England Beat India in 3rd T 20 of series, 2012-13

England was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International in India in 2012-13. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 2 and 4. The 3rd T 20 international match was to be played on Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India on 23^rd Dec 2012. India holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

England won the toss and opts to ball first; this is how England team and 11 was looking like in this 3rd T 20 international match: Tim Bresnan, Eoin Morgan (c), Luke Wright, James Tredwell, Samit Patel, Jos Buttler (wk), Michael Lumb, Jade Dernbach, Stuart Meaker, Danny Briggs, Alex Hales

And India team and 11 was looking like this in this 3rd T 20 international Match: Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Piyush Chawla, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Dinda, Ravichandran Ashwin, Parvinder Awana,

India batted well and was able to post total of 195 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and with top scores of Y Singh who made 45 runs in 30 balls with 4 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 150 runs in 100 balls and G Gambhir who made 40 runs in 30 balls with 2 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 133 runs in 100 balls.

England was needed to score 196 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

England batted well and was able to chase the target of 195 runs in 19.5 over’s at the loss of 8 wicket and won the game by 2 wickets in hand with top contributions from L Wright who made 45 runs in 25 balls with 2 4’s and 3 sixes at the strike rate of 180 runs in 100 balls.

England won the match by 2 wickets in hand and series ends at 2-1 in favor of England.

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