England win last-ball thriller; India take series 2-1
With the series already a lost cause, England picked Kolkata’s Eden Gardens as the venue to break their victory drought in India since that dreadful World T20 final as they beat the hosts in a nail-biter by five runs on Sunday. India needed 16 runs from the final over in chase of 322. Kedar Jadhav blasted the first two balls for a six and a four but Chris Woakes kept his cool to have him out caught for 90 (75b) and eventually hold India to 316/9.
India won the series 2-1 and England found a much needed confidence before the three-match T20I series beginning next week.
Brief scores: India 316/9 (Jadhav 90, Pandya 56, Kohli 55; Stokes 3/63) lost to England 321/8 (Roy 65, Stokes 57*, Bairstow 56; Pandya 3/49, Jadeja 2/62) by 5 runs
#TeamIndia seal the series 2-1 and not surprisingly smiles galore at the Eden Gardens #INDvENG @Paytm pic.twitter.com/G6CZ2IsZRk
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