New Delhi: The Indian team on Sunday missed a clean sweep of England in the three-match T20I series. The pair of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli shared a partnership of just 11 runs. The hosts defeated India by 17 runs in the third and final T20 International played in Nottingham and made the series gap of 1-2. England won the toss and batted first and scored 215 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. In reply, Team India could score 198 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.

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Chasing the huge target, Team India had a very poor start and lost the top three wickets at the score of 31 runs. The bat of Rishabh Pant (1), Virat Kohli (11) and captain Rohit Sharma (11) remained silent. First, Pant returned to the dugout by giving a catch to the wicketkeeper off Reece Topley. After this, there was only 11 runs partnership between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, which David Willey did not break. Willie got Kohli caught by Jason Roy in short covers.

Rohit-Kohli’s Achievement

There was a partnership of just 11 runs between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, but during this the pair achieved a big achievement. Rohit-Virat has become the third Indian pair to share a partnership of 1000 or more runs in ODI and T20 International formats. Earlier, the pair of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan has done this amazing. Apart from this, the pair of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul has also done this amazing. This means that India’s three pairs became such, which added 1000 or more runs in both the ODI and T20 formats.

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Kohli first four over midwicket off David Willey’s delivery

Let us tell you that the 11 runs that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli added in the third and final T20 International against England on Sunday were all scored by Kohli. Kohli took a single off Topley. After this, Kohli first hit a four over midwicket off David Willey and then hit a six over the bowler’s head and then returned to the dugout after getting out. The Indian team, under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, missed out on registering its 14th consecutive T20I win.