England produce a strong bowling performance to beat India by 26 runs in Rajkot and keep the T20 series alive.

India take on England in the third T20 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Play is set to start each day at 7 p.m. IST local time in India, which makes it a 1:30 p.m. GMT start in the UK.

England overcame Varun Chakravarthy’s 5-24 to beat India by 26 runs in the third T20 to keep the series alive.

England secured a 26-run victory over India in the third T20 International on Tuesday as some sprightly bowling kept the tourists alive in the five-match series against the world champions. Put into bat,

Ben Duckett and Liam Livingstone sparkled with the bat before a disciplined bowling performance led England to a 26-run win over India in the third T20 to keep the series alive. Duckett thumped 51 off 28 balls but England’s spin woes resurfaced in Rajkot as Varun Chakravarthy’s five for 24 saw the tourists slip from 83 for one to 127 for eight before they recovered to 171 for nine.

England have named an unchanged XI for Tuesday's third T20 International (T20I) against India in Rajkot, a must-win game for the visitors who are 2-0 down in the five-match series.

England collapse from 83-1 to 127-8 before rallying somewhat to set India 172 to win; Adil Rashid (1-15) claims key wicket of in-form Tilak Varma (18) as hosts limp to 146-9 in reply; England trail 2-1 in the five-match series,

Tilak Varma has played a lone hand by shepherding India across the finish line against England with an unbeaten 72 off 55 balls in the second Twenty20 in Chennai.

Varun Chakravarthy's record-breaking 5/24 couldn't prevent India's 26-run loss to England in the third T20I at Rajkot. England posted 171/9, clinching the match despite India's strong bowling attack.