England put up a strong all-round show to thump an underwhelming India by eight wickets in the series-deciding third and final One-day International (ODI) at the Headingley cricket ground on Tuesday.
Leg-spinner Adil Rashid’s triple strikes in the middle overs helped England restrict India for a below par 256/8, despite captain Virat Kohli playing a 71-run knock.
Then India’s bowlers could not respond to brilliant batting from Joe Root (100 not out) and Eoin Morgan (88 not out), who shared an 186-run stand for the third wicket as the hosts cantered to a big win, with 5.3 overs to spare.
It was England’s second consecutive win as they bounced back strongly after the first ODI loss in Nottingham before they produced a handsome win at the Lord’s.
This is India’s first series loss after winning of continuously 10 series in past. Here are the top 5 reasons behind India’s defeat against England in 3rd ODI match.
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1.Failure of Rohit Sharma, Indian opening batsman Rohit Sharma got out for two runs in 18 deliveries and this is the main reason of India’s defeat.
2.Failure of Indian middle order batting line up, Indian middle order batsman failed to top up run rate of team in middle overs.
3. Domination of English spinners, once again English spinner dominated over Indian batsmen and both spinners of England Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali gave runs for less than 5 per over.
4. Failure of Kuldeep Yadav, Indian team once again failed into execution of their spin attack.
5. Century of Joe Root and half century of Eoin Morgan, Joe Root smashed century against India and English captain also smashed half century and totally dominated over Indian bowling line up.
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