England beat India by 5 runs in a thriller

Kolkata: Chris Woakes held his nerve as England kept their heads to beat India by 5 runs in the final over thriller in the third ODI here on Sunday. While Kedar Jadhav (90 off 75 balls), hitting a six and a four on first two balls of the 50^th over, almost pulled off a heist with India needing 16 runs in the final over, it was England who emerged victorious at the iconic Eden Gardens.

India 316/9 from 50 overs:

England win by 5 runs! Kedar Jadhav put up a valiant effort and brought India tantalisingly close to victory but Chris Woakes kept his composure to seal England’s five-wicket win.

India 299/8 from 48 overs:

WICKET! What a brilliant over under pressure from Ben Stokes. R Ashwin goes for a big shot, does not connect and Woakes takes an easy catch at mid-on.

India 295/7 from 47 overs:

WICKET! Jadeja's 6-ball 10-run knock comes to an end. Had hit two fours in the over, went for another. Middled it brilliantly only to find Bairstow in the deep. Jadhav, meanwhile, has been brilliant keeping things under control

India 279/6 from 46 overs:

WICKET! Ben Stokes ends 104-run partnership between Kedar Jadhav and Hardik Pandya as he removes the Indian all-rounder. India bank on Kedar Jadhav and lower order to cross the finish line.

India 264/5 from 44 overs:

Pandya and Jadhav are troubling England and how. The duo joined hands when England were dominating the proceedings but they have turned the tables. Fifty for Pandya and fifty for Kedar. India in with a chance to make it 3-0.

India 246/5 from 42 overs:

Hardik Pandya and Kedar Jadhav are keeping India in hunt. England will need to scalp a couple of wickets if they have to knock India out of the contest. Fascinating last 10 overs are about to begin.

India 193/5 from 35 overs:

Although unconvincingly, Hardik Pandya is settling down as he and Kedar look eager to score some quick runs.

India 177/5 from 32 overs:

WICKET! Jake Ball removes MS Dhoni. A bit of extra bounce and Dhoni tries to hit one on the up. Buttler does well to take the catch behind the wickets.

India 166/4 from 30 overs:

Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni are making sure India don't slow down. Kedar is continuing his fine run of form as Dhoni is playing an occasional big shot.

India 133/4 from 26 overs:

WICKET! England continue to strike at regular intervals. Liam Plunkett removes Yuvraj Singh as he gives an easy catch to Sam Billings in the deep.

India 132/3 from 25 overs:

Yuvraj Singh is in no mood to let England enjoy Kohli's wicket. Six over mid-wicket, four through the long-on region. England still under the pump.

India 102/3 from 20 overs:

BIG WICKET! Ben Stokes has ended Virat Kohli's stay in the middle. Jake Ball will be a relieved man for sure. Yuvraj and MS Dhoni show from hereon?

India 100/2 from 19 overs:

Half-century number 39 in ODIs. Virat Kohli continues to excel in run-chases. He and Yuvraj have rebuilt the Indian innings as they complete fifty-run stand. Skipper continues to lead from the front. Hundred up for India as well.

India 74/2 from 15 overs:

DROPPED! You just can not drop Virat Kohli but Jake Ball has just done that. Kohli top-edged a Liam Plunkett delivery to the third-man and Ball dropped an easy catch. England have dropped the match?

India 52/2 from 10 overs:

Virat Kohli is batting on a different pitch, clearly! He has creamed quite a few while the others had struggled. Yuvraj Singh was hit on the chest as a Jake Ball delivery bounced out of nowhere.

India 37/2 from 6 overs:

WICKET! Jake Ball strikes in his first over. KL Rahul top-edges a short ball and Jos Buttler takes an easy catch.

India 32/1 from 5 overs:

Virat Kohli has started like he most often does in chases. There are some beautiful drives. If England need to win this match, they must get out Kohli early. Eden Gardens and the Indian fans would obviously want it otherwise.

India 14/1 from 2 overs:

WICKET! David Willey has disturbed the timber. Ajinkya Rahane could not deal with that full-pitched delivery. England off to a brilliant start.

India 11/0 after 1 over:

KL Rahul is straight off the blocks and how! Woakes bowls one short, Rahul makes a move and hammers it over the off-side for six. On the next ball, he shows a bit of elegance

England 321/8 from 50 overs:

Ben Stokes has powered England to 321 after the fumble in the middle overs. Stokes scored 57 off 39 balls while Chris Woakes scored quickfire 34 from 19 balls. But will these two fireworks' in the last few overs be enough for England to avoid cleansweep?

England 263/6 from 45 overs:

WICKET! Moeen Ali gets beaten by a bouncer. Once again. He has problem with the short-pitch deliveries and Bumrah cashes in on his weakness. Ball hits his bat, touches the helmet and settles into the hands of Ravindra Jadeja at the backward point.

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England 239/5 from 42 overs:

WICKET! England have squandered an opportunity to score by losing too many wickets in a chunk. Bairtsow makes room for himself as he intends to clear the off-side field but could only find Ravindra Jadeja at the backward point. India are doing a fine job to dash England's plans to get a big total for the third time in a row.

England 220/4 from 39 overs:

WICKET! Pandya strikes again. Buttler gives an easy catch to KL Rahul who was in covers. Pandya has 2 in quick succession as England fumble.

England 195/3 from 34 overs:

WICKET! A gift of a wicket but Hardik Pandya would not mind that at all. Eoin Morgan chips one straight to Jasprit Bumrah at short fine-leg. The 84-run stand between Bairstow and Morgan is finally broken.

England 193/2 from 33 overs:

England are on a roll at the Eden Gardens as Bairstow and Morgan dominate proceedings. The duo has made sure India don't run away with the advantage after scalping 2 quick wickets. England are looking good to put up a big score on the board.

England 159/2 from 29 overs:

Jonny Bairstow starts to take on the Indian spinners. He was brilliant against R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the Test series and he is doing the same in his first ODI in 2017. A sweep off Ashwin for four and a six off Jadeja's bowling. He was also helped as Bumrah overstepped as Ashwin took a catch at third-man. England will be banking on him and Morgan to steady the innings after losing two wickets in quick succession.

England: 110/2 from 19.4 overs

Another wicket! What a move it has been to bring Jadeja into the attack. The batsman is bowled over by the left-arm spinner. Third time in this series, Jadeja has dismissed Roy. The English man tried to cut Jadeja, didn't connect with the ball and he's knocked over.

England: 98/1 from 17.2 overs

Out! First wicket for India. Sam Billings out, caught by Jasprit Bumrah off Jadeja's bowling. The batsman tried to reverse sweep Jadeja, off the bottom of the bat and a little high catch for bumrah at Point.

England: 91/0 from 16 overs

Fifty! Well played Roy, the opener brings up his third half-century of the centuries. And what a way to bring it up, with a six over the head of the bowler Jadeja.

England: 80/0 from 15 overs

It hasn't been an easy ride for the openers but they have made a solid start for the visiting team, Roy (45) is slowly inching towards his third fifty in the series. Yuvraj Singh and Ravindra Jadeja are operating for India from both ends.

England: 43/0 from 10 overs

It has been a rocky journey for the English openers so far as they have got  beaten by the bowlers on many occasions by deliveries that have moved away after pitching . Indian bowlers have been quite disciplined.

England: 27/0 from 5 overs

India made a good start giving away only one run in the first two overs. However, the patient English openers are slowly getting into the game. Jason Roy has played some glorious shots.

England: 1/0 from 1 over

We are under away! Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled the first over and kept it very tight. The only run came off a wide delivery. Jason Roy and Sam Billings have opened the batting for the opposition team.

India have decided to drop Shikhar Dhawan for the third ODI, Ajinkya Rahane will take his place in the side.

For England, Sam Billings and Jonny Bairstow will replace Alex Hales and Joe Root.

India have won the toss and have elected to bowl first against England in Kolkata.

Kolkata: India will be high on confidence heading into the third and final ODI against England at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India have already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series and will be eyeing a clean sweep in the series.

On the other hand, England will be looking to make comeback and finally win a match on their tour to India. The visiting team will be ruing the fact that they failed to win a single ODI in the series despite scoring 350-plus totals in both the ODIs.

The major concern for England are their inability to restrict India to a small total. English bowlers did cause trouble to India batsmen in both the ODIs as India were reduced to 63/4 in Pune and 25/3 in Cuttack but then they allowed Indian middle order to get away with big scores as India posted mammoth totals in both the ODIs.

Captain Virat Kohli will be hoping for a much better performance from his bowlers this time around after they allowed the opposition to score over 300 runs in both the ODIs. Another concern for India is the opening combination of Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul, both the openers have failed to perform in the series. Ajinkya Rahane might get the nod ahead of Dhawan.

England opener Alex Hales is ruled out of the third ODI and the upcoming T20 series due to a hand injury, the batsman is most likely to be replaced by Jonny Bairstow.

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Lokesh Rahul, Umesh Yadav, Yuvraj Singh

England: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes