3rd T20i : Phil Salt's 44 balls 70 runs followed by Archer's 3 for 29 & Tongue's 4 for 28 powered England to knees down India by huge 125 runs

3rd twenty20i match of five t20i match series will be played between England vs India at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Tuesday, July 07, 2026.

Putting into bat first, England with Phit Salt's 44 balls 70 runs, Sam Curran's 24 balls 41* runs and Jos Buttler's 21 balls 36 runs set good target of 202 runs for India to get. Harshit Rana and Prince Yadav shared 2 wickets each for India as well.

Following 202 runs target, India with very poor batting performances all out in 11.4 overs scoring just 76 runs and lost the match by huge margins of 125 runs. Sooryavanshi and Ishan with 13 runs each were top scorers for India. Josh Tongue bowled very well and took 4 wickets of 28 runs. Jofra Archer also claimed 3 wickets for England as well. Jofra Archer declared man of the match. England led 5-match series 2-0 as well.

Man of the match :- Jofra Archer (Eng)

England vs India 3rd t20i scorecard Toss : India won and field first Result : England won by 125 runs Man of The Match : Jofra Archer (Eng) Series Status - England led series 2-0   England 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Phil Salt c Arshdeep Singh b Patel 70 44 7 3 159.09   Jos Buttler (w) b Prince Yadav 36 21 4 2 171.42   Harry Brook (c) c Abhishek Sharma b Prince Yadav 16 12 1 0 133.33   Jacob Bethell c Sooryavanshi b Harshit Rana 13 9 2 0 144.44   Tom Banton c Varun b Harshit Rana 0 1 0 0 0.00   Sam Curran not out 41 24 4 0 170.83   Will Jacks run out (Patel/Ishan Kishan) 14 7 0 2 200.00   Jofra Archer run out (Arshdeep Singh) 5 2 1 0 250.00   Liam Dawson not out 0 0 0 0 -   Adil Rashid               Josh Tongue                               Extras (lb 1, w 5) 6           Total (20.0 overs) 201/7 RR: 10.05   India       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Arshdeep Singh 4 1 36 0 0 2 9.00   Harshit Rana 4 0 40 2 0 1 10.00   Axar Patel 4 0 49 1 0 0 12.25   Prince Yadav 4 0 30 2 0 1 7.50   Shivam Yadav 1 0 10 0 0 1 10.00   Varun Chakrawathy 3 0 35 0 0 0 11.66   India 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Abhishek Sharma c Salt b Tongue 10 7 0 1 142.85   Vaibhav Sooryavanshi c Buttler b Archer 13 5 0 2 260.00   Ishan Kishan (w) c Bethell b Tongue 13 9 1 1 144.44   Shreyas Iyer (c) c Bethell b Archer 5 4 1 0 125.00   Axar Patel c Buttler b Archer 10 4 1 1 250.00   Tilak Varma st Buttler b Jacks 3 11 0 0 27.27   Harshit Rana c Banton b Tongue 9 13 1 0 69.23   Shivam Dube c Buttler b Tongue 2 4 0 0 50.00   Arshdeep Singh c Buttler b Rashid 4 4 0 0 100.00   Varun Chakravarthy b Rashid 5 7 1 0 71.42   Prince Yadav not out 2 2 0 0 100.00                   Extras (0) 0           Total (11.4 overs) 76/10 RR: 6.51   England       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Jofra Archer 3 0 29 3 0 0 9.66   Josh Tongue 4 0 28 4 0 0 7.00   Will Jacks 2 0 5 1 0 0 2.50   Adil Rashid 2.4 0 14 2 0 0 5.25