Virat Kohli remains to be one of essentially the most agile fielders on the planet, and that was on full show throughout the third ODI in opposition to England. During the fortieth over of England’s innings, Shardul Thakur got here into the assault and bowled one full supply to Adil Rashid. The batsman ended up enjoying the ball in direction of further cowl, in air. Kohli dived to his left and accomplished a wonderful catch. That additionally ended the 57-run stand between Sam Curran and Rashid for the eighth wicket. Watch the catch —
Outstanding catch @imVkohli 🔥🔥#INDvENG #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/nTtFssuefN
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8) March 28, 2021
As far as batting is anxious, Kohli couldn’t contribute a lot and was bundled out by Moeen Ali for seven.
Also, India survived a serious scare as they held onto their nerve to win the third ODI in opposition to England by 7 runs. This meant that the Men in Blue clinch the ODI sequence 2-1. 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 nearly threatened to take his aspect dwelling in opposition to unbelievable odds.
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Hosts have been equally accountable for this late resistance as they dropped Curran on two events. Earlier Ben Stokes was additionally dropped. On each events, Hardik Pandya was the offender. Meanwhile Curran went onto tempo his innings brilliantly, choosing 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 scale 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 tough for Kohli. But as soon as Mark Wood was gone, the 22-yr-previous gave up on singles. T Natarajan, who was bowling the ultimate over, gave no runs off the third and fourth balland the equation turned unimaginable to obtain. With India’s destiny and sequence sealed, head coach Ravi Shastri breathed a sigh of reduction within the dug out.
