After struggling a seven-run loss within the third and remaining ODI towards India on the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium, England’s stand-in ODI skipper Jos Buttler on Sunday stated that all-rounder Sam Curran performed an unbelievable knock, however the credit score goes to hosts for successful the collection. Curran performed an unbeaten knock of 95 however his knock went in useless as India registered a seven-run win within the third ODI to clinch the three-match collection 2-1. At one stage, England was down and out at 200/7, however Curran modified the sport round along with his good batting. Nonetheless, T Natarajan defended 14 runs within the remaining over, and the hosts clinched the collection.
“A incredible sport, each side made some errors however performed some good cricket as effectively. We witnessed an unbelievable knock from Curran to almost get us over the road, however congratulations to India on successful. We have learnt quite a bit as a aspect and seen many guys rise up and take the lead. The white-ball leg was extremely aggressive,” Buttler informed host broadcaster Star Sports activities on the post-match presentation.
“These are the situations we’ll face within the close to future within the World Cup. It is an amazing expertise for the younger guys to play a top-class aspect like India and they are going to be higher cricketers for it. We did not bowl that effectively on the high, gave away straightforward boundaries, however dragged it again solely to be pegged again by (Rishabh) Pant and (Hardik) Pandya. We did not have these huge partnerships to take us over the road,” he added.
Additional speaking concerning the sport and knock performed by Curran, Buttler stated: “We now have performed wonderful cricket for numerous years, the expertise pool in white-ball cricket is rising and creates competitors within the squad and drives us to do higher. We bat deep as a aspect, it is one in every of our strengths, however Sam Curran did effectively to take duty and take quite a lot of the strike and it took an amazing character to play the way in which he did. I do know he can be disillusioned he did not get us over the road, however we’re all very pleased with him and his efficiency.”
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Earlier, India’s batting unit displayed a change of strategy within the third ODI and this ensured that regardless of dropping wickets at common intervals, the hosts posted a complete of 329.
Pant (78), Pandya (64), and Shikhar Dhawan (67) registered fifty-plus scores as India set a 330-run goal for the guests. The Virat Kohli-led aspect then restricted England to 322/9 to win the match and the collection.
