Rishabh Pant
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Rishabh Pant's fantastic maiden century in the 50-over cricket helped India thrash England by five wickets in the third and final ODI and win the three-match series 2-1.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya (4/24) and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's (3/60) superb bowling efforts helped India bowl out England for 259 in 45.5 overs.
Chasing a challenging total, India were in deep, deep trouble at 72-4 in 16.2 overs after losing the wickets of Shikhar Dhawan (1), Rohit Sharma (17).
But Hardik and Pant batted sensibly, found regular boundaries and stitched a match-winning stand of 133 runs.
Pandya (71 off 55) got out in the 36th over of the innings when India needed 55 runs. However, Pant became even more aggressive and went on to hit his first ODI century.
He remained not out (125 off 113) and along with Ravindra Jadeja (7 not out off 15) helped India to a thumping five-wicket victory in 42.1 overs.
Reece Topley (3/35) was England's most successful bowler while Brydon Carse (1/45) and Craig Overton (1/54) also chipped in with one wicket each.😜