16 March 2021, 22:39 PM
England beat India by 8 wickets
Riding on Jos Buttler's unbeaten 83 and Jonny Bairtsow's unbeaten 40 England thrashed India by eight wickets in the third T20I. Chasing the modest 157-run target, the visitors crossed the finishing line in just 18.2 overs. With this victory, England take 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
16 March 2021, 21:49 PM
England inching towards win
Buttler has put England in comfortable position as the visitors just need 17 runs in 20 balls to win the match and take 2-1 lead in the series.
16 March 2021, 21:46 PM
Buttler smashes fifty
Jos Buttler continues his good form as he smashes fifty to put pressure on India.
16 March 2021, 21:18 PM
Chahal removes Roy
Out! Early breakthrough for India as Chahal removes Roy, who went for reverse sweep but ended up hitting it to Rohit Sharma at backward point. Eng 23/1 after 3.3 overs.
16 March 2021, 21:07 PM
India keep England on backfoot
Good start by Indian bowlers as they are keeping pressure on England openers by not giving easy runs.
16 March 2021, 20:50 PM
India 156/6 after 20 overs
Virat Kohli smashed unbeaten 77 to help India post 156/6 after another flop show by the top order. On the other hand, Mark Wood bagged three wickets while Chris Jordan picked two for England.
England need157 runs to win
16 March 2021, 20:26 PM
Fifty for Kohli
Virat Kohli completes fifty on 37 balls. It's his consecutive half-century as he smashed 73 unbeaten in the second T20I. Ind 114/5 after 17 overs
16 March 2021, 20:11 PM
Shreyas Iyer gone
OUT! Another one bites the dust! Short ball by Wood and Iyer hit it straight to Maland at deep point. Ind 86/5 in 14.3 overs
16 March 2021, 19:58 PM
Pant departs, India in trouble
Out! India lose their fourth wicket as Rishabh Pant has been ran out after a mix up with Kohli. Ind 64/4 in 11.1 overs
16 March 2021, 19:28 PM
Slow start for India
India are once again off to slow start as they have lost three wickets for mere 30 runs in 7 overs. In the process, the hosts also registered their fourth lowest powerplay score in T20I.
Lowest Powerplay scores for India (T20I):
21/3 v Pak Mirpur 2016
22/3 v Eng Ahmedabad 2021
24/4 v Aus Bridgetown 2010
24/3 v Eng Ahmedabad 2021 *
16 March 2021, 19:25 PM
Rohit departs as Wood strikes again
Out! India lose their another opener as Mark Wood strikes again to remove Rohit Sharma, who tried for hook but mistimed it and ended up giving catch to Jofra Archer at short fine leg. IND 24/3
16 March 2021, 19:16 PM
KL Rahul's poor show continues
BOWLED! Team India opener KL Rahul once again failed with the bat as he was removed for a duck by Mark Wood. Notably, it is Rahul's consecutive duck as he failed to open his account in the second T20I as well. IND 7/1
16 March 2021, 18:39 PM
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul open for India
Rohit and Rahul have come out to open for India as Adil Rashid start the proceedings for England.
16 March 2021, 18:38 PM
India make one change as they bring in Rohit Sharma in place of SuryaKumar Yadav.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal
16 March 2021, 18:34 PM
England have won the toss and elected to field first in the 3rd T20I.
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
16 March 2021, 18:06 PM
Hello and Welcome!
Hello and welcome to the LIVE COVERAGE of the third T20I between India and England at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The five-match series is squared at 1-1, with India securing a hard-fough seven wickets win in the previous encounter to bounce back in the series. The Playing XIs are yet to be released but it will be interesting to see if KL Rahul will be retained, considering his failures in both the previous encounters.
