A sensational Varun Chakravarthy won the player of the match award despite India losing the 3rd T20I of the 5-match series. Chakravarthy took his wicket-tally to 10 in the series as he continued his incredible rise in his second stint in the Indian team.
After his Player of the Match performance went in vain against England, India's mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy acknowledged that he bowled well but vowed to get better. In a game that was arguably decided by both side's ability to churn out runs on a slow turf and a bowler's ability to put a lid on the scoring rate.
Apart from Varma, Abhishek Sharma has been another bright spot for India, making a massive jump of 59 places to reach 40th. England's Liam Livingstone (up to 32nd) and Ben Duckett (up to 68th) were also significant movers, highlighting the strong performances of both sides in the high-stakes series.
England, Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakravarthy continued his solid run of form in international cricket, breaking Kuldeep Yadav's record for most wickets by an Indian spinner in a stretch of T20I matches
A cluless Jofra Archer was left stunned after getting dismissed by Varun Chakravarty in Rajkot. Archer, who had his stumps rattled by the spinner asked his non-striker, if he actually had been bowled out.
India's mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy has jumped to the fifth position in the latest ICC T20I Rankings (bowling). The star spinner broke into the top five after his stellar performance in the ongoing five-match T20I series against England at home.
Varun Chakravarthy had stupendous bowling figures of 4-0-24-5 at the Niranjan Shah Stadium, but India went on to lose the Rajkot T20I against England by 26 runs.
England defeated India by 26 runs in the third T20I to keep the five-match series alive, making the scoreline 2-1. England set a target of 172 runs, which India could not chase down despite early fireworks from Abhishek Sharma.
Tilak Varma has scored two unbeaten centuries and a half-century in his last five T20Is. The Indian left-hander is currently ranked second in the ICC T20I Rankings.
The England middle order, however, was unable to negotiate with Varun Charkravarthy, who sliced through them, taking 5-24. That left England on 127/8, requiring Liam Livingstone to make a valiant 43 from 24 balls, with solid final-wicket support from Adil Rashid and Mark Wood, both of whom made 10.
The match between India vs England 4thT20I will be broadcasted live on Star Sports Network. The toss for the match between India vs England 4th T20I will take place at 06:30 PM IST. The match between India vs England 4th T20I will start at 7 PM IST.