Suryakumar’s ton goes in vain as England avoids whitewash
Suryakumar’s ton goes in vain as England avoids whitewash. Even though Suryakumar Yadav scored a wonderful century, it was for naught since England kept their cool and won the high-scoring third Twenty20 International by 17 runs.
English captain won the toss and elected to bat first.
England subbed out Sam Curran and Matthew Parkinson for Reece Topley and Phil Salt.
To replace Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Jasprit Bumrah, India opted to start Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, and Umran Malik.
England off to a positive start
England’s opening pair struggled in the first two T20Is, posting Powerplay returns of 32/3 and 36/3, respectively. However, things started to click in the third game at Trent Bridge. With two boundaries and a six in the second over, Jos Buttler set the tone, and Jason Roy broke out of his slump with a six off Ravi Bishnoi.
England may have lost Buttler, but under Roy’s direction, they kept on truckin’.
Malan, Livingstone go big
After the Powerplay, India fought back by taking the scalps of Roy and Phil Salt within three overs. Dawid Malan, however, attacked the Indian spinners and kept England’s innings on track despite a string of early dismissals.
With only five bowlers available, India had to go with Ravindra Jadeja to face Malan. The southpaw smashed a fifty off of just thirty balls, destroying the left-arm spin of Jadeja. Although he was sluggish to begin, Liam Livingstone eventually began raking in the misery for India.
Bishnoi’s 16th over was outstanding; he just allowed two runs and caught Malan and Moeen Ali. England batted all the way through and finished strong, scoring 46 runs in the final three overs to leave India with a massive goal of 216 to chase.
England dominate Powerplay
India needed to get off to a good start in order to chase down a large total, but the bowlers for England were on top of their game from the very beginning. In the second over, Rishabh Pant was dismissed after being caught behind. Even though Virat Kohli displayed a glimmer of his abilities by hitting David Willey for a six and a four, he was ultimately unsuccessful and lost his wicket.
By the time Rohit Sharma holed out in the deep, India had already lost their top three batsmen inside the Powerplay.
India afloat
When the score was 34/3 and India’s team was in a very precarious position, Suryakumar Yadav came to the team’s aid and saved the day. On a surface that aided off-pace bowling deliveries, Suryakumar capitalized on the natural talent in his wrists to milk boundaries off of the bowling of the England team. The location in question was in the country of England. While the other batters were having difficulties getting started, the 31-year-old seemed perfectly at ease and at home in his position at the plate.
Livingstone was the victim of the majority of Suryakumar’s powerful hitting, as evidenced by the fact that he was hit for two sixes and three fours off of his bat. The other hitters were only able to collect one-six between them. He reached his fifty in only 32 balls, and after he did so, he became an even larger threat to the team. He reached his fifty in only 32 balls.
After scoring the next 52 runs in just 16 balls, he became the fifth Indian batter to ever achieve a hundred in a Twenty20 International.
England avoid whitewash
Shreyas Iyer was the only other batter in the lineup to reach double digits in terms of runs scored, as the rest of the batters in the batting order were unable to make a contribution. In spite of the fact that Suryakumar was wreaking havoc on the ball with impunity, the rest of the batters in the lineup were unable to make any contributions to the score. The ejection of Suryakumar in the 16th and final over was the final straw that proved to be the cause of the camel’s back to buckle.
The target of 21 runs off the last over proved to be too hard for England, but they were able to maintain their composure and win the game by a margin of 17 runs. Even if Harshal Patel was up to bat, this was the situation all the same.