India captain Rohit Sharma expressed satisfaction after Pacer Arshdep Singh implemented his plans for perfection in the third and last ODI against England in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The incident happened after the second ball of the seventh of the innings of England, where Arshdep India gave a timely breakthrough with the resignation of Ben Duckett. During Arshdeep's previous ones, Duckett hit the Pacer for four straight boundaries. While Duckett, however, started to look dangerous, Arsdeep hit him in his next.
Duckett, who struggled with a coarse problem, was unable to choose Arshdeep's knuckle ball, so that his attraction was due to limited foot movement. Rohit, stationed halfway, positioned himself perfectly under the ball and made no mistake. After the catch, Rohit did a gesture of the brain, pointing that the plan of Arshdeep worked the way he wanted.
Rohit's Brilliance Duckett is gone! #Indvseng
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Arshdeep then also rejected the other opener of England, Phil Salt, who was caught in a short third place by Axar Patel.
Double-Trike for Arshdeep Singh
And a successful powerplay for #Teamindia
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Earlier, Shubman Gill kept his good shape to hit 112 and help India to reach 356 completely, their highest total ever in the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Gill set up 116 runs for the second Wicket with Virat Kohli, who hit 52 and laid the foundation for a challenging total after they were first put forward in Ahmedabad.
Shreyas Iyer also hit a 64-ball 78 when the bowlers of England struggled, apart from the impressive 4-64 of leg spinner Adil Rashid.
Skipper Rohit Sharma left for one, trapped behind Off Mark Wood in a disappointing outing after his 119 in the previous match, India gave an unbeatable 2-0 series ahead.
Gill, who took the opening place back from Yashasvi Jaiswal, raised his third consecutive fifty after scores of 87 and 60 in the first two wins.
Kohli reached a Run-A ball fifty to come back between the runs after an inconsistente in Australia.
Rashid received Kohli with a delivery that threw in the middle and spun to take the edge of the bat and land in the gloves of Wicketkeeper Phil Salt.
Kohli was rejected by Rashid in Cuttack and his last resignation was the fifth time that he fell on the leg spinner in 10 meetings.
Gill, who leads the series with 259 runs, stopped the pace and set up 104 runs with Iyer before he was thrown away a Googly from Rashid.
(With AFP inputs)
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