India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Mohammed Shami returns, Arshdeep ‘rested’ as IND win toss and bowl first

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Dhruv Jurel was one of two changes that India made for the second T20I after the injuries to Nitish Reddy and Rinku Singh. India had called in Ramandeep Singh and Shivam Dube as replacements to the squad and it is quite likely that they will slot in the latter. For that, through, Jurel is pretty much the only player wh seems to be replacable in the eleven.

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Liam Livingstone is known to play spin well but has looked largely at sea in the two matches thus far this series. He fell to a wrong ‘un from Chakravarthy in Kolkata and then was done by the lift Axar got in Chennai

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Of the 12 Indian venues that have hosted at least five T20Is till date, only Wankhede (9.34) and Mohali (9.03) have had a better run-rate than Rajkot (8.91).

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Since the end of the 2024 T20 World Cup what has set India apart from England is their strike rate in the middle overs. India have gone at 10.07 in this phase of matches while England have gone at 8.90. However, both sides are pretty neck and neck when it comes to powerplay strike rates, India have clocked 9.34 while England have gone at 9.35.

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: India have been dominant most times that they have played a T20I in Rajkot. The first T20I played here was against Australia in October 2013 and India won that by six wickets. India then lost the second match to be played here to New Zealand by 40 runs in November 2017. Since then, they beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in November 2019, South Africa by 82 runs in June 2022 and Sri Lanka by 91 runs in January 2023.

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Suryakumar can look at what he did on this ground the last time a T20I was played here if he needs some reminding of what he can do on his day. India won the toss and batted first. Suryakumar came in at No.3 and put up a stand of 111 runs off just 53 balls with Shubman Gill. He did most of the scoring in that partnership and later put an unbeaten stand of 39 runs with Axar Patel. SKY finished not out on 112 off 51 balls and led India to a score of 228/5. Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Yuzvendra Chahal and captain Hardik Pandya then packed up the Sri Lankans for just 137 runs and India won by 91 runs.

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Murmurs of concerns over Suryakumar Yadav’s form is not unfounded. He relinquished the No.3 spot to Tilak Varma in South Africa and that seems to have worked wonders for the latter. However, Suryakumar himself managed scores of 21, 4 and 1 in the three innings there, and now has 0 and 12 in two games in this series.

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Arshdeep Singh has taken three wickets thus far in this series, two of which came in the first T20I and took him past Yuzvendra Chahal as India’s highest wicket-taker in the format. His career tally now stands at 98 and if he gets to 100 today, he will become the first Indian to do so and the fastest pacer to get to the milestone, beating the record set by Haris Rauf.

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: England were hardly able to make anything of themselves in the first T20I but they did more than that in the second. England were all out for 132 despite captain Jos Buttler scoring 68 in 44 balls in the first T20I and India raced to that target seven wickets and just over seven overs to spare. In the second, though, Buttler scored only 45 in 30 balls, but England managed to reach 165/9 thanks to a rear guard act led by Brydon Carse. He then shone with the ball but Tilak Varma stood strong to lead India over the line in a game that turned out to be a thriller.

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Ben Duckett, Philip Salt (wk), Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Dhruv Jurel, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy, Mohammed Shami, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana

India vs England 3rd T20I LIVE SCORE: This series has gone from being billed as the one in which Mohammed Shami makes his comeback to the one in which Mohammed Shami is highly unlikely to make a comeback. And that is because, quite frankly, there seems to be no place for him at the moment. Arshdeep Singh is Mr.Dependable, as the spinners led by Varun Chakravarthy. It is highly unlikely that Shami will play today with gunning for a series win and most probably wanting to maintain the balance that has worked for them thus far.