IND vs ENG 3rd T20I: Indian batting falls apart as England wins by 125 runs to take 2-0 lead
The performance was marked by poor shot selection and an apparent lack of will to fight.Add to it the baffling tactical calls. A hit-and-miss slogger like Harshit Rana was sent No. The last 8 overs yielded 89 runs.Arshdeep Singh bowled an impressive maiden over to Salt first up but India also lost a DRS review.
- ▪The performance was marked by poor shot selection and an apparent lack of will to fight.Add to it the baffling tactical calls.
- ▪A hit-and-miss slogger like Harshit Rana was sent No.
- ▪The last 8 overs yielded 89 runs.Arshdeep Singh bowled an impressive maiden over to Salt first up but India also lost a DRS review.
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Indian batters produced one of their worst performance in recent times, surrendering meekly to England's tearaway quicks Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue's hostile spells in a record 125-run loss in the third T20 International in Nottingham.Archer (3/29 in 3 overs) and Tongue (4/28 in 4 overs) bowled with a lot of fire inside the Powerplay which led to India being shot out for 76 runs in 11.4 overs in pursuit of 202 on Tuesday.This was India's worst T20I defeat in terms of margin of runs as only four batters managed double-digit scores.The win gave England an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match series as the first match was abandoned due to rain.Captain Shreyas Iyer's winless streak has now extended to five games and this Indian team under Gautam Gambhir's stewardship looks a disjointed…
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