India crash to record 125-run defeat against England in 3rd T20I

2 min readUpdated: Jul 8, 2026 01:15 AM IST

Only four Indian players managed double-digit scores. (BCCI/Creimas Photo)

India were thrashed by 125 runs, their worst-ever T20I defeat in a chase, by England in the third of a five-match series at Trent Bridge, being wiped out for just 76 runs runs in reply to a target of 202. It is India’s fourth defeat in five matches since they won the 2026 T20 World Cup, with the one game they didn’t lose being the washed out first T20I of this series. England have taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match series and thus can’t lose this series now. Just four Indian players managed to get to double-digit scores, with the highest being 13 runs scored by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma.

Phil Salt was the top scorer for England earlier having smashed 70 in 44 balls while Sam Curran finished unbeaten on 41 off 24 as England closed their innings with a score of 201/7. However, the real story was India’s utter capitulation with the bat. The visitors lost as many as four wickets in the powerplay and India were tottering on a score of 54/5 at the end of the first six overs.

England’s fast bowlers Josh Tongue and Jofra Archer led the charge from the hosts in this period. Tongue got the first wicket in the form of Abhishek Sharma in the second over and the latter’s opening partner Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell to Archer in the next over. Ishan Kishan fell to Tongue in the fourth after which Archer dismissed India captain Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel in the fifth. The sixth over pretty much turned out to be just the second over of the powerplay in which India didn’t lose a wicket.

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