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England overcomes Chakravarthy to beat India by 26 runs in third T20

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England overcomes Chakravarthy to beat India by 26 runs in third T20
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England overcomes Chakravarthy to beat India by 26 runs in third T20

2025-01-29 02:02 Last Updated At:02:11

RAJKOT, India (AP) — England overcame Varun Chakravarthy’s 5-24 to beat India by 26 runs in the third T20 to keep the series alive Tuesday.

Ben Duckett overcame his poor start to the five-match series to score 51 off 28 balls as England put on 171-9 in 20 overs. Chakravarthy picked his second five-wicket haul in T20s.

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England's captain Jos Buttler, facing right, celebrates with teammate Mark Wood after winning the Twenty20 cricket match against India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's captain Jos Buttler, facing right, celebrates with teammate Mark Wood after winning the Twenty20 cricket match against India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton, center, celebrates with captain Jos Buttler, left, and teammate Ben Duckett the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton, center, celebrates with captain Jos Buttler, left, and teammate Ben Duckett the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India's Hardik Pandya bats during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India's Hardik Pandya bats during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India's Hardik Pandya bats during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India's Hardik Pandya bats during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's players celebrate after winning the Twenty20 cricket match against India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's players celebrate after winning the Twenty20 cricket match against India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton, left, celebrates with teammate Phil Salt, the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton, left, celebrates with teammate Phil Salt, the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton celebrates the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton celebrates the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

In reply, India was restricted to 145-9 (20 overs) as Jamie Overton picked 3-24 in four overs. The hosts lead the series 2-1.

Jofra Archer (2-33) and Brydon Carse (2-28) took a brace each.

India had won the first two T20s in Kolkata and Chennai by seven and two wickets, respectively. Pune will host the fourth T20 on Friday.

This was after India had won a third consecutive toss and opted to bowl again. The hosts made one change — Mohammed Shami made his long-awaited return to international cricket.

Shami last played in the 2023 Cricket World Cup and replaced left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh in the Indian eleven. England fielded an unchanged side.

Put in to bat, Duckett was unperturbed as Phil Salt (5) fell cheaply for a third straight game.

Duckett struck seven fours and two sixes, putting on 76 off 45 balls for the second wicket with skipper Jos Buttler who scored 24 off 22 balls.

Chakravarthy got into the act by dismissing Buttler in the ninth over, and England was dealt another blow at the halfway stage as Axar Patel removed Duckett as well.

It became 108-4 in 12.4 overs as Harry Brook (8) was bowled off Ravi Bishnoi going for a sweep.

Liam Livingstone rediscovered his touch to score 43 off 24 balls and held the English innings together even as Chakravarthy attacked at the other end.

He dismissed Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton off successive balls in the 14th over. While denied a hat trick, he went on to pick his second five-for in six T20s.

Chakravarthy’s best of 5-17 had previously come against South Africa last November at Gqeberha — India lost that game by three wickets.

Livingstone hit five sixes and helped England to its highest total of the series – rescuing his side from a precarious 127-8 in 16 overs.

Chasing 172, India’s top order failed against the English pacers. Archer unsettled Sanju Samson once again — out caught for three.

Abhishek Sharma scored 24 off 14 with five fours but was caught off Carse in the fourth over. India was down to 48-3 as skipper Suryakumar Yadav fell for 14 against Mark Wood.

The turning point came when Adil Rashid bowled in-form Tilak Varma for 18 runs in the eighth over.

It left Hardik Pandya to hold the innings together and he tried, scoring 40 off 35 balls.

But India continued losing wickets at regular intervals with Washington Sundar (6), Axar Patel (15) and Dhruv Jurel (2) failing to score big.

Pandya hit two sixes but was out caught off Overton in the 19th over to signal an end for Indian hopes.

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England's captain Jos Buttler, facing right, celebrates with teammate Mark Wood after winning the Twenty20 cricket match against India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's captain Jos Buttler, facing right, celebrates with teammate Mark Wood after winning the Twenty20 cricket match against India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton, center, celebrates with captain Jos Buttler, left, and teammate Ben Duckett the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton, center, celebrates with captain Jos Buttler, left, and teammate Ben Duckett the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India's Hardik Pandya bats during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India's Hardik Pandya bats during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India's Hardik Pandya bats during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India's Hardik Pandya bats during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's players celebrate after winning the Twenty20 cricket match against India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's players celebrate after winning the Twenty20 cricket match against India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton, left, celebrates with teammate Phil Salt, the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton, left, celebrates with teammate Phil Salt, the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton celebrates the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

England's Jamie Overton celebrates the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the Twenty20 cricket match between England and India in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Israel during a visit to Pakistan on Thursday, speaking up in defense of Palestinians in Gaza and condemning ideas to forcibly displace them from their land.

Speaking at a business forum, Erdogan accused Israel of failing to keep to a ceasefire agreement, warning that the region was being dragged “toward blood and tears again.”

Erdogan reiterated his opposition to President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza.

“Gaza belongs to our Gazan brothers and sisters and will remain so forever,” he said in a televised speech at a business forum in the capital, Islamabad. “The homeland for which the Palestinians have sacrificed tens of thousands of their children is not up for bargaining."

Earlier on Thursday, Erdogan held talks on Gaza and bilateral Turkey-Pakistani trade and cooperation with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

The two leaders chaired strategic cooperation talks and witnessed the signing of 24 agreements and a memorandum of understanding on boosting economic and defense ties.

Sharif said the two nations would try to increase the volume of their annual bilateral trade to $5 billion, from the current $1.4 billion.

Erdogan said both Turkey and Pakistan “strive to provide every effort” to support the Palestinians.

“We must strengthen this determined stance, especially at a time when there are unlawful and morally unacceptable proposals such as tearing our Gazan brothers from their homeland,” he added.

Erdogan also paid tribute to Pakistani security forces and civilians killed in militant attacks, which Pakistan has blamed on the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and whose leaders and fighters are hiding in Afghanistan since the Afghan Taliban seized power in 2021.

Pakistan and Turkey in the statement stressed that “Afghanistan should not become a safe haven for terrorist groups" and Kabul should take all necessary measures against TTP and the Islamic State group.

The two sides “expressed their grave concern at the unprecedented loss of lives and property as well as displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians as a result of indiscriminate use of force by Israel.” While welcoming the Gaza ceasefire, they hoped that the truce would lead to a permanent and durable ceasefire.

As well as calling for greater humanitarian assistance, the two sides underscored that any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their land as well as to continue illegal settlements constitute blatant violations of international law.

The Turkish leader also met with his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari before returning home.

Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey.

In this photo released by Press Information Department, visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hand with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a welcome ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Press Information Department via AP)

In this photo released by Press Information Department, visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hand with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a welcome ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Press Information Department via AP)

In this photo released by Press Information Department, visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, walks with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, right, during a welcome ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Press Information Department via AP)

In this photo released by Press Information Department, visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, walks with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, right, during a welcome ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Press Information Department via AP)

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