In their third ODI at the MCA Cricket Stadium in Pune, Team India defeated England by 7 runs in the last over. Sam Karan played a fantastic innings of 95 runs for the English team, but he was unable to win the team. Sharduel Thakur took four wickets for India, scoring 30 off 21 balls. Shardul hit three sixes in his innings. Shardul hit a long six over Ben Stokes in the 45th over, which Stokes couldn’t believe and was checking the bat of the Indian batsman.
Ben Stokes probably accepts the nickname Shurdulkar now
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In fact, Ben Stokes tossed the 45th over of England’s innings. He had given up just two runs in his first three balls and India needed a big shot. On the fourth delivery of the over, Stardul hit a good six off a long shot off the stumps, which Stokes couldn’t believe and he checked Shardul’s bat. Ben Stokes took 45 wickets in his 7 overs.
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After losing the toss, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma started well for Team India and added 103 runs for the first wicket. Rohit scored 37 and Adil Rasheed was dismissed. Dhawan, 67, was Rashid’s second victim. Captain Virat Kohli scored 7 runs while Moin Ali bowled clean. Rishabh Pant (78) and Hardik Pandya (64) added 99 for the fifth wicket. Pant was run by Sam Karan and Pandya by Ben Stokes. Thanks to Shardul Thakur’s 30-run over-the-top innings in the last over, India managed to score 329 runs.