India sweep ODI series against England

AHMEDABAD, India:

Shubman Gill scored 112 in 102 balls as India thrashed England by 142 runs in their third One-Day International (ODI) cricket match yesterday and swept the series 3-0.

Gill hit 14 fours and three sixes in his sixth ODI century with India reaching 356 in their 50 overs. Shreyas Iyer scored 78 off 64 balls, while Virat Kohli also contributed 52 off 55. Wrist spinner Adil Rashid took 4-64 - his best for England against India - in 10 overs.

In reply, England had another hapless batting performance and were bowled out for 214 in 34.2 overs.

India's left-arm spinners Axar Patel (2-22) and Kuldeep Yadav (1-38) combined to choke the middle overs. Pacers Arshdeep Singh (2-33) and Harshit Rana (2-31) were also effective.

It was the last warmup game for both teams ahead of the Champions Trophy in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.

India's star pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah was supposed to play this game to prove his fitness ahead of the Champions Trophy. But he was ruled out of that tournament owing to a lower back injury.

England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss for the third consecutive match and this time elected to bowl.

India already had a 2-0 unassailable lead. They won the first two ODIs in Nagpur and Cuttack, both by four wickets, respectively. They had won the preceding five-T20 series 4-1.

RUN MACHINE

Put into bat, India quickly lost their captain, Rohit Sharma, caught behind off Mark Wood (2-45) for one.

Gill and Kohli added 116 off 107 balls for the second wicket. Kohli was caught behind against Rashid in the 19th over.

Gill had scored 87 and 60 in the first two ODIs, and finished with 259 runs in the three-match series. He fell against the run of play in the 35th over - bowled by Rashid while going for a sweep.

Lokesh Rahul scored 40 off 29 balls to help push the score past 300 and eventually top the 350-mark as well.

- AP