IND vs ENG 3rd T20I Series 2025 : Indian men’s cricket team failed to reach the target set up by England team in Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot. England team manages to make it 2-1 in the series by winning 3rd T20I match.

India faced 26-run defeat despite Varun Chakravarthy’s exceptional five-wicket haul

Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and choose to bowl first against England in the 3rd IND vs ENG T20I on Tuesday at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. India made one change with Mohammad Shami coming back into the national team after 14 months replacing Arshdeep Singh. The hosts team lead the series 2-0 and to stay alive in the series the tourists have to win the 3rd T20I.

First inning : England’s Plan was to keep the pressure on by outburst batting

England team switched gears to put pressure on Indian players after Hardik Pandya dismissed Phil Salt in the second over of the third T20I in Rajkot. Mohammed Shami is back in international cricket for the first time since the 2023 World Cup final with India captain Suryakumar Yadav saying that his replacing Arshdeep Singh, who has been rested for the third T20I against England in Rajkot. India have won the toss and choose to bowl first.

Jos Buttler and Ben Duckett gave England a good start but that was torn to pieces. Chakravarthy ended his spell with sensational figures of 5/24. Livingstone then smashed Ravi Bishnoi all around the park and got to a score of 43 off 24 balls before falling to Hardik Pandya.

Varun Chakravarthy did the exceptional bowling spell as he took 5 wickets to restrict the visitors to a below-par 171/9. England who lost wickets at regular intervals, only english batsman Ben Duckett managed to score 51 run and Liam Livingstone’s late explosive batting.

The right-arm spinner Chakravarthy bowled out Jos Buttler (24), Jamie Smith (6), Jamie Overton (0), Brydon Carse (3) and Jofra Archer (0) to record his second five-for in the shortest format.

in the 9th over England team was 83 for one but after lost wickets at regular intervals, and slipped to 127 for eight after 16 overs. For England team, Ben Duckett (51) provided outburst, while Liam Livingstone’s 24-ball 43 with five sixes and a four pushed them past the 150-mark.

2nd Inning : Indian team Lost wickets at regular intervals resulting to lost the match by 26 runs

For England, Jamie Overton (3/23) took three wickets while Jofra Archer (2/33) and Brydon Carse (2/28) got two each. Earlier, Varun Chakravarthy was all over England with exceptional figures of 4-0-24-5 as the visitors could only manage 171/9.

the indian team was under pressure, struggling at 78/4 in 10 overs while chasing a target of 172 set up by enlish cricket team with the help of outburst batting by Ben Duckett and Liam Livingstone. They never really managed to play well despite Hardik Pandya’s best efforts and even went nearly eight overs without a boundary between the seventh and 15th overs.

Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Brydon Carse and Adil Rashid english bowlers picked a wicket each of indian batsman in the first 10 overs. Chasing 172, India lost wickets at regular intervals as England’s bowlers, led by Jamie Overton (3-23 in four overs) who had earlier chipped in with a vital 10 not out, kept up the pressure.

Here are some key points to India vs England 3rd T20I:

• England beat India by 26 runs

• India could not hit a single boundary between the seventh over and the 15th

• India were struggling at 78/4 at the end of the first 10 overs

• England 171/9 in 20 overs

• Varun Chakravarthy completed his five-wicket haul and finished with figures of 5/24

• Varun Chakravarthy got two wickets on the trot in the 14th over

• Hardik Pandya got the early breakthrough by dismissing Phil Salt in the second over

• Shami bowled the opening over and conceded six runs

• Mohammed Shami is back for his international match since November 2023

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