Ahmedabad, Feb 13: Shubman Gill’s hundred was the lead act in India’s 142-run victory over England in the third and final ODI, which also helped the hosts sweep the series 3-0 in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.Gill’s 112 off 102 balls led India to an imposing 356, and England could only manage 214.
For India, pacers Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya were main wicket-takers.
Gill was declared Man of the Match and Man of the Series. He said, ‘ I think this was one of the better knocks in ODIs for me. The pitch was a bit tricky at the start so it’s satisfying. There was a bit for the fast bowlers. It was seaming, so the chat (with Virat) was to rotate strike and not lose wickets in powerplay, build on the momentum and take it from there’.
Rohit Sharma said, Very very pleasing (with the way the series went). We knew there will be challenges that we could face. I mean there is nothing I could have done about that (the ball that got rid of him today). Credit to the bowler and the bowler is there to get you out and you are there as a batter to challenge that. Just nicked the ball, second ball I was facing and couldn’t have done anything about that. I don’t see there was anything wrong we did this series. Obviously there are certain things we are looking at (to improve) and I am not going to stand here and explain those. It is our job as well to keep some consistency within the squad and the communication is clear. Obviously any champion team wants to get better every game and move forward from there. Very happy with the score (at the break). There is a bit of freedom in the squad to go out there and play the way you want.
The World Cup was a perfect example of that and we want to continue to do that. There will be times it will not fall in place but that’s okay.
Jos Buttler, England captain: It went in similar fashion to the whole tour (talking about the batting). We were outplayed by a fantastic team. Our approach (with bat) is a right one, just that we haven’t executed well. They put a great score on the board. Shubman played a great innings. We got off to a great start again but familiar story again for us. Need to find a way to bat longer. We were up against a really good side that keeps challenging.