Brook stars as England thump India by nine wickets to seal impressive T20 series win

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brook-harry/MefSexXu/"]Brook[/a] smashed an unbeaten 79 from 35 balls, and Phil Salt finished on 59 not out as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] overhauled [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a]'s modest 158-7 with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/england-UJC5mtAU/india-fcOzl2uI/?mid=xlvnv7xP"]more than six overs to spare.[/a][/p][p]Brook clubbed eight fours and four sixes while Salt added nine fours to a six in his innings.[/p][p][b]Victory came just two days after England inflicted India's heaviest T20 defeat in terms of runs - a 125-run thrashing at Trent Bridge - and left them 3-0 up in the series with just Saturday's finale at Southampton remaining.[/b][/p][p]England's fast bowlers starred again, Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue backing up impressive displays in Nottingham with two wickets each.[/p][p]India captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/iyer-shreyas/INzfXBtM/"]Shreyas Iyer[/a] provided rare resistance with an unbeaten 80 from 49 balls.[/p][p]But India still suffered a record fifth straight T20 defeat following their shock 2-0 series loss away to Ireland in Belfast as Brook and Salt, bowled from a free hit on four, ran riot at Gloucestershire's headquarters.[/p][embed guid="4616c14b-e7c9-4bfb-880c-14818f9f0d3b" url="https://x.com/englandcricket/status/2075311991606976573" social-type="twitter" /][p]India, who won the toss, at least improved upon their woeful 76 all out in Nottingham.[/p][p]Teenage opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck Tongue to the cover boundary and hit an uppercut for six, but the 15-year-old rising star was again unable to better his age after scores of 13 and 14.[/p][p]Sooryavanshi fell for 15 when he skied Archer to mid-on, falling to his Rajasthan Royals team-mate just as he had done at Trent Bridge.[/p][p]The pull shot also proved the undoing of Ishan Kishan, while leg-spinner Adil Rashid ran 20 yards to catch Abhishek Sharma off his own bowling and leave India 48-3.[/p][p]Iyer and Shivam Dube repaired the innings, albeit in sedate fashion.[/p][p]The fourth wicket partnership was worth 53 from 43 balls when Dube holed out in the deep to a slower ball from off-spinner Will Jacks.[/p][p]Iyer reached his second fifty of the series with a six off Rashid.[/p][embed guid="b932f0b1-7c3a-4c92-9cbb-d41a55878610" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fajVPftHI2M&pp=ygUPZW5nbGFuZCBjcmlja2V0" social-type="youtube" /][p]But India were struggling, and England's fine display in the field was exemplified by Sam Curran and Archer conceding only eight runs and no boundaries in the final two overs.[/p][p]Arshdeep Singh made an early breakthrough for India when he had Jos Buttler caught behind for eight.[/p][p]But it was one-way traffic from then on as Salt and Brook shared a stand of 146.[/p]