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India completed preparations for their Champions Trophy by defeating England 3–0 ODI series. England chose batting at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in the third ODI on Wednesday. India scored 356 runs on the basis of Shubman’s century. In response, England could score 214 runs in 34.2 overs.
Shubman Gill scored 112, Shreyas Ayyar 78, Virat Kohli 52 and KL Rahul scored 40 runs. Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Akshar Patel and Hardik Pandya took 2-2 wickets. Adil Rashid took 4 wickets from England. Not a single batter fifty of the team could apply.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. Player of the Match
Team India lost the first wicket in the second over after losing the toss. Shubman hit a century from here. He partnered 116 with Virat Kohli and 104 runs with Shreyas Iyer. Shubman scored 112 runs and laid the foundation of the big score.
Shubman scored 50 plus scores in all three ODIs of the series. He scored 87 runs in Nagpur, 60 in Cuttack and 112 runs in Ahmedabad. He became the Player of the Match and Player of the Series for this performance.
2. Hero of victory
- Arshdeep Singh: After a strong start of English openers in Powerplay, Arshdeep gave 2 shocks to the team. He caught Phil Salt and Ben Docket.
- Harshit Rana: After giving 24 runs in the first 2 overs, Harshit made a comeback in the second spell. He took 2 wickets for just 7 runs in the next 3 overs.
- Shreyas Iyer: Shreyas took over the team after losing 2 wickets for 122 runs. He did a century partnership with Shubman, then scored 78 runs and scored the score to 250.
3. Fighter of the Match
Leg -spinner Adil Rashid took 4 big wickets in bowling from England. He sent Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya to the pavilion. He was the only player from the team to harass Indian batters in both T20 and ODI series. However, he did not get the support of the rest of the players, so the team lost.
4. Turning point
Shubman did 2 important century partnerships from Team India. He added 116 runs with Kohli and 104 runs with Shreyas. These 2 partnerships snatched the match from England’s hand. Finally, KL Rahul and lower order batter score, the team crossed the score of 350.
5. Match report
India scored a big score after a strong start India lost the first wicket on a score of 6 runs, but took a century partnership for the next 2 wickets. Shubman, Kohli and Shreyas’s fifty took the team’s score to 356 runs. Apart from Rashid from England, Mark Wood got 2 wickets.
English team scattered under target pressure In front of a big target of 357 runs, English openers made a 60 -run opening partnership. Ben Docket 34, Phil Salt was dismissed for 23 runs. Tom Banton scored 38, Joe Root scored 24 and Gas Atkinson scored 38 runs. However, the team was all out after scoring only 214 runs. Read match updates …
Champions Trophy from 19 February
The Champions Trophy will begin on February 19, Team India will leave Dubai for the tournament on 14 February. The team will play the first match against Bangladesh on 20 February. India will again face Pakistan on 23 February and New Zealand on 2 March. All matches will be held in Dubai.
