Tonight the final T20I of the series in Bristol turned out to be a very interesting and thrilling match from both the side. It was a decider match as both the teams, India and England both had one match earlier and both the teams were eager to win this decider match as well.
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It was a high scoring match and the England cricket team gave a target of 199 runs to Indian cricket team. However, the Indian cricket team turned the tables as soon as they walked in the ground. Rohit Sharma scored a hundred and they got home with 7 wickets and 8 balls to spare.
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Before the match started the toss was won by Indian cricket team. Virat Kohli asked the England cricket team to bat first. England cricketers, Jason Roy alongwith Jos Buttler got the team off with a flying start. They hit almost all the ball to all the corners of the ground.
The Indian cricket team made two big changes in the Playing XI by including Siddharth Kaul and Deepak Chahar for Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav.
The bowlers of Indian cricket team were too good today. They made an outstanding comeback.
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The batsmen of Indian cricket team backed the bowlers and gave a brilliant performance. Hardik Pandya gave an outstanding performance and scored a quick 22 runs in an over. He concluded his spell with concluded his spell with figures of 4/38.
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However, it was Rohit Sharma’s performance in the match which made everyone sit on the edges of their seats. By the end of the match Rohit Sharma got his 3rd T20I hundred with a stroke-filled knock. He smashed 11 boundaries and five sixes. Hardik Pandya’s 33 runs in 14 balls helped Indian cricket team win their first T20I series on English soil.
Twitterati have gone berserk after a stunning performance by Indian cricket team, especially, Rohit Sharma. Here, have a look how they reacted :
India’s last 5 T20I series:
2-1 Beat NZ
3-0 Beat SL
2-1 Beat SA
2-0 Beat IRE
2-1 Beat Eng— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) July 8, 2018
India in last eight three-match T20I series:
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won— Jaspreet Singh Sahni (@JaspreetSSahni) July 8, 2018
@ImRo45 missing his double century by 100 runs. Oh wait ! pic.twitter.com/V6a9SesbAz
— Atul Pandey (@AapChutiye) July 8, 2018
I feel India will wrap up the match before the 19th over. Do you all agree? #ENGvIND
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 8, 2018
What a sensational chase this has been. Superb hundred for @ImRo45 and India win yet another series. Intetestingly, India have not lost a bilateral 3 match T20i series yet. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/9Gec8rlyPS
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) July 8, 2018
Fantastic win from India. The bowlers were outstanding to restrict England below 200 on that surface and @ImRo45 makes it look so easy. 3rd T20I ? and as effortless as ever. 6th successive T20 series win from this special side #IndvsEng
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 8, 2018
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Have watched two stunning chases today – first by Pakistan and now India. Who’d be a bowler? #AUSvPAK #ENGvIND
— Hemant (@hemantbuch) July 8, 2018
Congratulations hit man another brilliant century well played @ImRo45 keep going ?@mipaltan @IPL @BCCI ?
— Ishwar pandey (@pandey_ishwar) July 8, 2018
Brilliant run chase from india. He’s some player that @ImRo45 Hardik pandya not too shabby either #ENGvIND #wheredoyoubowl pic.twitter.com/cgPKYvgYLF
— simon hughes (@theanalyst) July 8, 2018
The record of most T20i runs in a calendar year is currently with India’s @imVkohli, who scored 641 in 2016. @FakharZamanLive has already scored 516 in 2018, Pak to play 6 more T20Is this year, Fakhar needs 126 to surpass Kohli. Can Fakhar break Kohli’s record? #Cricket #Pakistan
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) July 8, 2018
Good bowling by our very own Ninja and KungFuPandya to get us back into the game. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/jWhbCJsDNS
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 8, 2018
Best Economy Rate in overs 16-20 in T20Is since 2016 (Min: 100 balls)
5.50 Imran Tahir
5.70 Mohammad Naveed
6.72 Hardik Pandya*
6.95 Kyle Abbott
6.97 Rashid Khan— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 8, 2018
Roooooooohiiiitttttttt shaaarrrrmaaaaaaaa u beauty @ImRo45 top ? brother.. great stuff with the bowl and bat @hardikpandya7 #ENGvsIND congratulations team india ?? @BCCI Indian summer in England ??
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 8, 2018
All players, including extras, should hug Hardik one by one… #ENGvIND
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) July 8, 2018
India in 3-match T20I series since 2016
Beat Aus 3-0 in Aus(2016)
Beat SL 2-1 in India(2016)
Beat Zim 2-1 in Zim(2016)
Beat Eng 2-1 in Ind(2017)
Beat NZ 2-1 in Ind(2017)
Beat SL 3-0 in Ind(2017)
Beat SA 2-1 in SA(2018)
Beat Eng 2-1 in Eng(2018)
Series 8 Won 8#INDvsENG #ENGvIND— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) July 8, 2018
What a great display of team effort by everyone @BCCI !!Congrats on the win!??? #ENGvIND
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) July 8, 2018
Fantastic T20 match and series win against England. Hearty congratulations to the team and the captain. Kudos to @ImRo45 for the brilliant century #INDvENG @BCCI @imVkohli
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) July 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/BatBallStumps/status/1015997396894044160
Rohit Sharma – Only Batsman To Score 3 Hundreds in Each Format (Test, ODI, T20Is)#ENGvIND
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) July 8, 2018
#HardikPandya is showing great maturity and responsibility in his game. Credit to the team management for showing faith in him. Promoting him in batting and using him as a front line pacer. Keep it up @hardikpandya7 . #ENGvIND
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) July 8, 2018
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