India vs England Live Score 3rd ODI: Mark Wood takes 3, India losing steam at the end

17:14 IST Akshay Ramesh

WICKET! Prasidh Krishna is out for 0

17:11 IST Akshay Ramesh

WICKET! Krunal Pandya departs for 25 from 34

17:09 IST Akshay Ramesh

3rd ODI live: Tidy over from Topley as Bhuvneshwar new man in

Just 5 runs from the 47th over. India are losing steam here. Krunal Pandya is not getting the timing that he would have hoped for. England will be very happy with the way they have bowled the last 7 overs. Can they keep India to less than 350?

17:06 IST Akshay Ramesh

WICKET! Shardul Thakur is out for 30

WICKET! Shardul Thakur goes for a wild swing but manages only an outside edge. Mark Wood gets his first wicket and a good catch again from Jos Buttler. India are losing the way here. Krunal Pandya is struggling to find the right timing. Shardul was looking good but he has to depart for a 21-ball 30.

16:58 IST Akshay Ramesh

SIX! 3rd six from Shardul Thakur’s blade

Well, Shardul Thakur is leading India’s late charge here. Another slower ball from Ben Stokes and Thakur skips down the wicket and lofts it over long-off. Stokes is impressed and checks Thakur’s bat as the two share a smile in the middle. India need more of these big hits from both the batsmen in the last 5 overs.

16:52 IST Akshay Ramesh

3rd ODI Live: 300 up for India in the 44th over

Krunal Pandya and Shardul Thakur have added a 30-plus stand for the 7th wicket. It’s Thakur who has taken the aggressor’s role in this partnership. Krunal is struggling a bit for timing here. Meanwhile, India have gone past the 300-run mark in the 44th over. How many more can they add in the last 6 overs?

16:49 IST Akshay Ramesh

DROPPED! Adil Rashid drops Krunal Pandya on 11

Dropped! Another life for Krunal Pandya. Fine captaincy from Jos Buttler. who had the mid-on and mid-off fielders in position for Ben Stokes. Krunal Pandya tried to clear the in-field but got a leading edge. Adil Rashid ran back a bit but missed a tough opportunity. Krunal Pandya gets a reprieve of 11. Will it cost England?

16:46 IST Akshay Ramesh

3rd ODI live: Shardul Thakur looking solid in the middle

India are keeping the scoreboard moving despite losing Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant in quick succession. They have added 11 runs in the last 2 overs with Shardul Thakur doing the bulk of the scoring. India would want these two to bat in the last 5 overs if they are to get to 350. Keep in mind, Krunal had hit the fastest ODI fifty by a debutant in the 1st ODI.

16:36 IST Akshay Ramesh

End of 40 overs: India reach 283 for 6

What a way to start the innings! Mark Wood pitched it short and Krunal Pandya pulls it over the deep fine-leg fence. Can Shardul play a helping hand here? He has proved his batting exploits in the recent past. Can’t forget that Brisbane Test special, can we?

16:37 IST Akshay Ramesh

3rd ODI live: Shardul Thakur in at No. 8 for India

India are in a spot of bother now. Suddenly that 350-plus total looks a bit difficult. Shardul Thakur, who is no mug with the bat, has joined Krunal Pandya in the middle. India have lost 6 wickets inside 40 overs. Can these two steady the ship now?

16:34 IST Akshay Ramesh

WICKET! Ben Stokes gets Hardik Pandya for 64

WICKET! Hardik Pandya has to depart for 64. Big blow for India as they have lost another set batsman here. It’s not yet 40 overs and India have lost 6 wickets. A nothing ball from Ben Stokes as Pandya misses one to see his leg stump disturbed. India have lost two set batsmen in quick succession and England are now thinking of restricting India to less than 350.

16:28 IST Akshay Ramesh

NOT OUT! Hardik Pandya survives caught behind appeal

NOT OUT! Mark Wood comes back into the attack and immediately troubles the two India batsmen. Just 2 runs from the over and nearly gets Hardik Pandya’s wicket. A fine delivery from Wood that holds its line and Pandya is squared up. Jos Buttler goes up in appeal but the umpire is unmoved. England don’t take a review.

16:20 IST rohan sen

Hardik Pandya gets to his 50

Hardik Pandya hits his 7th ODI fifty, 3rd in the last 6 innings. This has been a very good innings but he needs to carry on and help India post a good score. India 257/5 (36.3 overs) against England in Pune. Hardik Pandya 50*, Krunal Pandya 0*

16:19 IST rohan sen

Rishabh Pant falls against the run of play

WICKET! Rishabh Pant gets caught behind for 78 (62 balls) off Sam Curran’s bowling. This is his highest score in ODI cricket

India 256/5 (36 overs) against England in Pune. Hardik Pandya 49*

16:06 IST Akshay Ramesh

SIX! Rishabh Pant hits Adil Rashid over the long-off boundary

Top shot! Rishabh Pant is keeping the pressure on the England bowlers. He moves into the 60s with a straight six against Adil Rashid. The partnership for the 5th wicket between Pant and Hardik Pandya has gone past 80 runs and it has come in quick time. It’s refreshing to see India take this aggressive approach despite losing a couple of wickets in the middle overs.

15:55 IST rohan sen

Rishabh Pant gets to his 50 with a six

Rishabh Pant gets to his 3rd ODI fifty with a six, his 3rd in this innings. 5th-wicket partnership is now worth 59 off 40 balls. Tossed up delivery from Adil Rashid, Pant slams this over deep square leg for a maximum.

India 216/4 (31 overs) against England in Pune. Rishabh Pant 54*, Hardik Pandya 36*

15:42 IST rohan sen

Livingstone misses an easy chance to dismiss Pant

Livingstone to Pant, Chipped back and dropped! A reprieve for Pant as Livingstone drops a return chance. Flighted around off, Pant looks to play it down the ground but ends up chipping it in the air and to the right of Liam Livingstone. He does not where the ball is and moves to his left. Livingstone tries to lob it off his foot but too late. Ohh wait, the replays show that it had bounced in front.

15:28 IST Utkarsh kumar

WICKET! KL Rahul gone

A full-toss from Livingstone and KL Rahul tries to clear the boundary rope on the leg side but Moeen Ali grabs a stunner at backward square leg. He quickly turned towards his left and grabbed the ball in some style to end the 7-run innings of the centurion from the last match.

15:14 IST rohan sen

Rishabh Pant gets going with a six

Rashid to Rishabh Pant, SIX! Bang! This has gone a long way! Rashid bowls a googly on middle, Pant picks it and then deposits it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.

15:00 IST rohan sen

Moeen Ali gets the big wicket of Virat Kohli

WICKET! Virat Kohli loses his leg-stump as he misses a short delivery from Moeen Ali. The Indian captain falls for 7 (10 balls). Flatter and around off, Kohli rocks on the back foot and looks to slap it but he gets beaten as the ball spins in and crashes onto the leg stump. A body blow for India.

India 121/3 (17.4 overs) against England in Pune. Rishabh Pant 3*

14:54 IST rohan sen

Adil Rashid gets his 2nd wicket

WICKET! Adil Rashid takes a terrific catch off his own bowling Shikhar Dhawan hits one straight back to him and falls for 67 (56 balls). Googly on middle, Dhawan looks to clip it to the leg side but ends up scooping it to the left of Rashid who goes to that side and catches it with ease.

India 117/2 (16.4 overs) against England in Pune. Virat Kohli 6*

14:47 IST rohan sen

Adil Rashid provides the first breakthrough for England

WICKET! Rohit Sharma fails to read Adil Rashid’s googly and sees the ball hit the stumps. The Indian vice-captain falls for 37 (37 balls). Googly on off, it spins in. Sharma prods forward and looks to defend but it beats the bat and pad and it goes onto hit the stumps behind.

India 103/1 (14.4 overs) against England in Pune. Shikhar Dhawan 62*

14:37 IST rohan sen

32nd ODI fifty for Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan scores his 32nd half-century in ODIs, brings up the milestone with a boundary off the 4th ball of Adil Rashid’s first over. India 92/0 (13 overs) against England in Pune. Rohit Sharma 53*, Shikhar Dhawan 35*

14:34 IST rohan sen

Lucky boundary for Rohit

Wood to Rohit, FOUR! Third man is wide and it goes to the fence. Good length ball around off, Sharma looks to defend but it takes the outside edge and flies to the third man region for a boundary.

14:19 IST rohan sen

Dhawan, Rohit look to keep the score ticking

India have been way better than the previous 2 games in the first powerplay with both openers looking positive at the crease. India 65/0 (10 overs) against England in Pune. Rohit Sharma 24*, Shikhar Dhawan 40*

14:14 IST rohan sen

Super save from Reece Topley

Wood to Rohit, WHAT AN EFFORT! Full and on leg, Dhawan clips it through mid-wicket where the fielder fumbles and Livingstone from deep square leg gives a long chase to his right and does well to keep the ball in play. Just a couple taken.

14:07 IST rohan sen

Reece Topley gets punished by India openers

Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma hit 4 boundaries in Reece Topley’s over! Both batsmen latched on to the loose deliveries in that over and found the gaps to perfection all around the park. India 53/0 (8 overs) against England in Pune. Rohit Sharma 21*, Shikhar Dhawan 29*

13:56 IST rohan sen

Expensive over from Sam Curran

Rohit and Dhawan hit 3 boundaries in the Sam Curran over!

Curran to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Shortish outside off, Dhawan moves across and then punches it towards cover.

Curran to Rohit, FOUR! Fullish on the pads, Sharma clips it through mid-wicket for a boundary.

Curran to Rohit, FOUR! Full ball on off, Sharma moves ahead and whacks it over mid off for a boundary.

13:44 IST rohan sen

First boundary of the match

Rohit Sharma gets going with his trademark cover drive!

Topley to Rohit, FOUR! Full and outside off, Sharma leans forward and creams the drive through extra cover for a boundary.

13:36 IST rohan sen

Sam Curran starts the proceedings in Pune

Sam Curran starts the proceedings for England with the new ball, giving away 5 runs from the 1st over. He got a bit of swing but not much to trouble the batsmen. India 5/0 (1 over) against England in Pune. Rohit Sharma 2*, Shikhar Dhawan 3*

13:30 IST rohan sen

Let the game begin!

Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan make their way to the middle to open the innings for Team India. Sam Curran will start the proceedings with the new ball for England. 2 slips in place for the fast bowler.

13:15 IST rohan sen

India vs England 3rd ODI Live: Both teams make 1 change each

T Natarajan replaces Kuldeep Yadav in India’s playing XI, England bring back Mark Wood in place of Tom Curran.

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan

England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Dawid Malan, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Mark Wood

13:12 IST rohan sen

Virat Kohli loses the toss again

England win the toss and opt to bowl against India in Pune. 3-match series stands level at 1-1.

Virat Kohli: I would’ve bowled first again, but it seems like the toss is completely out of my control right now. It’s a hard pitch and has some grass covering. We’ve introspected and identified a few areas that we need to improve on, put up 20-30 more runs with the bat and put up a better show with the ball. Our best cricket has come out when our backs have been against the wall – Test series, after being one down and the same in T20s, afer being 1-2 down. We have to be at our best today to win the decider. We have a tactical change: Natarajan comes in for Kuldeep Yadav.

12:59 IST rohan sen

Watch: Harbhajan Singh joins ‘quarantined KKR’

Harbhajan Singh, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at his base price of Rs 2 crore in IPL 2021 auction, arrived at the team hotel on Saturday and entered a 7-day mandatory quarantine period before joining the squad for training sessions.

The legendary off-spinner spent a decade at Mumbai Indians before joining MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for IPL 2018. He contributed in CSK’s title-winning journey with 7 wickets in 13 matches in that edition. The 40-year-old played for the ‘Yellow Army’ in IPL 2019 as well but opted out in the following year due to personal reasons. Read More

12:49 IST rohan sen

Prasidh Krishna could be a very good Test bowler: Gavaskar

Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna has had quite a start to his ODI career for India as he went on to claim the best bowling figures by a player for the country in a debut ODI match.

However, everything did not go well for the bowler in his debut match as he was hit for 37 runs in his first 3 overs, but he came back into the game to claim 4 wickets as the England middle-order collapsed from 169-3 to 251 all out.

India legend Sunil Gavaskar has been impressed by the youngster in the two ODI matches and said that the team management should consider playing him at the Test level. Read More

12:32 IST rohan sen

Pant can leave behind Dhoni and Gilchrist, says Inzamam

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-Ul-Haq has come up with a bold prediction regarding Rishabh Pant, saying that the India wicketkeeper-batsman has been in impressive form and if he can continue to bat like this the he can surpass MS Dhoni and Adam Gilchrist.

Rishabh Pant, who played his first ODI since January 2020, backed his match-winning performances in the Test and T20I formats with a blazing fifty off just 28 deliveries. Pant smashed 77 off 40 balls to record his highest score in ODIs.

Inzamam further went on to say that Rishabh Pant’s range of strokes is simply amazing and the way he is batting and scoring effectively at different positions is amazing. Read More

12:31 IST rohan sen

India should play Natarajan: Vaughan

With the ODI series level at 1-1, it all comes down to the series-decider in Pune on Sunday, and former England captain Michael Vaughan has suggested two changes for Team India going into the match.

With Hardik Pandya not bowling in the second ODI on Friday, it was clear that India had a bowler short and therefore Vaughan suggested that they bring in the left-arm pacer T Natarajan, who has been fairly successful in his short career so far. Read More

12:30 IST rohan sen

I feel something is wrong: Sehwag

Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag feels all-rounder Hardik Pandya needs to bowl to prove his worth in the Indian team in the limited-overs squad.

“At least to make a change, Hardik Pandya could have been given a spell of 3-4 overs. I don’t understand if he can bowl four overs in T20I cricket, then why cannot he do the same in ODI cricket,” Sehwag asked on Cricbuzz. Read More

12:29 IST rohan sen

Virat Kohli very competitive guy: Jos Buttler

There is no doubt to the fact that Virat Kohli is an extremely animated character on the field, while beyond it he is one of the most likeable personalities in cricket. During the series-deciding 5th T20I between India and England, a heated exchange between Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler happened.

Words were exchanged between the the two after Kohli said something following Buttler’s dismissal. Buttler was on his long way back to the pavilion when Kohli followed him. Buttler kept on walking towards the dugout before taking few steps back to confront the Indian skipper. Read More

12:28 IST rohan sen

Virat Kohli-led India eye hat-trick of series wins

Virat Kohli-led India will look to sort out their bowling flaws with an aim to complete a hat-trick of series wins when they take on Eoin Morgan-less England in the series-finale in Pune on Sunday.

With the series currently poised at 1-1, England will look to ride on the winning momentum after a clinical performance in the second ODI while India would want to bring in some changes to their bowling department to win the series decider on Sunday.

After having sealed the Test series 3-1 and T20I series 3-2, India began the ODI series on the right note on Tuesday with a 66-run win, before going down by 6 wickets in the second ODI.

England made a mockery of a 337-run target as Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes smashed the Indian bowlers to all parts of the MCA stadium. on Friday. Both Indian left-arm spinners — Krunal Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav– proved to be expensive, giving away 156 runs in 16 overs. Read More