Jos Buttler's England will be playing for pride when they take on India in the fifth and final match of the T20I series. Going into the ODI leg of the series, England will be looking to get back to winning ways and counter the spin trap set by the likes of Varun Chakravarthy and Ravi Bishnoi.
Meanwhile, with the series already in the bag, India may look to give fresh faces a chance. Mohammed Shami and Harshit Rana are both expected to feature, while Arshdeep Singh could be rested for the final match. Similar changes could be made in the batting line-up.
India: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy
England: Philip Salt(w), Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
The last match of India vs England T20I series will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The pitch here is likely to be conducive to the batters with the average first innings total being 191 and the highest total being 240. Meanwhile, the highest total that has been chased at this venue is 230, which suggests that both teams will have a chance to win the contest irrespective of the runs scored.
Online viewers can visit Disney+ Hotstar, which will live-stream the India vs England 3rd T20 match from 7:00 PM onwards.
Cricket fans who want to watch it on TV can tune into the Star Sports Network. The match will be broadcast on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Kannada, Star Sports 1 Telugu and Star Sports 1 Tamil.
In a closely fought contest at Pune, India had won the last match by 15 runs, thanks to some quality spin bowling by Ravi Bishnoi and the pace magic of concussion substitute Harshit Rana.
Batting first, India had set up a total of 181 runs in their 20 overs despite losing 5 wickets for just 79 runs at the end of 11 overs. However, a solid partnership between Hardik Pandya 53 (30) and Shivam Dube 53 (34) helped bring the Men in Blue back in the game.
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