England beat the Indian team by 8 wickets in the third T20 match to take a 2–1 lead in the five-match series. Batting first, the Indian team scored 156 runs for 6 wickets. Playing in response, the England team achieved the target by scoring 158 runs in the 19th over, losing 2 wickets.
The Indian team, who came on the field to bat first after losing the toss, had a poor start. Team India's first wicket fell as KL Rahul, who was unable to open the account this time too. After him Rohit Sharma was also dismissed for 15 runs. Ishan Kishan was dismissed for 4 runs and fell to a total of 24 runs for 3 wickets. From here on, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant took the score to 64 runs, but due to Kohli's poor call, Rishabh Pant was run out after scoring 25 runs in 20 balls. After this, Shreyas Iyer was also dismissed for 9 runs and the situation of the Indian team became worse. During this, Virat Kohli, batting brilliantly, scored the 27th T20 half-century. Kohli scored an unbeaten 77 from 46 balls. Hardik Pandya scored 17 runs off 15 balls and was dismissed on the last ball. In this way, India scored 156 runs for 6 wickets. Mark Wood took 3 and Chris Jordan took 2 wickets.
Chasing the target, England's Jason Roy was dismissed by 9 runs. After that Jose Butler and David Malan formed a half-century partnership for the second wicket. David Malan was then dismissed for 18 runs. However Jose Butler stood at one end and batted fast and scored a half-century. Butler was joined by Johnny Bairstow and was unbeaten on 36 runs. Butler scored an unbeaten 83 off 52 balls. England took a 2–2 lead in the series with an eight-wicket win in the match.
Short score
India: 156/6
England: 158/2
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