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IND vs ENG: 3 Reasons Behind Jos Buttler-Led England’s Incredible Win Over India In The Third T20I

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After going 2-0 down in the T20I series against India, Jos Buttler’s England have now pulled one back following an impressive 26-run victory in the third T20I in Rajkot.
On that note, let us have a look at three reasons behind England’s incredible win over India in the third T20I:

1) Ben Duckett’s boundary fest early on

In each of the first two T20Is, Arshdeep Singh kept the English openers quiet. He took an early wicket or two to dent their run-scoring.
In the third T20, however, in the absence of Arshdeep Singh, India failed to exert pressure on the English batters during the powerplay.
Ben Duckett, who was dismissed without troubling the scorers too much in the first two games, finally came to the party for England and scored a quickfire 51 off 28 deliveries, striking at more than 180. He was 2 off 2 at one stage, and ending up scoring 36 runs off the next 11 deliveries that he faced. After Phil Salt was dismissed early, the onus was on Ben Duckett to step up before it was too late, with India one win away from sealing the series.
The opener took on Hardik Pandya and Washington Sundar, and looked unstoppable when he was slapping the ball away to the square boundaries either side of the wicket. It was a timely return to form for the 30-year old, who will surely have to play a very important role in the remaining two games as well. This blistering innings gave Jos Buttler’s men a good start on a pitch where the bounce was not true.

 2) Liam Livingstone pushing England to a healthy total

 Despite the kind of start that Ben Duckett got England off to, they still found themselves in a spot of bother towards the back end of the innings. The visitors lost five wickets for just 19 runs, courtesy of yet another Varun Chakravarthy special.
They were reduced to 127-8 after being 108-3 at one stage. This collapse would have had the Indian unit sensing a third victory on the trot.
However, Liam Livingstone used all his experience and played with great maturity to guide Jos Buttler’s side to a score in excess of 170. The right-handed batter scored 43 runs off just 24 deliveries, clearing the ropes five times in the process. The 17th over of the innings from Ravi Bishnoi went for 19 runs, with Liam Livingstone delivering three mighty strikes off the leg-spinner’s over. This over caused a shift in momentum.
Jos Buttler and his men had a sense of belief after this fabulous knock, paired with some handy runs from Adil Rashid and Mark Wood, guided them to a score of 171 in 20 overs.

 3) Adil Rashid not letting Jos Buttler down

171 was most certainly a decent score on a tricky Rajkot pitch. But, with the kind of firepower India possesses, it still needed a special bowling effort from the English bowlers to successfully defend this total.
India’s top three batters were all dismissed within the powerplay. Post that phase is where Adil Rashid delivered a brilliant spell of spin bowling.
With Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel in the Indian middle-order, the game was evenly poised after the powerplay. but the veteran leggie bowled a game-changing spell, where he may have picked only one wicket, that of Tilak Verma, but he conceded just 15 runs off his four overs, continuously building pressure on the Indian batters.
He varied his pace to perfection. For the majority of his spell, he looped it up with the speeds being in the mid 70s, beating the batters with his deceptive flight and dip. He mixed it up with a few quicker ones, making it extremely tough for the home side to get runs off his bowling. With 1-15 in his quota of four overs, he contained the flow of runs, and ensured that the required run-rate kept climbing for India.
His all-round performance was one of the key architects behind this victory for Jos Buttler’s side.

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