ENG Vs IND, 3rd ODI: Twitter Reacts as England Restrict India to Modest Total
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For the second game in a row, Team India batsmen except Virat Kohli failed to get going as England restricted the visitors to 256 for eight in the third and final ODI at Headingley in Leeds on Tuesday (July 17) evening.

Asked to bat first, India were off to a disastrous start. First match centurion Rohit Sharma could score only two off 18 balls before being sent back by David Willey. His opening partner, Shikhar Dhawan and Kohli then steadied the ship. I

India saw off the first powerplay without losing any more wicket. However, the English bowlers kept things tight from their end as India could manage only 32 after ten overs. At the end of the 15 overs, the score was 67 for one.

ENG Vs IND, 3rd ODI: Twitter Reacts as England Restrict India to Modest Total
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But just when it looked the duo would bat India to a position of strength, disaster struck. Dhawan was run out for 44 as the 71-run stand came to a disappointing end.

KL Rahul’s replacement Dinesh Karthik looked good during his brief stay, scoring 21 off 22 balls. before becoming Adil Rashid’s first victim of the game.

Just before Karthik’s dismissal, Kohli had reached his fifty off 54 deliveries.

The India skipper Kohli was looking good and was looking set for a big ton when Rashid struck again.

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The leg-spinner delivered a gem of a leg-spin to uproot Kohli’s off-stump and leave the Indian leader shell-shocked. The right-handed batsman scored 71 off 72 balls with the help of eight fours.

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Two runs later, Rashid struck again, dismissing Suresh Raina for one to leave India reeling at 158 for five.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Hardik Pandya then stopped the rot for a while, but they too failed to forge a big stand. The duo added 36 runs before Mark Wood sent back Pandya for 21.

Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the score past the 200-run mark. But any hopes of finishing the innings strongly ended when Dhoni departed in the 46th over.

The former India skipper Dhoni once again failed to bat well, scoring 42 off 66 balls.

Towards the end, Bhuvneshwar and Shardul Thakur played handy knocks to help India cross the 250-run mark and put up a decent total.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the innings:

#Dhoni facing the backlash for another slow innings:

https://twitter.com/iShubham24/status/1019231351302651904

#Some praise for Rashid Khan:

#Virat Kohli leads from the front:

https://twitter.com/strangerr_18/status/1019218504438857729

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#Rohit Sharma fails to build on the century in the first ODI and gets the boot:

#Rahul dropped again and Twitterati does not like it:

https://twitter.com/Kangkan_R/status/1019195921106497538

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