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India Clinch the series VS England

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, Jul 09, 2018, 10:42 AM

India Clinch the series VS England

Bristol, July 09: India Clinched the series with 2-1 against England here on Sunday. Rohit Sharma's unbeaten century and Hardik Pandya's four-wicket haul to breeze past England by seven wickets at the County Ground.

Rohit Sharam Created a record in the match, and he is the only Indian to score three hundred in T20 Internationals.

Chasing mammoth 199 for victory, Hitman remained not out on 100 off 56 balls, and including 11 fours and five sixes.

This was the right-hander's third century in the game's shortest format, making him just the second player to make three tons.

England posted 198/9 despite making a blistering start thanks to medium pacer Pandya's heroics with the ball.

The 24-year-old returned career-best figures of 4/38. In reply, India made 201/3 in 18.4 overs.

Pandya also played an unbeaten 14-ball 33-run cameo as skipper Virat Kohli (43; 29b; 2x4, 2x6) missed out on a half-century.

Brief scores: India 201/3 in 18.4 overs (Rohit Sharma 100 not out, Virat Kohli 43) beat England 198/9 in 20 overs (Jason Roy 67, Jos Buttler 34; Hardik Pandya 4/38, Siddharth Kaul 2/35).