ENG vs IND Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, India vs England 2025

3rd T20I • Rajkot

ENG

171/9 (20)

IND

145/9 (20)

ENG won by 26 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

28 Jan, 07:00 PM IST

Venue

Niranjan Shah Stadium, Khandheri, Rajkot

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Hotstar

Match

3rd T20I,

India vs England 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India), Rohan Pandit (India), Nitin Menon (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

India elected to bowl

Pitch Report

The dimensions are, 67m and 66m to the either side on the square of the wicket. Hit down the ground is 76m. It's pretty flat. Groundsmen have done a brilliant job, looks perfection. It's a belter of a wicket for the batters. It's firm, don't think there's going to be a huge amount of turn. Last five T20 internationals, batting first score is 189. If you bat second, you still are in the game. The dew is not going to be a factor.

1st Innings

189Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

157.83Avg SR

2nd Innings

147Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

139.13Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

IND

7- 3

ENG

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

IND

ENG

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Jos Buttler

ENG . WK

113 Runs

2 Matches

Abhishek Sharma

IND . BAT

91 Runs

2 Matches

Tilak Varma

IND . BAT

91 Runs

2 Matches

Top Bowlers

Varun Chakravarthy

IND . BOWL

5 Wkts

2 Matches

Axar Patel

IND . ALL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Hardik Pandya

IND . ALL

3 Wkts

2 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

A Sharma

V Chakravarthy

Expert Team 2

H Pandya

T Varma

Venue Details

Niranjan Shah Stadium, Khandheri, Rajkot

1st Innings

189Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

157.83Avg SR

2nd Innings

147Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

139.13Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

40%Bat First Bowl First60%

Team Batting First

60%Wins Losses40%

Recent Matches on venue

3rd T20I • Jan 7 • Sri Lanka tour of India

IND 228/5 (20)

SL 137/10 (16.4)

IND won by 91 runs

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4th T20I • Jun 17 • South Africa tour of India

IND 169/6 (20)

SA 87/9 (16.5)

IND won by 82 runs

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2nd T20I • Nov 7 • Bangladesh tour of India

IND 154/2 (15.4)

BAN 153/6 (20)

IND won by 8 wickets

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2nd T20I • Nov 4 • New Zealand tour of India

IND 156/7 (20)

NZ 196/2 (20)

NZ won by 40 runs

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

IND

ENG

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

IND

7- 3

ENG

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

174

Average Score

157

297/6

Highest Score

218/5

124/6

Lowest Score

103/10

Player of the Match Varun Chakravarthy

5/24

ENG

IND

Info

England

171/9 (20)

Batters

Philip Salt

71.43

c A Sharma b H Pandya

Ben Duckett

182.14

c A Sharma b A Patel

Jos Buttler

(C)

109.09

c S Samson b V Chakravarthy

Harry Brook

80.00

b R Bishnoi

Liam Livingstone

179.17

c D Jurel b H Pandya

Jamie Smith

150.00

c D Jurel b V Chakravarthy

Jamie Overton

0.00

b V Chakravarthy

Brydon Carse

75.00

c T Varma b V Chakravarthy

Jofra Archer

0.00

b V Chakravarthy

Adil Rashid

111.11

Not out

Mark Wood

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 5, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.55)

171/9

Bowlers

EXT

8.33

8.25

15.00

6.00

11.50

6.33

4.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Philip Salt

c A Sharma b H Pandya

1-7

1.3

Jos Buttler

c S Samson b V Chakravarthy

2-83

8.6

Ben Duckett

c A Sharma b A Patel

3-87

9.6

Harry Brook

b R Bishnoi

4-108

12.4

Jamie Smith

c D Jurel b V Chakravarthy

5-115

13.3

Jamie Overton

b V Chakravarthy

6-115

13.4

Brydon Carse

c T Varma b V Chakravarthy

7-127

15.4

Jofra Archer

b V Chakravarthy

8-127

15.6

Liam Livingstone

c D Jurel b H Pandya

9-147

17.1

India

145/9 (20)

Batters

Sanju Samson

50.00

c A Rashid b J Archer

Abhishek Sharma

171.43

c J Archer b B Carse

Suryakumar Yadav

(C)

200.00

c PD Salt b M Wood

Tilak Varma

128.57

b A Rashid

Hardik Pandya

114.29

c J Buttler b J Overton

Washington Sundar

40.00

c J Buttler b J Overton

Axar Patel

93.75

c A Rashid b J Archer

Dhruv Jurel

50.00

c PD Salt b B Carse

Mohammed Shami

175.00

c H Brook b J Overton

Ravi Bishnoi

133.33

Not out

Varun Chakravarthy *

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.25)

145/9

Bowlers

EXT

8.25

9.67

7.00

11.00

3.75

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sanju Samson

c A Rashid b J Archer

1-16

2.2

Abhishek Sharma

c J Archer b B Carse

2-31

3.4

Suryakumar Yadav

c PD Salt b M Wood

3-48

5.1

Tilak Varma

b A Rashid

4-68

7.6

Washington Sundar

c J Buttler b J Overton

5-85

12.1

Axar Patel

c A Rashid b J Archer

6-123

17.2

Hardik Pandya

c J Buttler b J Overton

7-131

18.1

Mohammed Shami

c H Brook b J Overton

8-140

18.6

Dhruv Jurel

c PD Salt b B Carse

9-140

19.1

Match Info

Date & Time

28 Jan, 07:00 PM IST

Venue

Niranjan Shah Stadium, Khandheri, Rajkot

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Hotstar

Match

3rd T20I,

India vs England 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India), Rohan Pandit (India), Nitin Menon (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

India elected to bowl

1wd 6 2 0 1 0 4

Over 17

Runs: 14

1 W 1 6 1 0

Over 18

Runs: 9

W 1wd 1 1 6 0 W

Over 19

Runs: 9

W 0 1 0 0 4

Over 20

Runs: 5

All Overs

Player of the Match Varun Chakravarthy

5/24

Commentary

So the series is not finished yet. A fantastic bowling performance from England have ensured that the series is still alive with two more games go. India have to go back to the drawing board and analyse what didn't go their way in this particular match. Both batting units won't be be too pleased with how they batted today. For England, it's about facing quality spin and for the home team, it's about understanding the situation and targetting certain bowlers rather than going for shot after shot. We might see a change in combination in the next game as far as India is concerned. A lot of cricketing action lined up tomorrow as well but for now, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good friend Pradeep. Goodnight fellas!

Varun Chakravarthy is the Player of the Match, here is what he had to say: I do have space for the trophies I am winning. Definitely sad we didn't win the match but you have to move on and get ready for the next match. Ofcourse when you are playing cricket for the country you have to take a certain accountability. I don't complain as Surya has bowled me four on a trot. I am mentally ready for anything he asks. I have been working on the flippers and it coming out well. Maybe on this stage yes this is the best I have bowled.

Jos Buttler (England captain): Yeah the guys bowled really well. It's not about how fast they can bowl but how they can adapt. Yeah Rashid keeps getting better. He is one of the most important players in the team. We are very lucky to have him on our side with the variations he has. Jofra Archer is a superstar and not often he goes for 60. Ben Duckett batted beautifully. I think from ball one the wicket looked a bit different from how everyone predicted. 170 on the board was a really good score as there was something on the pitch and then managed to squeeze them. It's a great effort to get disappointed despite scoring 170.

Suryakumar Yadav [India captain]: I felt there'll be a little bit of dew, when Hardik and Axar we were still in the game. credit goes to Adil, he bowled exceptionally well, he didn't allow the strike rotation. He's a world class bowler, we need to learn from it and move on. That's why we had lot of spinners in our side. You always learn from a T20 game, when we were bowling, we let them off the hook to 170, something for us to learn. From a batting point of view, lot of things to correct. It's good to see him bowl, I'm sure he'll do better going forward. Nothing just be yourself, he's been one guy who's been working very hard during practice sessions, he's got discipline. Really looking forward to Pune.

Time for the post-match presentation ceremony with Harsha Bhogle

Abhishek Sharma started off with a flurry of boundaries but departed in an attempt to continue the charge. He was dismissed for 24. Switch 👇🏽 to relieve the dismissal.

Abhishek Sharma dismissed for 24 runs as Jofra Archer takes stunning catch in IND vs ENG 2025 3rd T20I [Watch]

Adil Rashid [England]: I thought as a team we bowled exceptionally welly. That ball gripped and turned, went through the gates, as a unit we bowled really well. As you play more, you get more experience, you develop more in your armory. Try and adjust as you see the pitch, we've worked in the nets. Hopefully I can continue on. When we were batting, it was slow and kept low, wasn't coming on that well. We had to adjust that when we came on to bowl, we varied it well and it worked out for us. We had a couple of overs left, me and Woody were in the end, nice to get to that score. Overall we're quite happy.

10:30 PM local time (10:30 PM IST)

England won by 26 runs

Ben Duckett 51 (28) | Jamie Overton 3/24(4)
Hardik Pandya 40(35) | Varun Chakravarthy 5/24(4)

England has managed to keep the series alive with a stunning bowling performance as they managed to restrict India to an under-par score of 145 in their allotted 20 overs. Despite their below-par effort with the bat, the bowlers stood up and delivered when it mattered the most. It sets up the series perfectly with India still in the lead with a 2-1 advantage. On a surface where 200 looked a par score, India started well with Abhishek Sharma again showing glimpses of what he is capable of.

However, his partner Sanju Samson was troubled by the short delivery again from Jofra Archer and he ended up clofting it straight to the mid-on fielder. Abhishek smashed a couple of fours of Brydon Carse before going for one shot too many and perishing in the process. Suryakumar Yadav looked to keep the momentum going but failed to make a significant contribution as he top-edged an attempted trademark lap shot straight down the throat of Phil Salt behind the stumps.

The pair of Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya tried to resurrect the chase and shared a 20-run stand. Tilak again looked very comfortable out in the middle before Adil Rashid managed to turn one back viciously to rattle the stumps of Tilak. From there on, it was a downward slide for India as they couldn't quite get any momentum whatsoever. Hardik and Washington wasted deliveries in the middle overs which allowed the pressure to build resulting in Sundar’s wicket in the 13th over.

Axar Patel also struggled his way to a 16-ball 15 while Hardik tried his best to get the boundaries going. He lost his shape on quite a few occasions which resulted in false strokes. He managed to strike some lusty blows towards the end but the equation turned out to be just too much for his liking. Following his departure in the 19th over, the writing was on the wall. Jamie Overton held his nerves and bowled a splendid spell, securing three wickets for just 24 runs.

Jos Buttler will be very proud of how their bowlers responded after another below par showing with the bat. They showed glimpses of their prowess while batting but was certainly 15 runs short of where they needed to be. However the fast bowlers in addition to Adil Rashid had other ideas. They bowled brilliantly as India made heavy weather of the chase. A 26 run victory has kept the series alive.

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Abhishek Sharma dismissed for 24 runs as Jofra Archer takes stunning catch in IND vs ENG 2025 3rd T20I [Watch]

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