India, Jan. 29 -- India's batters were choked by Adil Rashid (1/15), Jamie Overton (3/24) and Brydon Carse (2/28) in the middle overs as England came roaring back to stay alive in the five-match T20I series by beating India by 26 runs in the third T20I at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. Chasing 172 to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series, India's batters faltered and there was no Tilak Varma to bail them out of trouble this time around.

The left-hander was dismissed for the first time in five T20Is after being deceived by an absolute beauty from Rashid. After Tilak's dismissal, the Indian innings came to a standstill as Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, and Axar Patel failed to rotate the strike, let alone find the boundaries...