India vs England Live Score, Live Cricket Score, 3rd ODI in Pune Live Updates: DONE AND DUSTED! India held firm to clinch the series with a nervous seven-race victory in the third ODI. England needed 14 to win, but Natarajan stepped in and completed the job, conceding just six runs. It was not a perfect victory in this match, amid some catches and exit opportunities, but the hosts managed to finish the cross line at the end. You have to have feelings for Sam Curran (95 *), whose stamina at least pushed the game to the limit.
Advance: With the series on the line once again, the visitors to England will look to close their tour of India on top when they face Virat Kohli and Co in the third and final ODI at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) stadium. in Pune on Sunday.
England lost the Test series 3-1 before conceding 2-1 to the T20Is, and an ODI series should surely bring smiles to the visiting camp.
Things turned from bad to worse for the world champions when captain Eoin Morgan was ruled out of the last two one-dayers after suffering a split between the index finger and the thumb of the right hand. As a result, Jos Buttler took over the captaincy duties for the remaining games. Meanwhile, sprinter Jofra Archer was also ruled out of the ODI after sustaining a hand injury and the ECB in a statement said Archer would undergo surgery on Monday. Archer has already returned to the UK.
Meanwhile, India’s attention will be on their bowling department after their hitters did quite well in the second ODI.
KL Rahul topped the batting charts with a century (108), while Virat Kohli (66) and Rishabh Pant (77) reached 50 to lead India to 336-6.
However, the expensive bowling figures of Kuldeep Yadav (0/84) and Krunal Pandya (0/72) proved costly, as the English higher order consisting of Jason Roy (55), Jonny Bairstow (124) and Ben Stokes (99) outperformed Hospedadores.
This can cause the hosts to swap the duet with Yuzvendra Chahal and Washtington Sundar.
Squads:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (goalkeeper), KL Rahul (goalkeeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar , T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur.
England: Jos Buttler (Captain), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Liam Livingstone, Matt Parkinson, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, Mark Wood. Covers: Jake Ball, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan.
