England wins by 26 runs.

Fantastic performance by the away team to stay alive in the series.

They have now made the series 1-2.

Dhruv Jurel also ended up throwing away his wicket as India have now lost nine wickets.

It is all over in Rajkot as the hosts are inches away from defeat.

Shami skies one soon enough and an easy catch for Brook.

IND 140/8 in 19 overs.

it is almost game over for India.

Overton gives away wide before Shami and Jurel take a single each. Back of a length and Shami connects the pull shot pretty well. SIX!! 

Shami skies one soon enough and an easy catch for Brook. 

Overton with the penultimate over. Fuller ball.

But Hardik slices it and an easy catch for Buttler. That should be the game. 

Axar Patel tries to go for a big shot but ends up miscued it completely.

A straightforward catch for Adil Rashid and Jofra Archer strikes for England.

Wood recovers to give away just three runs from the next four balls.

Axar cracks a four off the last ball to regain momentum. 

India now need 49 runs in 17 balls.

A good spell of bowling from England but India are not giving up.

A boundary for Axar Patel followed by a straight six for Hardik Pandya.

The equation is in England's favour but still, game on.

Carse with the 16th over.

Hardik and Axar are struggling to break free. 

Only three singles off the first four balls. 

Axar strikes for a much needed four to mid wicket fence in the last ball. 

IND 108/5 in 16 overs.

Overton pitches it up and Hardik crashes it straight back for a four.

Couple of singles and a double next as India gets to 100. 

Just four singles in the over. 

England take a review for an lbw against Axar Patel.

And it's missing the wickets.

Another review lost by England.

India need 86 runs in 41 balls.

India five-down.

Slower one from Overton and Washington can only chip it for Buttler to take an easy catch. 

Adil Rashid keeps the pressure on.

Both Hardik and Washington unable to get the release shot as the required rate climbs.

Just three singles from the over. 

IND 85/4 in 12 overs.

England appeal a stumping with Washington Sundar on strike, but he is comfortably in. 

Hardik Pandya is 11 off 16 balls, Washington Sundar is 3 off 7.

England have hit the brakes on India's run-rate here as RRR touches 10.

IND 82/4 in 11 overs.

9.4 runs an over with only 6 wickets left is a tricky situation for Team India.

Jamie Overton has been handed the ball for the 11th over, and greets Hardik Pandya with a bouncer.

Adil Rashid is varying his pace very cleverly to trouble the Indian batters. 

Loops it in and it beats Washington’s inside edge and evades the keeper and runs away for four byes. 

IND 78/4 in 10 overs.

Adil Rashid from the other end.

Slides in one that spins past Tilak’s inside edge. BOWLED!!

First over of spin in the chase.

Tilak takes Livingstone on by going straight. SIX!! Few singles shore up the over. 

IND 62/3 in 7 overs.

India loose some early wickets in powerplay.

Straight from Wood and SKY looks to repeat the scoop shot.

Top edge and Salt completes a skier. 

Suryakumar gets into the act now.

Slower ball from Archer and SKY scoop-flicks it for a six. 

IND 48/2 in 5 overs.

Tilak Verma smashes a four.

IND 35/2 in 4 overs.

Full-toss from Carse and Abhishek gets it through covers for another four.

Abhishek goes for it again. Skews it high and Archer takes a brilliant catch. 

Second wicket down for Team India.

Abhishek looks to go after him. Edges it over third man for a four. 

Abhishek slices one for a single.

Back of a length and Sanju fails to clear mid on. Easy catch for Adil Rashid. 

India lose their first wicket in the third over.

Full and wide from Wood and chipped away for a four by Abhishek. 

Shorter now from Wood. Cracked over long on for another four. 

Sanju Samson clips one off the hips for a single to get going.

Archer gets his length spot on against Abhishek. Three dot balls in.  

Wood and Rashid gets a double to end the innings.

England ends the innings with 171/9. 

Very good 24 runs added by the final wicket, that could end up being crucial if this game ends up as tight as the last.

England picks up some valuable runs with their final wicket.

19 runs added between Rashid and Wood, and still 2 more runs to go.

Wood and Rashid squeeze away a few runs. 

Back of length from Shami and Rashid guides it away for a four behind third man.

Waist high no-ball from Shami and Wood just gets away from it. 

🚨 Record Alert!

Varun Chakravarthy now has equaled the record for most T20I five-wicket hauls by an Indian bowler (2).

Kuldeep Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the other bowlers to have the same number of T20I five-fers.#INDvsENG #INDvENG #VarunChakravarthy pic.twitter.com/HWOjdfZ4up

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) January 28, 2025

What a bowling change from Surya.

Starts off with a wide. Taken at long on. Hardik makes instant impact.

Livingstone responds to the situation by slogging Bishnoi for two back-to-back three sixes.

Bishnoi goes short and Livingstone slams it away for another six. 

ENG 146/8 in 17 overs.

5-wicket haul for Varun Chakravarthy.

Jofra Archer's stumps have been dismantled. England in tatters.

What a spell. 5/24!

A misfield by Ravi Bishnoi allows Livingstone to sneak in a double.

On the pads and Livingstone scoops it straight to Tilak at deep fine. England continues to collapse. 

Livingstone now brings out the slog sweep against Bishnoi. Well timed and floats over the fence for a six. 

ENG 123/6 in 15 overs.

Wrong one from Varun and it snakes past Overton’s attempted paddle. Bowled. 

Too full from Varun and Jamie Smith latches onto it. Smoked over long on for a six.

Flatter and shorter now from Varun and Smith picks out the deep mid wicket fielder. 

Down the leg side and clipped away for a four by Livingstone. 

Liam Livingstone attacks Axar Patel, clears the ropes with ease. Comes down the track, and it's a big 6! 85m long.

ENG 101/3 in 12 overs.

Neat over from Abhishek. Just four singles from it.

ENG 91/3 in 11 overs.

The two quick wickets have put the game in India’s corner now. 

Abhishek Sharma with the new ball now. 

Duckett gets to his fifty with a single against Axar. Solid knock from the English opener. 

Duckett now jumps out of his crease and Axar drags the length back. Mishit. Easy catch at deep midwicket. 

Duckett gets to his fifty with a single against Axar. Solid knock from the English opener. 

Buttler attempts reverse sweep. Sanju appeals for a catch and convinces SKY to take a review. 

Umpires changes his decision to out.

Axar Patel gets his first over of the day. Buttler and Duckett deal in singles.

Axar with a surprise fuller one, which squeezes past everyone for a bye four. 

ENG 74/1 in 8 overs.

Four consecutive overs bowled by four different spinners.

First Sundar, then Varun, then Bishnoi and now Axar will bowl the 8th over.

Interesting tactic by Suryakumar Yadav.

Buttler now steps down the ground and launches it over long on for a six. 

England 65/1 after 7 overs.

Ravi Bishnoi with his first over. Full and reverse swept away for a four.

Buttler now steps down the ground and launches it over long on for a six. 

England manage 52 in the powerplay, largely thanks to Ben Duckett.

Brilliant over from Varun. Just three from it. 

ENG 52/1 in 6 overs.

Varun Chakaravarthy into the attack. Buttler gets a single first ball.

Duckett defends the first ball before a single to long on. 

Duckett tries to reverse sweep again, but it hits him on the pads.

India go up for a review, and lost.

Over point for another four. Duckett dances down the track now. Blasts it down the ground for a six. 

Washington Sundar introduced.

Buttler takes a single first ball. Duckett makes room and pumps it through covers for a four.

Reverse sweep now from Duckett. Over point for another four. 

Ben Duckett is looking in the mood today.

Pandya pitches it short and the left-hander pulls it away for another boundary.

Next ball, steps out, slams it through the covers.

Two 4s in a row!

England need a good partnership between Duckett and Buttler here to see out the powerplay, at least.

Time and again, England have been let down repeatedly by their batting so far in the series.

Shami angles one past Buttler’s outside edge. Not much of an appeal.

Length from Shami and Duckett manages to scoop it for a six. Audacious shot. 

ENG 21/1 in 3 overs

Hardik surprises Salt with a bouncer. Beaten. Full and wide from Hardik and Salt crunches it straight to Abhishek Sharma. 

Hardik Pandya from the other end. Duckett punches one through covers for a single.

Shami's first ball. Low bounce. Beats Phil Salt.

Wide again. This time Salt slams it past the bowler and umpire for a four.

Better length from Shami as two dot balls follow. Two singles to close the over. 

Shami with the new ball, as expected. 

Philip Salt, Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith(w), Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Dhruv Jurel, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy.

Suryakumar Yadav confirms Mohammed Shami is in the playing XI. 

India wins the toss for the third time this series.

Suryakumar Yadav elects to bowl first. 

The 3rd T20I between India and England will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network.

The match will also be available for live streaming on Disney+ Hotstar app and website.

Suryakumar Yadav’s recent T20I performances have been tough—12, 0, 1, 4, 21.

Will the captain bounce back today? All eyes are on him! 🤞

What do you think?#T20Cricket #SuryakumarYadav #Cricket #INDVENG #tilakvarma #hardikpandya pic.twitter.com/t0esqi8eLE

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) January 28, 2025

The pitch at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot is known for being a batting-friendly surface.

So, fans can expect a high scoring encounter between India and England. 

𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐊 𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀 🥹💙

What a knock by Tilak Varma! A match-winning performance guides India to a thrilling two-wicket victory in Chennai. 🇮🇳🔥 Cricket at its best! 😍#INDvsENG #TilakVarma #INDvENG #suryakumaryadav #josbuttler #indiancricket pic.twitter.com/wOicklti7d

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) January 25, 2025

𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐊𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐀 😲🔥

India record their biggest-ever T20I win over England in terms of balls remaining! 🇮🇳🔥 A dominant performance to remember!#INDvsENG #T20I #CricketHistory #suryakumaryadav #AbhishekSharma #SanjuSamson #GautamGambhir #T20I pic.twitter.com/BMskIAKTU8

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) January 22, 2025

India are aiming to secure an early 3-0 victory over England in their ongoing five-match T20I series, having won the first two matches in Kolkata and Chennai.

India's new batting coach Shitanshu Kotak said before the third T20I that there is no concern about the fitness of fast bowler Mohammed Shami.

But the decision on his playing will be taken by captain Suryakumar Yadav and head coach Gautam Gambhir.

Shami was not selected in the playing eleven for the first two T20I matches against England.

Match: India vs England 3rd T20I

Date: 28 January, 2025

Time: 7 pm IST

Venue: Niranjan Shah Stadium