Indian bowlers held their nerves in face of Sam Curran’s resolve to beat England by seven runs in a th🤡rilling third and final ODI to seal the series 2-1 in Pune on Sunday.
After put in to bat first, India were bundled out for 329 in 48.🎃2 overs with Shikhar Dhawan (67), Rishabh Pant (78) and Hardik Pandya (64) scoring quickfire half-centuries.
Chasing 330 to win, Sam (95 🐻not out off 83 balls) single-handedly kept the hosts in the hunt as he added a 60-run stand with Mark Wood (14) for the ninth wicket but in the end could not🦂 score 14 runs needed in the final over.
Englan🔜d ended at 322/9 in their full quota of 50 overs.
Brief Scores:
India🌟: 329 all out in 48.2 overs (Rishabh Pa♒nt 78, Shikhar Dhawan 67, Hardik Pandya 64; Mark Wood 3/34).
England: 322 for 9 in 50 overs (Sam Curran 95 not ou🔜t; Shardul Thakur 4/67, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/4ꦺ2)
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
What a game !෴ Unlucky Sam Curran could not pull that off after such a great knock ! Natrajan so good under pressure after such little experience!🙌🏻 congratulations team 🇮🇳 to win all 3 series ! special knock ✊ top spell
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
What a way to finish the series! Top knock, Sam Curran, but india just about managed to sneak home. A fitt💎ing end to a remarkable four and a half 𝓡months for this indian side that should be proud of everything it has achieved!
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
What a show of character.. Had a poor day but come the last over couldn't have nailed it better
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Big thumps up to for keeping hi𒈔s nerves and bowling those yorkers. Way to go ꦰyoung man
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
What a thrilling match! India wins the ODI Series decider by 7 runs. Wꦰent right down to the wire.
So: India won the Test Series, India won the T20I Seriesꦏ and 📖tonight India won the ODI Series. Congratulations India! 🇮🇳
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
Fantastic win boys!! 🇮🇳
Congratulations for a stellar performance 💖in the whole series!! 🙌ജ
— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant)
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What a finish to a wonderful series 🐻. Congrats team India for remarkable ODI series win after test and T20 series win. A perfect end to a great tour. What an effort by Sam Curran. Truly remarkable fight 👌
— Thakur Arun Singh (@ThakurArunS)
Sam Curran
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
Amazing ꩲNatarajan last over. Super last over. Terrific Bhuvi-Thakur again. This is a very special series win.👍
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
The whole Tour of India has been great to watch … tremendous skills,lots of drama,bit of controversy & plenty of talking points … Bloody love cricket …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
3-1 3-2 2-1 .Thank you England fo💙r being a good tourist
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Victory from the jaws of defeat well done but high time fitness should = good ඣfielding !
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)
Sam Curran is some talent and he nearly pulled it off for England. But in the end, Khaali haath aaye thhey, khaali haath jaayenge Engl💮and waale. Good win for Team India but across formats this has been a weꦡll fought series.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
What a way to end this incredibly entertaining series! Quality display of cricket in all the thre🌃e formats! Congratulations to Team India 🇮🇳 on winning the ODI series.
— Karun Nair (@karun126)
Nerves of steel Nattu! 👏 🦁💛
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
What a ⭕match! Super win by Team India to seize the series! Congratulations! Jai Hind 🇮🇳
And , what a catch that was! 💥
— Shubham Sarangi (@Sarangi_Shubham)
Curran played brilliant but all credit to Natarajan playing only his second match and coming to bowl the last over after droppi🦂ng a catch he showed no nerves. He li🗹ke Curran is a find.
— Mihir Bose (@mihirbose)
