8.47pm Right then, that's the game done and series in the bag for England. The two teams will meet again in Southampton before we switch to ODIs. Was fun calling this for all of you. On behalf of Abhijato, Thilak and Ranjith, this is Abhimanyu signing off. Goodnight!
Harry Brook, who is also the POTM: "It was great fun tonight. Always good to beat India. They are a very good side, always have been. So very happy. Two things stand out for sure. The way we have adapted to the surface and used different skills to combat that surface. And the communication from the coaches has been fantastic. Jofra and Tongue get on like a house on fire. Jofra also speaks to the spinners. Just having little conversations makes a lot of difference. It will be pretty cool to be No. 1. We'll keep doing the same things as we have been doing this series and hopefully we'll come out as winners. [On his knock] It felt good. Again, just those conversations with the coaches about the best ways to hit on this ground. Thankfully I got a few out of the middle. We've got so much depth in the batting lineup. We brought Rehan in today, who can hit a long ball at No. 8, so just that extra depth..."
Shreyas Iyer: "It was a disappointing one. 158 wasn't a perfect total on the board and eventually we saw how quickly they chased it down. When we came out to bowl I just asked the bowlers to repeat the length as much as possible because top of middle and leg stump were hard to get away. I think we were a bit short on our execution. When we tried change of pace or something else they got boundaries. Happy with my performance but when it's not in a winning cause, it goes to the side. So want to contribute to wins. This is a transition phase and we will be making a lot of mistakes. A lot of youngsters were playing in these conditions for the first time. Mistakes will be important to realise how we need to adapt in overseas conditions. Important to learn quickly."
A few stats for you: This is England's fastest chase with a target of 150 or more. Also, it's India's first time losing back-to-back T20I series since 2018-19.
8.30pm A game England were on top of from start to finish. India didn't even get a sniff. And that is how England go 3-0 up in this five-game series to ensure their first series triumph over India in the format. England's bowlers were on the money again, with India still recovering from their batting collapse in the last game. Shreyas Iyer fought a lone battle, but it was not nearly enough as England made the pitch look like a batting paradise, chasing down their 159-run target inside 14 overs. Harry Brook was Captain Fantastic again for his team, with a stunning unbeaten 79 off 35, while Phil Salt hit his second fifty on the trot to tie up a nine-wicket victory. Makes you wonder if rain hadn't interrupted in the first game, would the series scoreline reflect even poorer on India?
Kannadachi : "A brazen assault gets over with a single ! That is quite ironic ! Moral victory for India! " -- Couldn't help a chuckle there.
Chogalal: "What a shellacking!!"
Devendra: "Poor resource planning hits India bigtime"
END OF OVER:13 | 4 Runs | ENG: 144/1 (15 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 11.07, RRR: 2.14)
- Harry Brook70 (32b)
- Phil Salt54 (40b)
- Prince Yadav3-0-28-0
- Prasidh Krishna3-0-26-0
Matt L: "Thank god Rehan took that catch, otherwise he'd be a nominee in the "Thanks for coming" award!" -- He should thank Tilak after the game!
The Gigster: "@Martin There may be 24 universes where the societal norm of politeness is that the winning team forfeits the match when they are close to winning so as to not hurt the feelings of their opponents."
Thamizhachi : "If the last match was atrocious, this has been abysmal ! " -- For India, yes.
Here's Prince
Mr Matt: "Gotta feel for Rehan. Finally gets selected and doesn't get to bowl or bat."
END OF OVER:12 | 9 Runs | ENG: 140/1 (19 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 11.66, RRR: 2.37)
- Harry Brook68 (29b)
- Phil Salt52 (37b)
- Prasidh Krishna3-0-26-0
- Arshdeep Singh3-1-26-1
Martin: "India 0.24% win probability means that if this game situation was being played out in 10000 parallel universes India would win 24 of them - seems very generous to me" -- Well, I guess you could have 24 collapses if you tried to play it out 10000 times! We have seen worse collapses...
