Superb England inflict record T20 defeat on India

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Best shots from Salt's 70 against India By Stephan Shemilt Cricket Correspondent at Trent Bridge Published 7 July 2026, 20:35 BST Updated 1 minute ago Third T20 international, Trent Bridge England 201-7 (20 overs): Salt 70 (44), Curran 41* (24), Buttler 36 (21); Prince 2-30 India 76 (11.4 overs): Tongue 4-28, Archer 3-29 England won by 125 runs, lead five-match series 2-0 Scorecard England inflicted a record defeat on India in the third T20 at Trent Bridge to give the home side a 2-0 lead with two matches in the series remaining. Pace bowlers Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue were sensational to ensure the world champions - including 15-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - never got to grips with a chase of 202. Sooryavanshi was bounced out for 13 as part of Archer's 3-29, India reduced to 52-5 after five overs to effectively end the contest. Tongue, on his home ground, claimed 4-28. India were bowled out in only 11.4 overs for 76, their second-lowest all-out total in T20 cricket, while the margin of 125 runs is India's largest defeat in a T20 international. Phil Salt's 70 from 44 deliveries underpinned England's 201-7, Sam Curran providing late impetus with an unbeaten 41 off 24 balls. On a true pitch surrounded with short boundaries, the target looked around par, before Archer and Tongue ensured India would not get close. England cannot lose the series and will win it with victory in the fourth match in Bristol on Thursday. Archer and Tongue rout India To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, 'India are rocked again' - Archer removes Sooryavanshi It was thrilling stuff from England's new-ball bowlers, who both went over 90mph to produce the kind of hostility the hosts believed would bring success in Test cricket. The high-speed, short-pitched attack also leaves questions for the vaunted India top-order, who folded in the face of the sustained barrage. Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were all caught in the deep, square of the wicket, but the crucial moment was the fall of Sooryavanshi. In his second international, the left-hander sliced the second ball he faced, off Archer, for six over third man. With the noisy crowd falling silent every time he faced, Sooryavanshi clipped his next delivery, off Tongue, over mid-wicket for another six. But England had a plan to test him with the short ball. In Archer's next over, he served up a 90mph bouncer that Sooryavanshi gloved to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler. Before the powerplay was over, Archer also had Tilak Varma edge behind, the first time India have lost five wickets in the powerplay of a men's T20 international. The rest was a procession. Adil Rashid took two wickets, fellow spinner Will Jacks one, while Tongue came back to record his best figures in any T20 in his second international appearance. Ther