Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant alongside Sam Billings and Tom Curran joined Delhi Capital of their bio bubble forward of the IPL 2021. The trio was busy taking part in within the India-England ODI sequence which India received 2-1.
India survived a serious scare as they held onto their nerve to win the third ODI towards 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 virtually threatened to take his aspect house towards unbelievable odds.
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 wrongdoer. 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 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-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 unattainable to attain. With India’s destiny and sequence sealed, head coach Ravi Shastri breathed a sigh of aid within the dug out.
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 scale back England to twenty-eight/2.
