India tour of England (3rd ODI)

Kohli's 71 top score as India crawl to 256

The Indian fans, on most occasions, ensure the Indian team doesn't miss the feeling of playing in front of a home crowd. With the series locked at 1-1, the curator at Headingley, aided by the extremely dry summer in the United Kingdom, too decided to be hospitable and produced a track with plenty of help for the spinners. The ingredients were right there for Virat Kohli's side to flourish.

And as a result, India were expected to flourish. They did, in patches, but also struggled and stuttered their way to 256 for 8. The average score at the venue has been 298 in the last five years, which leaves the visitors 42 short of the par score. But with the kind of form Kuldeep Yadav has shown, Virat Kohli and his batch of 2018 will be confident of inflicting the second series loss of the tour on England.

Root, Morgan punish pedestrian India; England win series

Adil Rashid, Joe Root and Eoin Morgan collaborated to end India's unbeaten run in bilateral ODI series' as England cruised to an eight-wicket in the third and final match in Leeds on Tuesday (July 17). India's run of nine series wins ended with a poor show from the batsmen, a lethargic performance by the fielders and in the end, just when it mattered the most, India's wrist spinners failed to live up to the expectations. Set 257, it took the hosts just 44.3 overs to polish the target off.

It was Rashid who turned the tide in England's favour. The legspinner dismissed Virat Kohli for 71 in the 31st over and then picked up Suresh Raina to put England on top. From there on, it was a struggle. MS Dhoni struggled, Hardik Pandya failed to get going as India crawled to a well below-par total.