By Admin 
India’s defeat at Lord’s broke the hearts of 140 crore Indians. Everyone was praying for India’s victory in this match, but the ODI series lost this important match by 27 runs. In the third and deciding match of the ODI series played on Sunday, England had scored 387 runs after playing first. In reply, the Indian team could score only 360 runs. However, at one time in the match, India seemed to have the upper hand while chasing 388 runs, but then a decision was taken which became the main reason for India’s defeat.
This one decision ruined Rohit Sharma’s historic innings
Team India, which came out to chase the record run of 388 runs, was given a great start by captain Shubman Gill and ‘Hitman’ Rohit Sharma. Both added 147 runs for the first wicket in 24.2 overs. Captain Gill was out after scoring 77 runs in 84 balls. 10 fours and one six came from his bat. After this Rohit made a century partnership with Virat Kohli. Both were playing their 400th match together. In this historic match, both of them made a century partnership on the 21st. India’s second wicket fell in the 39th over at the score of 260. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 138 runs in 110 balls. He hit 17 fours and 5 sixes. This was the first century of any Indian at Lord’s.
After Rohit’s dismissal, Shreyas Iyer was not sent at number four. Ishan Kishan came here. He could score only 14 runs in 12 balls. Iyer was playing at number 4 in ODIs for a long time, but in the second and third ODI matches, Ishan was played at this position, he failed in both the matches. This experiment became the biggest reason for India’s defeat in the third ODI on Sunday.
Kuldeep Yadav did not have to bear the brunt
Thanks to its spinners, England did not allow India to score 388 runs. Even part-time spinner Jacob Bethel was becoming a difficult question for the Indian batsmen. On the other hand, the Indian team management did not include experienced spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the playing eleven in this important match. It would not be wrong to say that Kuldeep could put the English batsmen in trouble with his spin.
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India missed out on creating history at Lord’s, Rohit Sharma’s ‘courageous’ century went in vain; England won by 27 runs after scoring 387 runs.