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Group India made a multitude of its run chase of 172 in opposition to England within the third T20I in Rajkot, struggling defeat by 26 runs ultimately. India misplaced wickets at common intervals and their batting slowed down significantly within the center overs, as Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar and Axar Patel did not speed up. India opted to go along with a left-right mixture in any respect levels, which noticed Dhruv Jurel stroll in to bat at No. 8. Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen criticised the strategy chosen by India.
Pietersen batted for the promotion of Dhruv Jurel within the batting order, talking extremely of his batting credentials.
“India didn’t get the batting order right. Dhruv Jurel is an accomplished batter. Having him lower down the order for the left and right combination was not right. I’m a firm believer in your best batters batting up front,” Pietersen mentioned, talking after the match on Star Sports activities.
Washington Sundar (6 off 15) and Axar Patel (15 off 16) each operated at a strike charge of below 100, whereas Hardik Pandya did the identical for essentially the most half and solely accelerated unsuccessfully late on, making 40 off 35.
It meant that Jurel walked in to bat within the 18th over, and failed to fireplace, scoring simply 2 runs off 4 balls.
This was India’s first loss in a T20I in 5 video games. Regardless of a superb bowling effort, the Tenth-wicket partnership between Adil Rashid and Mark Wooden put up 24, serving to England to a decent 174.
India misplaced their high 4 batters inside the primary 10 overs, with Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and captain Suryakumar Yadav departing contained in the powerplay. India have been unable to deal with the early lack of wickets, as England tightened the screws within the center overs.
India subsequent tackle England within the fourth T20I on Friday, January 31, on the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Pune.
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