India suffered their worst ever T20 defeat, in terms of runs, as they slumped to a mammoth 125-run loss to England at Trent Bridge on Tuesday after being blown away by fast bowlers Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue.
England posted 201-7, with Phil Salt making 70 and T20 world champions India only just bettered the opener's score as they collapsed to 76 all out inside 12 overs.
Archer and Tongue were simply too much for India to handle, both quicks clocking more than 90 mph (145 kmh)on the speed gun, as they ripped through the tourists' top-order with the new ball.
Tongue finished with career-best figures of 4-28 and Archer 3-29 as England went 2-0 up in the series, with two to play, following a wash-out in the opener.
Tuesday's result comfortably surpassed India's record run-loss in a T20, an 80-run defeat by New Zealand at Wellington in 2019 and came hot on the heels of their recent shock 2-0 series reverse against Ireland in Belfast that preceded their tour of England.
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND 2026
England vs India, 3rd T20I
Trent Bridge, Nottingham | July 7, 2026
England won by 125 runs
England lead the 5-match T20I series 2-0
Player of the match: Jofra Archer
England innings — 201/7
Run rate: 10.05 | Overs: 20.0
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| Phil Salt | c Arshdeep Singh b Axar Patel | 70 | 44 | 7 | 3 |
| Jos Buttler | b Prince Yadav | 36 | 21 | 4 | 2 |
| Harry Brook | c Abhishek Sharma b Prince Yadav | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacob Bethell | c Vaibhav Sooryavanshi b Harshit Rana | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Banton | c Varun Chakaravarthy b Harshit Rana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Curran | not out | 41 | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| Will Jacks | run out (Axar Patel/Ishan Kishan) | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Jofra Archer | run out (Tilak Varma/Arshdeep Singh) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Liam Dawson | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | — | 6 | — | — | — |
India bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| Harshit Rana | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| Axar Patel | 4 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| Prince Yadav | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Shivam Dube | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
England fall of wickets
1-43 Buttler, 5.1 ov | 2-71 Brook, 8.2 ov | 3-111 Bethell, 11.5 ov | 4-111 Banton, 12 ov | 5-158 Salt, 16.2 ov | 6-193 Jacks, 19.1 ov | 7-199 Archer, 19.5 ov
India innings — 76 all out
Run rate: 6.51 | Overs: 11.4
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| Abhishek Sharma | c Phil Salt b Josh Tongue | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | c Jos Buttler b Jofra Archer | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Ishan Kishan | c Jacob Bethell b Josh Tongue | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Shreyas Iyer | c Jacob Bethell b Jofra Archer | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | c Jos Buttler b Jofra Archer | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Tilak Varma | st Jos Buttler b Will Jacks | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Harshit Rana | c Tom Banton b Josh Tongue | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Shivam Dube | c Jos Buttler b Josh Tongue | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Arshdeep Singh | c Jos Buttler b Adil Rashid | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | b Adil Rashid | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Prince Yadav | not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | — | 0 | — | — | — |
England bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Jofra Archer | 3 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| Josh Tongue | 4 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| Will Jacks | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Adil Rashid | 2.4 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
India fall of wickets
1-23 Abhishek Sharma, 1.5 ov | 2-29 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 2.4 ov | 3-41 Ishan Kishan, 4 ov | 4-41 Shreyas Iyer, 4.1 ov | 5-52 Axar Patel, 5 ov | 6-60 Tilak Varma, 7.1 ov | 7-63 Shivam Dube, 8.2 ov | 8-68 Arshdeep Singh, 9.2 ov | 9-70 Harshit Rana, 10.4 ov | 10-76 Varun Chakaravarthy, 11.4 ov
Top scorer
Phil Salt — 70
Best figures
Josh Tongue — 4/28
Impact spell
Jofra Archer — 3/29
Full scorecard summary | England vs India, 3rd T20I | Updated after match end
