After brutally losing the first T20I against England, India came back strong to win the second T20I by seven wickets. With the series now level at 1-1, both teams will look to take the lead in the series with a win in the 3rd T20I.
The India vs England 3rd T20I is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM IST from the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on March 16, 2021.
6:41 pm: India playing XI
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli(capt), Rishabh Pant(wk), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal
6:40 pm: England playing XI
Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(wk), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(capt), Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
6:32 pm: England wins Toss
England Captain has won the toss, opts to ball first
India vs England 3rd T20I: India vs England squads
India squad: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Ishan Kishan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur and Rahul Chahar.
England squad: Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan (c), Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid and Reece Topley.
After a series of low scores, Kohli finally looked in top gear in the second T20I and scored a 49-ball 73 — as the chase master took India across the finish line.