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England Clinch T20I Series Over India as BCCI Orders Performance Review

The board will examine why the reigning world champions have slumped after England sealed an unassailable 3-0 lead with one match remaining.

Overview

  • England completed a series-clinching nine-wicket win in Bristol on Thursday as Harry Brook and Phil Salt chased 159 in 13.5 overs to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.
  • Brook and Salt put on an unbeaten 146-run partnership with Brook scoring 79 and Salt 59 to finish the chase with 37 balls to spare and hand England their first bilateral multi-match T20 series win over India.
  • India posted 158 for 7 in Bristol with captain Shreyas Iyer unbeaten on 80 but the result continued a wider slump that includes a 2-0 loss in Ireland and five defeats in six completed T20s.
  • The tour has been disrupted by the absence of rested senior players Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya plus series-ending hamstring injuries to Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana, which the BCCI said it will review after the England tour ends on July 19.
  • India Women face a late change before the one-off Lord's Test after Pratika Rawal was ruled out and Priya Punia was named as her replacement for the match starting July 10.