IND vs ENG 3rd T20 Defeat Reasons: 3 Reasons Behind Team India's Crushing Defeat in 3rd T20 -

IND vs ENG: 3 Reasons Behind Team India’s Crushing Defeat in 3rd T20: The third match of the 5 T20 match series between India and England was played in Rajkot, in which the English team won by 26 runs. Batting first, England, led by Jos Buttler, scored 171 runs after losing 9 wickets after playing the full overs.

In the reply innings, the Indian team could score only 145 runs after losing 9 wickets after playing the scheduled 20 overs. In this article, we will tell you the 3 reasons due to which Team India had to face a crushing defeat.

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Over-reliance on Washington Sundar

Washington Sundar has been selected for India’s T20 team after a long time; he has also got opportunities. But he has failed to take advantage of it. In this match held in Rajkot, Sundar flopped with both the ball and the bat. He got to bowl only 1 over, in which he conceded 15 runs. At the same time, in batting, he was sent above batsmen like Axar Patel and Dhruv Jurel, but he scored only 6 runs in 15 balls. This poor performance of his was also a big reason for the team’s defeat.

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Giving rest to Arshdeep Singh (IND vs ENG 3rd T20 defeat reasons)

The decision to give rest to Arshdeep Singh was also beyond comprehension. If the Indian team wanted, it could have taken the field with two main fast bowlers. But the captain and management adopted the same strategy that was used in the first two matches. Mohammed Shami gave 25 runs in his 3-over spell, and he could not take any wicket. If Varun Chakraborty had not taken 5 wickets, perhaps the England team would have scored an even bigger score.

Hardik Pandya’s slow innings

Nobody would have liked the way Hardik Pandya batted in the match. This right-handed batsman scored just 40 runs in 35 balls, which included 1 four and 2 sixes. If Pandya had scored at a fast pace from the beginning, the task would have been easier for the rest of the batsmen.

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