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Match Details
ENG vs IND 3rd Match, ENG vs IND 2021
ENG
322-950.0
India won by 7 runs
IND
48.2329-10
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Player of the Match
Sam Curran
1/43
95(83)
P'ship : 5(5)
Last Wkt : Mark Wood 14(21)
BowlerT Natarajan
| W-R | Overs | Econ |
|---|---|---|
| 1-73 | 10.0 | 7.30 |
ENG - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 10 Over | 62 | 66 | 15 Over | 96 | 95 | 20 Over | 121 | 132 | 25 Over | 169 | 164 | 30 Over | 195 | 196 | 35 Over | 229 | 235 |
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IND - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 10 Over | 50 | 65 | 20 Over | 131 | 128 | 30 Over | 186 | 206 | 35 Over | 244 | 243 | 40 Over | 289 | 283 | 50 Over | 351 | 329 |
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Virat Kohli: When the top-two battle each other, we'll get exciting games. No one will throw in the towel, and Sam played a really good innings to keep them in the hunt. However, our bowlers picked up wickets, and it moved from us finishing it off to them getting over the line before Hardik and Nattu pulled it back. It's most disapponting for the guy who drops the catch, but as much as you get disappointed, catches get put down and sometimes they cost you. There's no lack of intent, and our body language was outstanding. Eventually we got over the line. I'm surprised Shardul wasn't the man of the match, and Bhuvi wasn't the man of the series. A lot of credit to them for bowling so well in adverse conditions. Prasidh and Krunal were impressive but death overs batting was extremely good, despite the early wickets, and if the top three can get a hundred, then we can get 370s and 380s later. This win has been sweet because it's against the top team in the world, and we're looking forward to the IPL. It's been an amazing season, series, and this was a great way to finish it off. Scheduling needs to be looked at in future, since playing in bubbles will be difficult, and everyone can't have the same mental capacity all the time, but I'm looking forward to the IPL for now.
Jonny Bairstow: I've been pleased with my striking, but we'd like to be on the winning side. Today, it just wasn't meant to be. I didn't score a lot in the Tests, but it was pleasing to come back and do well in the white-ball leg and I'll be taking the confidence into the IPL. We know Bhuvi's skills, and I think getting outside off is the way to counter it. We had a conversation about it and we played him in the Sunrisers' camp, so we'll have practice against him, don't worry about that. Curran was special wasn't he? He's played out of his skin, and we know the quality and talent he has, and the belief he had to take us over the line, but congratulations to Nattu and how he executed the yorkers at the death. There's not many people I would trust more than Sam to clear the short boundaries and he was absolutely fantastic today.
Jonny Bairstow has been the 'Man of the Series' award.
Sam Curran: We didn't win the game, but happy with the way I played. I love winning, but it was a great experience. I haven't done that for England for a long time, but in the end we lost. I wanted to take the majority o the balls and take it deep. It was hard to defend, but Natarajan bowled really well in the end and shows why he's a really good bowler. I realized that one side was shorter and Bhuvi is a fantastic bowler so I played him out. Fantastic ground, great pitch and an amazing batting line-up for India, so it has been a great learning curve. Looking forward to the IPL in these conditions in a few weeks time.
Sam Curran has been named as the 'Man of the Match'
Jos Buttler: A fantastic game,both sides made some mistakes but played some brilliant cricket. We witnessed an incredible knock from Curran to nearly get us over the line, but congratulations to India on winning. We've learnt a lot as a side and seen many guys stand up and take the lead. The white-ball leg was incredibly competitive. These are the conditions we will face in the near future in the World Cup. It's a great experience for the young guys to play a top-class side like India and they will be better cricketers for it. We didn't bowl that well at the top, gave away easy boundaries, but dragged it back only to be pegged back by Pant and Pandya, but we restricted them well enough. We didn't have those big partnerships to take us over the line. We've played excellent cricket for a number of years, the talent pool in white-ball cricket is growing and creates competition in the squad and drives us to do better. We bat deep as a side, it's one of our strengths, but Sam Curran did well to take responsibility, and take a lot of the strike and it took great character to play the way he did, and he has those amazing qualities in abundance. I know he will be disappointed he didn't get us over the line, but we are all very proud of him and his performance.
Shikhar Dhawan: I was always in the groove. Once I got the chance, I made the most of it. It's a good feeling to bat like this, I really enjoyed it. I was playing domestic cricket, I was preparing for it and that was the best match practice I could get coming into this series. The wicket was good for the last two matches and it stayed true today as well. I enjoy playing on bouncy tracks.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar: Yes, there was a bit of tension, the ground was small and there was a bit of dew, but yes, we're under some pressure. Personally, I wasn't under heavy stress with the ball, it was doing a bit and I knew I could execute well. Looking forward to the IPL, I'm just happy that I went through the entire series pretty well (talking about his recent injury issues), hopefully, will go on and do well in the upcoming series.
Comments from the players
The young Sam Curran and Adil Rashid kept the run-rate up and gave England a chance before Virat Kohli took a one-handed stunner to hand a fourth wicket to Shardul Thakur. Curran then joined forces with Mark Wood to take the game deep. The all-rounder took 18 runs off the 47th over bowled by Shardul to reduce the equation to 23 off 18 balls. Curran played out the next over bowled by Bhuvneshwar while Hardik did superbly to give away just five runs off the penultimate over. England required 14 runs off the last six balls but Mark Wood got run-out off the very first ball. Thereafter, Natarajan nailed his yorkers and helped India register a seven-run victory
India's ace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave the team the best possible start by dismissing Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow within the first three overs. Ben Stokes and Dawid Malan stitched a decent 40-run partnership and it came at a good rate but Nararajan got the better of the former with a full-toss. Malan and Jos Buttler came together for another mini partnership but the stand-in English captain was rapped LBW by Shardul Thakur. Middle-order batsman Liam Livingstone looked in really good touch but he fell victim to Thakur once again in the 24th over to leave England stranded at 155-5. Thakur wasn't finished as he also got the better of Dawid Malan a couple of overs later. Thereafter, Moeen Ali and Sam Curran came together for a 32-run partnership. Just when the partnership looked promising, Hardik Pandya took a fantastic catch at mid-off to send back Moeen
What a cracking over from Natarajan to seal the win for India. This is just his second ODI but he showed remarkable composure to defend 14 runs off the last over. Sam Curran with a valiant 95 off 83 balls to bring England so close to winning the match and also the series. Virat Kohli seemed to be pumped up after the final delivery but he will be disappointed that they let England come so close
OVER 50.0
England
322/9
Sam Curran
95(83)
Reece Topley
1(1)
T Natarajan
1-73(10.0)
49.6 T Natarajan to Sam Curran
0 Another full delivery from Natarajan and yet again Curran unable to get under it, smashes this straight down the ground and ends up taking a single. What a sensational over from Natarajan.
49.5 T Natarajan to Sam Curran
4 FOUR!!!! India have sealed it, full ball outside off and Curran smashes this down the deep cover region and finds the boundary, 8 needed from the last over. Natarajan has to just bowl a legitimate delivery and India will lift the trophy.
49.4 T Natarajan to Sam Curran
0 Full toss on this occasion from Natarajan and Curran is unable to get under it. Ends up smashing this down the long-off fielder and refuses the single again.
49.3 T Natarajan to Sam Curran
0 That is another excellent delivery from Natarajan. Full and straight outside off and Sam Curran unable to get under it, ends up smashing it from the inside part of the bat down the wide long-on region and refuses the single again.
49.2 T Natarajan to Reece Topley
1 Full delivery outside off and Topley does his job, works this past the cover-point region down the deep and gives the strike back to Sam Curran.
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