Team India will certainly be a bit dissatisfied after losing another good begin as they ended up getting bundled out for 329 in 48.2 overs in the third and closing ODI towards England in Pune on Sunday. The staff had been going sturdy at one second and it appeared like they might go on to eclipse the 350-run mark, nonetheless, a pointy catch by England skipper Jos Buttler to dismiss Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya’s cheeky shot choice, which noticed him lose his wicket, change the course of the recreation.Â
Hardik, who scored an excellent 64 off simply 44 balls, additionally agreed that India fell at least 30-40 runs brief and admitted his and Pant’s dismissal had been key moments in serving to the guests bounce again in the contest.  Â
“We don’t have much option. At one point, we thought of 360 but myself and Rishabh got out at the wrong time, otherwise, it would’ve been a different story. I don’t think it was much different, just simple cricket, we backed ourselves and we have done it many times. We didn’t get what we expected for the team, we would’ve added a few more had we batted for long but we have to be okay with whatever we have got. We need to bowl proper balls and make it difficult for them. We just have to be smart, I feel if we bowl in the right areas, we have a chance,” Hardik stated throughout the mid-innings break.Â
After being invited to bat first by Buttler, the Indian opening pair comprising Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma helped hosts get off to a solid begin. The duo added 103 runs for the first wicket inside 15 overs, earlier than Rohit was cleaned up by Adil Rashid on 37 from the similar variety of balls.Â
Rashid then went on to ship Dhawan quickly after Rohit’s dismissal in the seventeenth over.Â
Virat Kohli and KL Rahul didn’t get going however an important 99-run partnership got India again on monitor as hosts breached the 200-run mark nicely inside 30 overs. However, the guests bounced again in the contest as they dismissed each the settled batsmen – Pant and Pandya – in fast succession.Â
Following their dismissal Shardul Thakur took cost and went on to play a cameo of 30 from 21 balls, which included three large sixes. Krunal Pandya, who had a rousing ODI debut, felt lacklustre on Sunday as the batsman struggled to get his timing proper, which finally led to his dismissal.Â
Mark Wood then led England’s restoration as he first dismissed Shardul Thakur and went on to take away Krunal on 25 off 34 balls, Prasidh Krishna (0) in fast succession. Reece Topley then accomplished the formalities as he picked up the closing Indian wicket in the type of Bhuvneshwar Kumar to limit India to a combating 329 in 48.2 overs. Â
