India Hopes to Win the Series in Rajkot in a Potential run-fest

In Rajkot, India will try to establish an insurmountable 3-0 lead.

Both the Indian spin and the English pace attacks have so far defined the T20I series, but this could change during the Rajkot 3rd T20I match.

Earlier this month, the Indian women achieved two astonishing feats by scoring 370 for 5 and 435 for 5 against Ireland, the latter being India’s highest ODI score. Given the availability of attacking stroke makers in both sides, the opportunity to put the pedal to the metal, and a batting friendly deck that is likely to be on offer, the Niranjan Shah Stadium is bound to break some more records as it did recently. Additionally, England spent being down 0-2 means that they have their backs against the wall, adding further importance to them winning this match.

The two half-centuries scored by India in the previous matches are disparate in nature. Abhishek Sharma’s unrelenting style of play and the ease with which Tilak Varma changes his approach have been instrumental in India’s chase. However, they have not had much impact so far and even more so, Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson will be eager to make their presence felt in the middle. The same can be said for England as they too would expect their best order batsmen to perform. Apart from Jos Buttler, it has been slim pickings. The last match would have surely not been as competitive without the vital lower-order contributions from Jamie Smith and Brydon Carse.

When: On a Tuesday, January 28 at 7:00 PM IST

Where: Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot

What to expect: Indians have been doing exceedingly well in Rajkot. The last match they played over here was against Sri Lanka, and India scored 228 runs. There is a lot of potential in the current Rajkot pitch and there were above 170 scores in the Syed Mushtaq Trophy.The average first innings score for first five T20Is held at this venue is 189 which as per my guess should go up.

The other sides chasing in this venue have won more T20 matches, thus indicating a huge possibility of runs on the board. Remarkably, these are the same conditions where Syed Mushtaq Ali matches were won in December.

Probable XI: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi/Mohammed Shami/Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy.

England

The guests indicated their lineup the day prior to the match and it was unchanged with Jamie Smith replacing an ill Jacob Bethell who is now back at training.

Tactics & Match-ups: Wood has consistently caused trouble for Abhishek Sharma and Archer has done well early on against both Murphy and Suryakumar. In addition, Brydon Carse was very effective in the last match taking over the middle order. England seem to want to continue with their plan of starting first with a lot of pace in the attack while Adil Rashid comes in to bowl in the first half of the innings. Its All Cricket Update News Provided to 1xbetfair. More Details, Visit Here

Playing XI: Brydon Carse, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Jamie Overton, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler, Philip Salt, Ben Duckett

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