India won by 7 wkts
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Rohit Sharma
Batter
Bowler
This is India's sixth trophy in a row in T20Is, and they sure know how to celebrate it. They're a brilliant, brilliant limited-overs unit who're going to push England right through the summer. We're in for a treat. That's all from us for now. Until next time, it's goodbye.
Highest targets chased down by India (T20Is):
207 vs SL, Mohali, 2009
202 vs Aus, Rajkot, 2013
199 vs Eng, Bristol, 2018 *
Most T20I hundreds:
3 C Munro/ ROHIT SHARMA
2 B McCullum/ C Gayle/ E Lewis/ M Guptill/ G Maxwell/ A Finch/ KL Rahul
Most consecutive T20I series wins:
9 by Pakistan (Sep 2016 - ongoing) *
6 by India (Nov 2017 - ongoing) *
5 by Windies (Jun 2012 - Mar 2013)
Kohli, India captain: The comeback from the bowlers was outstanding. At one stage we thought they'd end up getting 225-230 which would've been tough. But the character they showed, that's something we're very proud of. Just hit our areas better I guess (in the second ten overs). We have the quality to bowl wicket-taking deliveries as well. Applied decent pressure on the batsmen and pulled the game back nicely. 25-30 runs in this format can be massive. Pandya is a really good all-round cricketer. He's confident with his skills with bat and ball. He's sure of what he wants to do. With the ball, the way he picked up those wickets after getting hit for boundaries and sixes. His all-round performance was standout today. Was difficult for the bowlers. Have to be honest. Pitch was really, really flat. We enjoyed ourselves as batsmen. England got 200-odd, we got there with few balls to spare. Don't like to look at hindsight and say we could've added another bowler. Guys came up with the goods. We're gonna continue and try different things. You saw the kind of energy and attitude we had on the field. Feels great to have a series win at the start of the tour.
Winners' medals for the Indian players who gather on the podium one by one
Morgan, England captain: Tremendous start with the bat. Roy and Buttler prove a dominant force at the top, we didn't do their platform justice. Probably fell between 20-30 short, just in our execution of shots. Faltered in execution - finding our areas and picking the balls to hit. Normally it's one of the best parts of our game. India bowled well but on a small ground on a flat wicket we're expected to score more than that. We were okay with the ball. Difficult to defend on grounds like this. It's more the conditions. When you play against teams like Pakistan, India, they have a big following and we're used to it. It will continue for the rest of the summer, won't change. Hopefully we can learn as we go along. This series has had three different performances for us. Old Trafford turned, Cardiff - ground was bigger. And today it was high-scoring. Different pressures. It's exciting. Trent Bridge has been a good ground for us. The last few of times we've lost the toss there, we've been able to get a result. Toss for us is less significant. Hopefully it's entertaining.
Rohit: That's the style of my play. Assessing conditions was important at the start of the innings. Once we see off the new ball, we always knew wicket was a good one with short boundaries. Idea was to hold the shape when playing big shots. That's exactly what I did. I like to be calm, not to panic too much. I know once you're there, you can make it up later. It's important to spend some time in the middle and try and play the field. Always important to try and assess the bowlers as well. With four fielders inside, there's always that option to take chances. With the wicket being so good, I knew I just had to stay there and things will get easier and easier. Pandya has done that for few years now. More often than not he'll play such innings in the back end. He's quite used to it now. The way he bowled gave him confidence. He's a fearless individual which allows him to do whatever he does on the field. That's what the team wants him to do.
Rohit Sharma is Man of the Match and Man of the Series
Tough call as far as Man of the Match is concerned. Our team here at Cricbuzz towers - a fancy name we all like to use - are unanimous that Hardik Pandya should be the one who deserves it. But most likely it will be Rohit. Let's wait and see what happens. Will be an interesting call for sure.
Harsha Bhogle: England were 20 short and the bowling in the second half from India was excellent. India's batting might on display today. Another series won.
Vijith: World cup 2019 is in England. Just a reminder.
17:27 Local Time, 16:27 GMT, 21:57 IST: The magnificent form of India in the shorter formats continues. Can't remember when India last lost a T20I series. Our man - Rohit fan, Deepu Narayanan will bring that out in a jiffy anytime now. But this match was all about two men - Hardik Pandya and Rohit. And it was fitting that the duo were there at the end as India won in a hurry. The game was won and lost in the middle overs of the England innings when they stumbled against Hardik. 220 was minimum on this national highway but England were at least 25 short and that gave India the momentum in the chase. And then Rohit turned up. I will stick my neck out and say that he is a more of a match-winner than Kohli in shorter formats in recent times. And I love a controversy. So that's that. The chase was a canter and once Rohit found his mojo against the short ball, there was no looking back and stopping him. The short dimensions of the ground helped India a great deal as well. Back with all the post-match stuff, including the presentations. Hang around...
Harsha Bhogle: Sheer unadulterated class today from Rohit Sharma.
Jordan to Hardik Pandya, SIX, Hardik Pandya finishes it off in style. What a way to finish the game. Pandya sees the slower delivery and then thumps it high over long-on. Caught it sweetly and that's India wrapping up the series 2-1. End of story
Jordan to Hardik Pandya, no run, backs away and slaps the slower delivery, but finds extra-cover
Jordan to Rohit, 1 run, 100 for Rohit. Dabbed to the left of Roy at backward point and an easy single. No extravagant or exuberant celebrations as he raises the bat and soaks in all the mad applause. Hardik Pandya comes up to Rohit to hug him. Cometh the hour, cometh the man kind of thing
Jordan to Rohit, FOUR, on 99 now. Full outside off, Rohit crashes it over extra-cover. Enough elevation on the hit and it scorches away to the ropes. Jordan bowled a half-volley and didn't get away with it
Chris Jordan [3.0-0-29-1] is back into the attack
Game almost done. Only interest is whether Rohit can get 100
END OF OVER 18
20 Runs
IND: 190 - 3
1 4 1 6 4 4
Rohit Sharma
95 (54)
Hardik Pandya
27 (12)
Willey
3-0-37-1
Willey to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, Hardik Pandya is putting Rohit at risk of not getting 100. But that's the minor picture here, short of length outside off, dabbed wide of Ball at short third, well wide of him and 20 off that over
Willey to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, this is getting over quickly. Hardik Pandya applying the finishing touches. Low full-toss outside off, Hardik Pandya sliced it again, one hand came off the bat but the timing was so good that it left sweeper with no chance, he dived but it skimmed away, four more
Willey to Hardik Pandya, SIX, Hardik Pandya slices it and over wide long-off. Dropped in the crowd. Willey missed his length there and Pandya teed off, deep in his crease and didn't hold back