India v England: third men’s cricket T20 international – live

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WICKET! England 7-1 (Salt c Abhishek b Hardik 5)

Phil Salt’s struggles continue. He smashes Hardik straight to extra cover, where Abhishek takes a sharp catch with nonchalant ease.

Salt’s scores in T20s against India are 8, 5, 0, 4 and 5. The sample size is too small to draw sweeping conclusions, especially as his IPL record is terrific.

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1st over: England 6-0 (Salt 5, Duckett 1) After one ball from Shami, which beats Salt and keeps a bit low, Surkaykumar takes the slip out. Salt forces the next ball down the ground for four – he didn’t time it but the outfield looks pretty fast.

The slip goes back in for the last ball of the over, Duckett’s first, which he clips to midwicket for a single. It’s noticeable that Shami is bowling very straight.

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Here come the players, including the England openers Phil Salt and Ben Duckett. Salt’s overall T20 record is outstanding but against India he has struggled: four innings, 17 runs at 4.25.

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Australia begin their two-Test series in Sri Lanka tomorrow. Steve Smith, their stand-in captain, needs one run to reach 10,000 in Tests. Geoff Lemon has paid tribute.

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“Good afternoon,” says John Starbuck. “Ever get the feeling England are drinking in the Last Chance Saloon? Let’s hope there’s a bar brawl on the way as we could do with the energy.”

Sambucas all round.

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Team news

The great Mohammed Shami returns to international cricket for the first time since the 50-over World Cup final in November 2023. Arshdeep Singh is rested.

England have picked the same XI but Jamie Smith has a tight calf so he’ll keep wicket instead of Phil Salt.

India Samson (wk), Abhishek, Tilak, Suryakumar (c), Jurel, Hardik, Washington, Axar, Shami, Bishnoi, Chakravarthy.

England Salt, Duckett, Buttler (c), Brook, Livingstone, Smith (wk), Overton, Carse, Archer, Rashid, Wood.

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India win the toss and bowl

That’s three in a row for Suryakumar Yadav, and bad news for England. Both captains think it looks like the best wicket of the series so far.

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Mark Wood on his series so far

It’s great that my pace has been up there and I feel it’s coming out my hand well but the accuracy at times hasn’t been quite where I wanted it. But when I haven’t played since August, it’s pretty much expected – I’ve played two games since then. Hopefully the more I play, the better I get leading into the 50-over stuff and the Champions Trophy.

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Preamble

Cold water is so damn hot right now. You can’t open a browser without seeing a feature on the abundant health benefits of freezing showers, ice baths and other forms of cold water immersion therapy. It can reduce inflammation, strengthen your immune system, improve blood flow and give you a newfound respect for lukewarm showers.

England may come to view this white-ball tour of India in a similar way. It’s been extremely uncomfortable so far, and one or two of their players would probably turn the shower off if they could. But in one sense it’s a great way to start the Bazball Nights era. India away is as tough as it gets; England should be a healthier team for the experience. They might even strengthen their immune system against quality spin bowling.

That’s the positive take. The negative is that they’ll be facing a whitewash if they lose today, that mystery spin is their Kryptonite in perpetuity, that Eoin Morgan’s team were outliers rather than trailblazers and that AI is going to kill us all by the year 2030.

England came very close to winning the second T20 international, thanks in part to an amazing individual performance from Brydon Carse, so they still have plenty of reasons to be cheerful. Winning the toss wouldn’t do any harm either.

The match begins at 1.30pm GMT.

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