With England winning the second Twenty20 International to level the series at 1-1, India will aim to improve the performance and win the third and decisive contest at County Ground in Bristol. In the second match, England bowling attack restricted India to a below-par score of 148/5. Leaving their previous mistakes behind which they committed in the first T20I, the English bowlers came accurate with the line and length as they struck at regular intervals to deny the visitors post a challenging total on batting-friendly wicket. Apart from skipper Kohli (47), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (32 not out) no other Indian batsmen clicked and went cheaply. Suresh Raina, however, tried to contribute but the Uttar Pradesh batsmen only managed to score 27 runs. So, if India want to seal the series, then top-order batsmen like Shikhar Dhawan, who failed in both the matches, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul need to score big. In the bowling department, unlike first match, Bowlers failed to impress. Pacer Umesh Yadav was the only sucessful bowling, scalping two wickets. Other bowlers--Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal only managed to take one wicket. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Live Updates of India vs England 3rd T20I match, straight from County Ground, Bristol
18:46 IST: Good comeback from Chahar. 6 runs off his second over. England 29/0 in 3 overs.
18:45 IST: FOUR! Buttler is on fire. Buttler stays back and smashes Chahar towards deep mid wicket. England 27/0 in 2.3 overs.
18:44 IST: 10 runs off Umesh Yadav's over. England 23/0 in 2 overs.
18:43 IST: FOUR! Buttler smashes the ball towards deep square leg. What a shot from him.
18:42 IST: FOUR! Buttler hits the ball straight down the ground.
18:41 IST: Two back-to-back dots from Umesh Yadav. Excellent start from the Indian pacer.
18:40 IST: Umesh Yadav comes into the attack.
18:38 IST: FOUR! Buttler sends Chahar for third boundary of the over. Poor start from the debutant. England 13/0 in 1 over.
18:36 IST: Umpires are reviewing the ball. There is some problem with the ball.
18:34 IST: FOUR! Buttler opens the face of the bat and sends Chahar towards long off for a boundary. Excellent stuff from him. England 9/0 in 0.4 over.
18:32 IST: Jason Roy chips the ball towards deep square leg. He will get a single.
18:31 IST: Debutant Deepak Chahar to start the proceeding for India. Virat Kohli is having a chat with the youngster.
18:30 IST: Virat Kohli-led Team India are in a huddle. Jason Roy and Jos Buttler are making their way to the middle.
18:07 IST: Playing XIs:
India XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli (captain), Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Umesh Yadav, Siddarth Kaul, Yuzvendra Chahal
Here's the Playing XI for #TeamIndia. Kaul and Chahar come in in place of Kuldeep and Kumar pic.twitter.com/aBAJ3yucyF
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 8, 2018
England XI: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Alex Hales, Eoin Morgan (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Liam Plunkett, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Jake Ball
18:02 IST: TOSS: India captain Virat Kohli wins toss, opts to field against England.
#TeamIndia Captain @imVkohli wins the toss and elects to bowl first against England.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/wPDQphNsy4
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 8, 2018
17:58 IST: We are few moments away from the toss.
17:44 IST: UPDATE: Deepak Chahar set to make his debut today. Chahar received his Team India cap from captain Virat Kohli. What a moment for
We have a debutant here in the third T20I against England. Deepak Chahar receives his #TeamIndia cap from Skipper @imVkohli.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/vRB1VNRRr0
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 8, 2018
17:38 IST: India left-hander Shikhar Dhawan has 972 runs to his name and he is just 28 runs short of 1000 runs in T20Is.
17:34 IST: India opening batsman Rohit Sharma is just 14 runs away from completing 2000 runs in T20Is. If he manages to do it today, he will become fourth batsman to achieve this milestone. Recently, India captain Virat Kohli achieved this incredible feat.
17:32 IST: Mahendra Singh Dhoni is just one catch away from 50 catches in T20Is. The former India skipper has 49 catches to his name in 92 T20Is.
16:50 IST: Here's a look at the pitch:
Take a look at the pitch for this decider game here at Bristol.
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 8, 2018
?#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/JHaqSA85Ux
16:36 IST: Big moment for Jake Ball.
The moment at Cardiff when @JakeBall received his first IT20 cap from Matthew Maynard! #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/Qqo3WiqZWu
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 8, 2018
16:33 IST: Team India are all set for the decider.
It's time for the series decider here at Bristol.
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 8, 2018
Are you ready? #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/lpJhDKXPIN
16:30 IST: Hello and welcome to the Live coverage from third and final Twenty20 International between India and England.
In order to restrict England to dominate the visitors, the spin duo of Kuldeep and Chahal have to click along with the pacers. England, on the other hand, seemed like they did their homework perfectly. After they got thrashing in the first match, the hosts bounced back in style in the second match, thanks to some good bowling and batsman Alex Hales.
Right from the start, England were better team with both bat and ball. Firstly their bowlers did a fantastic job to restrict India to a below-par score and then batsmen, especially Hales and Johnny Bairstow (28) made the road easy for the hosts.
In the final match, their might be only one concern. After getting the start, their top-order batsmen are getting out. Jason Roy (15) Jos Buttler (14), Joe Root along with Eoin Morgan (17) got the start but failed to convert into big innings. The bowling department also seemed settled but towards the end the English bowers are leaking runs. So to trouble the Indian side, bowlers need to stop the flow of runs towards the end and top-order batsmen need to click.
Squads:
England: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Jonny Bairstow, David Willey, Liam Plunkett, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Jake Ball, Sam Curran, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali.
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dinesh Karthik, Manish Pandey, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Siddarth Kaul.
