England made a comeback by defeating the Indian team by 26 runs in the third and important match of the series held in Rajkot. With this victory, England has saved its expectations in the series. England suffered defeat in Kolkata and Chennai. England’s batting in the initial matches of the series was the reason for his defeat. In the beginning in Rajkot, England’s condition seemed to be happening the same, but this time the bowlers saved the honor of the team.
Batting first after losing the toss, England scored 171 runs at the loss of 9 wickets on the basis of Ben Docket’s half -century innings and gave India a target of 172 runs to win. In response, the Indian team was able to score only 145 runs. Jamie overton took three wickets for England. At the same time, with this victory, England captain Jose Butler gave credit for victory to Rashid and Mark Wood’s partnership, not the bowlers.
Butler’s statement after victory
After winning the match against India, England captain Jose Butler said in the post match presentation, “The players really bowled well, it was good to showcase their skills. It doesn’t matter how fast he can bowl, Rather it matters how well he can keep pace with wickets, we are lucky that he has all kinds of variations in Rashid team. “
Jose Butler further said, “Joffra is constantly doing well, he does not hit sixes often, but if he does so he will definitely return. I think the wicket looked different, Docket played well. We lost wickets continuously, we were important to take wickets in Powerplay and the way we extended the game, I liked it very much. This was the difference in the end.
Humble Indian batting
It was believed in Rajkot that the match would be high scoring. But on the basis of the brilliant performance of the Indian bowlers led by Varun Chakraborty, India allowed England to score 171 runs in 20 overs. After this, the fans were considering the match in India, but the Indian batsmen disappointed the fans. India had lost 5 wickets for 85 runs.
However, Hardik Pandya held one end, but he did not get the support of any other batsmen at the other end. Abhishek Sharma, the hero of India’s victory in Kolkata, was living, while in Chennai, Tilak played amazing innings, but in Rajkot, both of them could not show anything special and were dismissed cheaply.
Hardik Pandya, who scored the most runs for India, scored 40 runs in 35 balls. Apart from him, Abhishek Sharma scored 24 and Tilak Verma scored 18 runs. At the same time, Akshar Patel scored 15 and captain Suryakumar Yadav scored 14 runs. For England, Jamie Overton took 3 wickets giving 24 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Bridan Karse and Jofra Archer took two wickets each.
(Tagstotranslate) Joseph Charles Buttler (T) England (T) Cricket
