Team India and England are currently facing off in the third T20I of the five-match series at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. The hosts won the first two T20Is in Kolkata and Chennai, respectively, to take a 2-0 lead in the rubber.
England batted first in the ongoing contest and notched up a respectable total of 171/9 in 20 overs on a decent batting surface.
Fans enjoyed the action-packed first innings of the third T20I between the two top teams on Tuesday night. They expressed their reactions by sharing hilarious memes on X and Instagram. One of the memes read:
"Phil Salt joined the academy under 'finished RCB wicketkeepers quota'."
Here are a few other memes:
Varun Chakravarthy picks up a five-wicket haul to help India restrict England to 171/9 in 3rd T20I 2025
India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bowl first for the third match on the trot. Ben Duckett (51) gave England a brisk start after they lost Phil Salt early and set up a good platform for the middle order. The visitors reached 83/2 in nine overs on the back of a 76-run partnership between Duckett and Jos Buttler (24).
However, things went downhill after Varun Chakravarthy dismissed Buttler in the ninth over to give India a massive breakthrough. Duckett also followed his captain to the pavilion in the next over after a mistimed slog against Axar Patel.
England vice-captain Harry Brook's disappointing run in the series continued as he got cleaned up by Ravi Bishnoi after a labored knock of 8 (10).
Varun Chakravarthy then spun a web around the English middle and lower order with four wickets in his last two overs to reduce them to 127/8. Liam Livingstone (43), Adil Rashid (10*) and Mark Wood (10*) chipped in with a few runs in the end to take their side to 171.
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