IND vs ENG ODI: Pant & Pandya steal the show!

India vs England 3rd ODI: Rishabh Pant scored a radiant century to assist India with beating England by five wickets. The southpaw hammered his maiden ODI ton to take care of business for India when the main 3 – Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli were excused cheaply. 

The southpaw stayed unbeaten on 125 and hit the triumphant runs with an opposite clear. Aside from him, Hardik Pandya likewise assumed a vital part in the triumph with both bat and ball. He guaranteed four wickets and followed it up with a 71-run knock.

England needed to bat first after Rohit Sharma had won the toss and embedded them in. 

The decision was ending up exorbitant as they lost two wickets with only 12 on the board. However, they returned the match riding on a fifty or more stands between Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler who scored 60 off 80 balls. In the interim, he was capably upheld by Moeen and Liam Livingstone. Regardless, Hardik Pandya carried India back into the coordinate with his short balls as he went onto pick four wickets. Eventually, Chahal picked two in the equivalent overs as England were all out for 259 with more than 4 overs to spare. India presently needed 260 to seal the series.

India skipper Rohit Sharma called it accurately for a third consecutive time in the series at the coin toss and again chose to bowl first. India are playing without Jasprit Bumrah today who passes up a major opportunity with a niggle and supplanted by Mohammed Siraj. Then again, England were unaltered and their chief Jos Buttler said he would have batted first at any rate. India won the first ODI by 10 wickets before England drew level with a 100-run win.

Game dominating exhibitions by Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya gifted India a paramount 2-1 series win against England in the third ODI at Old Trafford in Manchester, on Sunday. Pursuing a target of 260 runs, Pant pounded an unbeaten knock of 125 runs off 113 balls, which likewise ended up being his maiden ODI ton. Pandya was likewise in top batting form and pounded a combating knock of 71 runs off 55 balls as the guests came to 261/5 in 42.1 overs, winning by five wickets. 

Reece Topley was in great form for England and took three wickets. At first, a four-wicket pull by Pandya assisted India with bowling out the hosts for 259 in 45.5 overs. Jos Buttler crushed 60 runs off 80 balls, which included three fours and two sixes. In the interim, Yuzvendra Chahal took three wickets, Mohammed Siraj packed away two excusals and Ravindra Jadeja picked one.

Pant gets the Player of the Match award for his unbeaten maiden ODI ton. 

“Hopefully I will remember my first ODI century for the rest of my life. But when I was in there, I was just focusing on one ball at a time. (Coming in at 25 for 2) When a team is under pressure and you bat like that, that’s what you aspire to do. (Quick end to the chase) I enjoy playing in England and will do whatever I can do to keep enjoying my cricket”,

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Hardik Pandya receives the Player of the Series award!

Hardik gets the Player of the Series award for his match-winning performances for India.

“White ball is something very close to me. I cherish my white-ball game. (England is difficult in England) We all know England is such a good team. For us it was important to check ourselves out with our plans and the World Cup ahead. Was an ideal chance for us to step up and show what we have. (Keeping England to 259) It was important for me to come in and stop the runs and bowl as many dots. We took two wickets early but they recovered well and were cruising.”

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India win the series 2-1 🎉

Rishabh Pant scores a magnificent century, as the visitors win by five wickets in Manchester! #ENGvIND | Scorecard: https://t.co/xeNEqD0OeX pic.twitter.com/aTfjAiu7wV

— ICC (@ICC) July 17, 2022