England handed an abject India their record defeat in T20 internationals as they won the third T20I at Trent Bridge by 125 runs to storm into a 2-0 series lead.
England posted 201-7 after being inserted on what looked a belting pitch, only for India to subside to 76 all out after just 11.4 overs of a shambolic display with the bat.
Josh Tongue (4-28) and Jofra Archer (3-29) impressed in blasting out the Indian top order before Adil Rashid chipped in with 2-14 to confirm India’s largest-ever losing margin by runs.
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15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit two big sixes before being dismissed as Jos Buttler caught him behind the wicket after a reckless swing.
India’s 15-year-old wonderkid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (13 off 5 balls), playing in just his second international match, struck two huge sixes before he became the second wicket to fall, gloving an Archer bouncer behind.
Earlier, Phil Salt (70 off 44) top-scored for England after a scratchy start to his innings, while Sam Curran (44no off 24) and Jos Buttler (36 off 21) also made valuable contributions.
England somewhat limped out of the blocks to start the match, with Salt batting out an opening maiden and just runs on the board through the first two overs of the powerplay.
Salt, in particular, struggled for rhythm early on, scoring only 17 from his first 19 deliveries but Buttler bailed him out as he found his form down the other end, smashing 34 of the 36 runs added from the next three overs.
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Prince Yadav bowls a fantastic yorker to dismiss England’s Jos Buttler as the opener scored 36 runs off 20 balls.
He departed to start the sixth, bowled off his toes by a beauty of a yorker first ball from Prince Yadav (2-30), who impressed when called into the side for his second T20I cap, also accounting for Harry Brook (16 off 12).
Salt finally got motoring with a six over deep midwicket off Varun Chakravarthy, and though Jacob Bethell (13 off 9) and Tom Banton would perish to consecutive Harshit Rana (2-40) deliveries, England’s innings would not be derailed.
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Harshit Rana takes two wickets in two balls to dismiss both Jacob Bethell and Tom Banton for a golden duck.
Curran proved a handy foil for Salt as he notched a 36-ball fifty, while Will Jacks (14 off 7) struck a couple of big sixes off Axar Patel (1-49) in the same over Salt finally fell, before he and Archer were run out in the last as England squeaked past 200.
Shreyas slams ‘atrocious’ India performance
India captain Shreyas Iyer, speaking on Sky Sports Cricket:
“It was atrocious. I can’t use a better word. Losing by such a big margin isn’t acceptable.
“We need to accept this loss and go back to the drawing board and see what we did wrong.
“First of all, it wasn’t a 200 wicket. Losing four in the powerplay didn’t create momentum and we lost our way.
“You can plan a lot but once you come into the ground you have to adapt and figure out what lengths are important to bowl. Hard lengths helped the bowlers on this wicket, but we didn’t execute many.
“When you’re chasing, you have to set patterns for how to chase. We fell short, our execution was awful.
“It’s a great opportunity [in the series] to come back strong, not to dwell on what happened in the past.
“We’ve played awful cricket but there’s lots to learn as well.
“Players have to figure out ways to create an impact. Every individual has to see how they can win matches and take that responsibility.”
‘Questions to answer for India’
Sky Sports Cricket’s Dinesh Karthik:
“It should hurt. It’s not just these two games, things didn’t go well in Ireland prior to this.
“Plenty of questions for this young, new captain this team, who let’s remember are T20 World Cup champions.
“This is not how you’re supposed to go down.”
England’s vs India – white-ball series’ fixtures/results
First T20 (Durham) – Match abandoned – No resultSecond T20 (Manchester) – England won by four wicketsThird T20 (Nottingham) – England won by 126 runsFourth T20 (Thursday July 9) – Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (5.30pm)Fifth T20 (Saturday July 11) – Utilita Bowl, Southampton (2.30pm)First ODI (Tuesday July 14) – Edgbaston, Birmingham (11am)Second ODI (Thursday July 16) – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (1pm)Third ODI (Sunday July 19) – Lord’s, London (11am)
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