Even although Team India received the ultimate ODI in opposition to England and received the sequence 2-1, the fielding by the group was under par. The group stored on lacking catches, that put additional strain on the bowlers. As a results of that Sam Curran virtually too England house with an unbeaten 95. There have been as many as 4 drop catches, two alone by Hardik Pandya, who is likely one of the most secure fielders.
Chasing 330 for a win, England stored on dropping well timed wickets and at one stage have been 155/5. But then got here in Sam Curran who virtually threatened to take his facet house in opposition to unbelievable odds.
Hosts have been equally liable for this late resistance as they dropped Curran on two events. Earlier Ben Stokes was additionally dropped. On each events, Hardik Pandya was the perpetrator. Meanwhile Curran went onto tempo his innings brilliantly, selecting up singles after which altering gears effortlessly. As many as 18 runs got here off the forty seventh over however India have been fortunate sufficient to cut back the equation to 14 off the ultimate over. Curran was ably assisted by Mark Wood and each shared a counter-attacking 60 run stand for the ninth wicket to make life troublesome for Kohli. But as soon as Mark Wood was gone, the 22-year-old gave up on singles. T Natarajan, who was bowling the ultimate over, gave no runs off the third and fourth balland the equation turned not possible to attain. With India’s destiny and sequence sealed, head coach Ravi Shastri breathed a sigh of reduction within the dug out.
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Earlier Shardul Thakur bowled brilliantly to choose 4 wickets. He managed to dismiss Dawid Malan (50 off 50) and Liam Livingtsone (36 off 31) in fast succession to derail England’s chase halfway. Bhuvneshwar Kumar had dismissed dangerman Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow to cut back England to twenty-eight/2.
