Highlights, India vs England 3rd T20I: Buttler slams 83* as England crush India by 8 wickets; take 2-1 lead
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 16, 2021, 22:47:37 IST
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Highlights, India vs England 3rd T20I: Buttler slams 83* as England crush India by 8 wickets; take 2-1 lead

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19:25 (IST) Mar 16
Gorgeous from Kohli!
FOUR! Creamed through extra-cover. Over-pitched from Mark Wood and the India skipper wasted no time on that one. Pounced onto it and slams it to the fence. Times the ball to perfection. India 24/2 after 5 overs.
19:22 (IST) Mar 16
4.4 overs | Wood to Rohit | OUT!
Once again a quick 146.1 km/hr delivery from Mark Wood and Rohit fails to time his pull shot. Gets beaten by the pace. Gets the top half of the bat and Chris Jordan runs in from short-fine leg and takes a good catch. Rohit falls for 15. India 20/2
19:20 (IST) Mar 16
4.1 overs | Wood to Rohit | FOUR!
A 150.1 km/hr delivery from Mark Wood and Rohit hits it straight back past the bowler. The ball beats the two fielders at mid-on and mid-off and races to the fence. India 20/1
19:17 (IST) Mar 16
3.3 overs | Archer to Rohit | FOUR!
Streaky but Rohit Sharma will takes it. Inside edge and the ball races to the fine-leg fence. First boundary of the evening for Rohit and India. IND 13/1
19:17 (IST) Mar 16
Wood on the mark right away!
A sensational first over from Mark Wood on his comeback. Just a single and a wicket off it. India have once again lost Rahul early in the innings. IND 8/1 after 3 overs
19:12 (IST) Mar 16
2.3 overs | Wood to Rahul | BOWLED!
OUT! Through the gate! And KL Rahul's poor run with the bat continues. Once again beaten by sheer pace -- 146 km/hr delivery. This time Mark Wood goes right through between his bat and pads. A four-ball duck this time for Rahul. India 7/1
19:09 (IST) Mar 16
End of 2nd over | India 6/0
A terrific first over from Jofra Archer barring a dropped chance off his own bowling. Just a single off his first over.
19:06 (IST) Mar 16
1.1 overs | Archer to Rohit | Dropped!
Simplest of catches and dropped by Jofra Archer. Was caught by surprise as Rohit hits it straight back to him. Archer just was not able to hold on to it after going for the catch with a reverse cup. Rohit gets an early reprieve. Mark Wood now replaces Adil Rashid. IND 5/0
19:03 (IST) Mar 16
End of 1st over| India 5/0
A pretty decent start from Adil Rashid. Just five off his first over. Jofra Archer to share the new ball with Rashid from the other end.
19:01 (IST) Mar 16
0.2 overs | Rashid to Rohit | India get underway!
A comfortable 2 runs for Rohit on the leg side behind square as India get off the mark in this third T20I.
19:00 (IST) Mar 16
Game On!
Openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are in the middle for India. Third opening combination for the hosts in three games. Leg-spinner Adil Rashid to start the proceedings for England. Rohit on strike. A slip in place for Rashid. Here we go!
18:43 (IST) Mar 16
Team news!
A change each for both the sides. A fit-again Mark Wood comes in for Tom Curran. SuryaKumar Yadav unfortunately misses out as he makes way for Rohit Sharma. Ishan Kishan, who opened the batting for India in the previous game, will bat at No.3 today.
18:40 (IST) Mar 16
India XI
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli(capt), Rishabh Pant(wk), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal
18:40 (IST) Mar 16
England XI
Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(wk), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(capt), Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
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18:39 (IST) Mar 16

I would have bowled first as well. We want to work on setting targets as well, in preparation for the future. England is going to come out hard, and we have to bring our A-game. Crowds are important, but we have to be professional and go out and give it our best in whatever conditions we have been given. Unfortunately Suryakumar Yadav has to make way and Rohit is coming back in for us at the top of the order, so KL and Rohit will open for us today.

India skipper Virat Kohli at the toss

18:38 (IST) Mar 16

We're going to bowl first. The wicket has a good covering of grass, shorter on one side and a bit humid today. Given the way the series has panned out and it's about putting up a collective performance today and win the game. Glad to play my 100th game, a big day for me and my family. Mark Wood comes in for Tom Curran.

England skipper Eoin Morgan at the toss

18:32 (IST) Mar 16
Toss news!
England skipper Eoin Morgan wins the toss, opts to bowl first in the third T20I.
18:29 (IST) Mar 16

The red soil pitch will be quicker, a good pitch, a bit more abrasive. You expect the team bowling first to be using the slower ball a lot, and get more out of and it'll get better for batting in the second innings, because it is likely to be very tacky in the first 10 overs.Lots of off-cutters were bowled by the spinners and the left-handers found that difficult to hit. You expect the team winning the toss to bowl first again. 170-175 is the bare minimum that the team batting first will want to get.

Ajit Agarkar and Deep Dasgupta during pitch report

18:27 (IST) Mar 16
A milestone 100th T20I for England skipper Eoin Morgan!
A milestone 100th T20I for England skipper Eoin Morgan!
18:22 (IST) Mar 16
Just under 10 minutes to go for the toss!
Players from both the teams are out in the middle, warming up ahead of the crucial game.