IND vs ENG: India showed strength before the Champions Trophy, registered second big win over England with all-round performance..
- byShikha Srivastava
- 13 Feb, 2025

India defeated England by 142 runs in the third ODI and won the series 3-0. In this match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, after losing the toss and batting first, the Indian team scored 356 runs for 10 wickets in 50 overs, thanks to Shubman Gill's century and Virat Kohli's half-century. In reply, the England team could score only 214 runs after losing 10 wickets in 34.2 overs.

India's second-biggest win over England
This is India's second-biggest win over England. Earlier in 2008, Team India defeated England by 158 runs in Rajkot. Rohit Sharma's team has shown its strength before the Champions Trophy by sweeping England. The tournament will start on February 19, and the Indian team will start its campaign on February 20.
India's biggest win over England
Difference Place Year
158 runs Rajkot 2008
142 runs Ahmedabad 2025*
133 runs Cardiff 2014
127 runs Kochi 2013
126 runs Hyderabad 2011
England's team scattered like a pack of cards.
England started well while chasing the target. Phil Salt and Ben Duckett shared a 60-run partnership for the first wicket which was broken by Arshdeep Singh. He made Duckett his victim in the seventh over. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 34 runs in 22 balls. After this, the fast bowler dismissed Salt in the ninth over. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 23 runs. After this, Tom Banton and Joe Root took over the charge. There was a partnership of 46 runs between the two. However, this partnership could not be much bigger and Kuldeep Yadav broke it by making Banton his victim. The right-handed batsman was out after scoring 38 runs in this match. In this match, Root scored 24, Brook 19, Butler six, Livingstone nine, Adil Rashid zero, Wood nine, Atkinson 38, and Shakib scored two runs* for England. For India, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Axar Patel, and Hardik Pandya took two wickets each. Apart from this, Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav took one wicket each.
Shubman Gill scored a century, Virat and Iyer scored half-centuries.
India scored the second-highest score in ODIs with the help of Shubman Gill's century and Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer's half-centuries in this match played in Ahmedabad. Spinner Adil Rashid took the highest number of four wickets for England. For India, Gill scored 112 runs in 102 balls with the help of 14 fours and three sixes, while Shreyas scored 78 runs and Kohli scored 52 runs. KL Rahul, who came in at number five, was dismissed after scoring 40 runs.
Rohit Sharma got out after scoring one run.
Captain Rohit Sharma, who scored a century in the last match, got out cheaply in this match, but Gill and Kohli first took charge of India, then Shubman along with Shreyas made a century partnership for the third wicket. When Shubman and Shreyas were batting, it seemed that the team would be able to reach a score of 400 runs, but after the dismissal of these two batsmen, England was able to make a comeback to some extent.
Rahul missed half-century
Rahul, who came at number five, also showed his strength in this match, but he missed out on scoring a half-century. The lower-order batsmen could not make useful contributions, but the Indian team managed to cross the 350 mark. Apart from Rashid, Mark Wood took two wickets for England, while Saqib Mahmood, Gus Atkinson, and Joe Root got one wicket each.
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