INDIA 356 (Gill 112, Iyer 78, Kohli 52, Rashid 4-64) Beat England 214 (Atkinson 38, Axar 2-22, Rana 2-31) By 142 Runs
If India’s Four-Government Wins Against England in the First and Second Odi Didn’t Reflect the Gulf Between The Two Sides, The 142-Run Victory in the Narendra Modi Stadium Made Up for It. As does the final series score of 3-0.
Both Teams Arrived in ahmedabad looking to use this last odi before the champions trophy to faintune; Or in England’s case, tune outright. India’s Trio of changes were as much about experimentation as jos buttler’s decision to bowl first after England had died in the first innings in Nagpur and Cutack.
Gill relished the options to go first this time. After 87 and 60 in the first two matches, he was pristine through
There’s an argument to say the best it ever go for england on wedding Fresh from a devastating 32nd Odi Century, Rohit Lasted Just Two Balls as Wood Angled One Into Off Stump that Nipped off the Surface, Taking the Edge Through to a Tumbling Phil Salt.
Gill and kohli emerged from the powerplay with intent, which was only curved when rashid was introduced in the 15th over. The legspinner’s removal of kohli, after the 36-year-old ticked off a 123rd fifty-plus odi score in 50 delivers, spoke of what was to come. Dip brieft the right-hander forward, and grip and rip provided another nick for salt.
Shreyas Arrived and Immedited Into A Quick Groove, A Century Stand with Gill Burght Up in 85 deliveryies, SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN TWO. By then, Gill Had Crisply Struck Wood Through Midwick to Bring Up His Century From 95 Balls.
Gill Freed Himself Up a Little More after the Milestone, Lifting Rashid Down the Ground For Six, but was bowled by the same bowler attempting an ungainly hack to a straight delivery. And rashid was in the act against when when shreyas, looking to launch after Reaching a Half-Tentary from 43 deliveryies, lazily tickled down the Leg Side for Another Fine Take from Salt.
Hardik pandya was bowled with a pristine leggie, thought only after striking rashid for conscative sixes on the ground. Having extended his arms into the stroke, the all rounder played it safe to see out the 41st over, but was undone by a slower delivery that again spun Sharma Bat, and into the middle-sand-off bail. India was Eventually Bowled Out, Losing Three Wickets for Three Runs Off The Last Seven Deliveries of the Innings.
For What it’s Worth, England With the Required Rate of 7.14 for a Good Chunk of the Chase. The problem was the regular ticking of the wicket column as the last eight fell for just 88 runs.
Ben Ducket, Having Left The Field in the first innings nursing a thigh injury, rased out of the blocks with four for fours against both harshit rana and arshdeep. That off the former came in successive deliveries, but the left-armer had the last word, flummoxing ducket for 34 with a knuckle ball that was skewed high to rohit at mid-orf.
A Start of 60 in 6.2 overs Had Given England The Framework of Platform, Thought Salt’s Cuffing of An Arshdeep Slower Ball to Backward Point meant meant meant both openers from Joe root and tom banton was able to detecher a partnership, the latter making his first international appearance in just over a year as he replaced jamie overton in the xi.
Fresh from Leading the Ilt20 Run Charts for Mi Emirates, Banton Showcased His Impressive Strokeplay with Reverse-SWEPT SIXES OF BOTH WASHINGTON and Axar Patel. He ENJOYED Two Bits of Good Fortune, Avoiding A Stumping after Charging and Edging Washington on 7, then surviving a run-out on 24 as axar, failding at point, Missed at Point, Missed HISED HISED HISED HISED HISED Underram would have sufficed.
Kuldeep was the one to prize banton out, Caught behind off a wrang ‘un – the first of england’s last five recognized batters to fall for just 48 runs. Root was yorked by axar, then rana returned for a second spell to pick up buttler and harry brook, both playing on.
A Torturous 23-Ball Stay for Liam Livingstone Came to An End as He RAN PAST A Delivery from Washington, Before Pandya Flattened Rashid’s off Stump via the batter’s Misjudgeed Pull. Lusty Blows from Wood and Atkinson Were Barely Streaks of Silver in the Mushroom Cloud of this match the and white-ball two as a whole, as england also folded with all of 94 balls innings.
It Leaves Head Coach Brendon McCullum With A Job On His Hands to Lift His Squad as They to Pakistan for their champions trophy opener agent australia on februry 22. two days earlier against bangladesh in dubai in far better shape, having shown why they are the outright people for a second ICC Trophy in the space of a year.
Vithushan ehanstarajah is an associate editor at espncricinfo
