This decision became the reason for India’s defeat, England’s victory was decided with the toss itself.
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In the third T20 match against England, Team India had to face a crushing defeat by 125 runs. With this defeat, Team India has now lagged 2-0 in the five-match series. In the match, Team India captain Shreyas Iyer decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Team India did not do well in the match, due to which it was reduced to 76 runs in reply to the target of 202 runs.
England defeated India in the third T20
New Delhi: In the third T20 match against England, Team India suffered a crushing defeat by 125 runs. In this match, Team India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and invited host England to bat first. This decision of Captain Iyer proved costly for him. Batting first, the England team scored a challenging score of 201 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
At the same time, when Team India came out to chase the target, batting became difficult on the Nottingham pitch in the second innings. The situation was such that the Indian team was limited to 76 runs in just 11.4 overs. In this way, Captain Iyer’s decision to bowl first after winning the toss proved to be the biggest turning point of Team India’s defeat.
Only 4 batsmen crossed double figures
The Indian team’s batting was very poor in the match against England. For Team India, only four batsmen in this match, Abhishek Sharma (10), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (13), Ishan Kishan (130) and Akshar Patel (10) could cross the double figures. Apart from this, the scores of all the batsmen were in single digits.
Reshuffle in batting order cost India dearly
A major reason for the defeat of the Indian team was the major reshuffle in the batting order. In the match, Team India coach Gautam Gambhir sent Axar Patel and Harshit Rana to bat above Shivam Dubey for the left-right combination, but his move completely failed. The result was that even Shivam Dubey could not handle the pressure in the lower order amidst the continuous falling of wickets.
Sanju Samson out of the team for the second consecutive match
Sanju Samson remained out of the team for the second consecutive match on the England tour. At the same time, 15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who was given a chance in place of Sanju, also failed. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out after scoring 13 runs in 5 balls with 2 sixes. Apart from this, Tilak Verma once again failed in the middle order. This is the reason why coach Gautam Gambhir is now being heavily criticized for Tilak Verma.
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