Trent Bridge, Nottingham hosts the third T20 international between England and India, the game takes place on Tuesday and in terms of the series England lead 1-0 with three to play
This is a 5 match series with Bristol hosting the fourth game on Thursday and the series concludes at Southampton on Saturday. After that we have 3 ODI’s to look forward to.
No result was possible in the series opener at Durham last week with India posting 189/7 in their 20 overs (Iyer 68, Abhishek Sharma 59, Dube 42 not out, Mahmood 3/33) and rain meant England didn’t get to bat.
In he second T20 at Old Trafford, Manchester on Saturday England came out on top by 4 wickets. India won the toss and opted to bat first and they posted 190/7. Abhishek Sharma made 43, Ishan Kishan 49 and Shreyas Iyer 37 whilst Sam Curran returned figures of 3/33. India scored 65 runs in the powerplay and hit a total of 7 maximums.
England openers Salt and Buttler both filed to score and lasted a combined total of 4 deliveries. Harry Brook made 39 as did Tom Banton and Jacob Bethell’s unbeaten 76 helped England home with an over to spare. England cleared the ropes 8 times and they scored 61 runs in the powerplay. Arshdeep Singh with 3/40 was the top Indian wicket taker.
This was how the teams lined up last time out.
England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue
India: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Harshit Rana, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy
The Venue, Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Since 2021 England have played 4 T20’s at this venue with the following results.
July 2021 England (201) lost to Pakistan (232/6) by 31 runs
July 2022 England (215/7) beat India (198/9) by 17 runs
Sept 2023 England (175/8) lost to New Zealand (179/4) by 6 wickets
Sept 2025 England vs South Africa was abandoned.
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The Betting
England are 17/20 to win the match and India can be backed at 19/20
The total match sixes line is under / over 21.5
The total match fours line is under / over 37.5
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The Verdict
I’m open minded about the match result outcome but I’m looking for a high scoring game and I’m pretty sweet on the chances of 3 or more milestones for the batsmen.
Bets: Total Batsman Milestones (50's/100's) at 11/10 with Lucky Fish
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