among Full-Member teams.
• India have picked up 30 first-over wickets in T20Is since the start of 2022, the most by any team. They've done this over 91 innings, which means they've struck in the first over almost once every three innings.
• England have lost the only previous T20I they've played in Pune, while India have won two and lost two at the venue, including their previous one against Sri Lanka in 2023.
• Only two of Mohammed Shami's 24 T20I appearances, including the outing in Rajkot, have come in India

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Harry Brook has tallied only 38 runs in the three matches in the series so far

- Varun Chakaravarthy is averaging 8.5 with the ball in this series

- Hardik Pandya needs two more wickets to draw level with Yuzvendra Chahal and become the joint second-highest wicket-taker for India in the format

India need one more win to win series

Eng need to win both at Pune & Mumbai to win t20I series

Eng have opted Bowling

Dube/ Arshdeep & Rinku (IN)

Jurel/ Shami & Sundar (OUT)

(Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy

England (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood

India Lost 3 wkts 12 runs

Eng congratulation for 2/2 in advance

Mahmood took 2 wkts ( Sanju samson(0) / Tilak varma(0) & Surya out (0)

Originally posted by: Nishnesh

India Lost 3 wkts 12 runs

Eng congratulation for 2/2 in advance

Mahmood took 2 wkts ( Sanju samson(0) / Tilak varma(0) & Surya out (0)

Ind Recovered to 181/9 in 20 eng need 182.

( Rinku 30, Hardik 53, Dube 53)