Ind vs Eng 3rd T20 Match: The third match of the T20 series between India and England will be played in Rajkot today. Today’s match at the Niranjan Shah Stadium is a do or die situation for England. Even if India wins today, the English team will lose the series. England released its playing-11 on Monday itself. No changes were made in the team. Team India can make 1 change. Either Shivam Dubey or Ramandeep Singh, an all-rounder, can get a chance in place of batsman Dhruv Jurel.
India is ahead in head to head
So far 26 T20 matches have been played between India and England. India won 15 matches and England won only 11. England won the last T20 series against India in 2014. If the team loses today too, it will lose the 5th consecutive T20 series against India.
England announced the team
England announced its playing-11 on Monday itself. There is no change in the team. The team will play with 4 fast bowlers and 1 spinner. On the other hand, Team India can leave out Dhruv Jurel. In his place, either Shivam Dubey or Ramandeep Singh, an all-rounder, can get a chance.
Mystery off spinner Varun Chakraborty has taken the most wickets in the series. He has 5 wickets in 2 T-20s. Tilak Verma and Abhishek Sharma are the top scorers of the team. Both have scored 91-91 runs in the series. Abhishek scored a fifty in the first and Tilak in the second T-20.
For England, only captain Jos Buttler has been able to show amazing batting in the series. He is the top scorer of the series, he has scored 113 runs in 2 matches. He also scored a fifty in the first T20. Fast bowler Brydon Carse, who played the second T20, is the top wicket taker, he has taken 3 wickets.
playing-11 of both teams
India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Ramandeep Singh/Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty.
England: Jos Buttler (captain), Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Ben Duckett, Harry Brooke, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.
pitch report
5 T20 Internationals were played in Rajkot from 2013 to 2023. The team batting first won in 3 and bowling first in 2. India has lost only one match here, the team was defeated by New Zealand in 2017. India scored 228 runs against Sri Lanka in 2023, which is also the highest score on this ground.
There is no chance of rain in Rajkot on Tuesday. The temperature from 6 pm to night will be between 18 to 24 degrees Celsius.
