Curran, Pant and Bhuvneshwar star as fielding mistakes take hold in Pune... PLAYER RATINGS

The Cricketer runs the rule over the individual performances of the two sets of players during the third ODI between India and England in Pune...

INDIA

Rohit Sharma (37): Made an excellent start with Dhawan, laying the foundations for a formidable Indian total, and will have been disappointed not to maximise. 5

Shikhar Dhawan (67): Excellent in the first powerplay, where he played the leading role of the two Indian openers. Tame dismissal, chipping a return catch to Adil Rashid, when well set. 7

Virat Kohli (7): Bowled leg stump trying to cut a good length ball from Moeen. The long wait for an international century now stands at 491 days. A phenomenal catch at short cover to dismiss Rashid, and good use of DRS. 3.5

KL Rahul (7): Weak dismissal, flicking a leg stump full toss from Liam Livingstone to short fine leg. After making 170 runs for once out in the first two matches, this was something of an anti-climax. 2

Rishabh Pant (78): Sent in at four with India having lost three wickets for 18, more fearful batsmen might have thought about steady rebuilding. Pant does not know the way. Instead, he was energetic, aggressive, inventive and swung the momentum of the innings. 8

Hardik Pandya (64 & 0-48): Played a crucial role in a stand worth 99 for the fifth wicket with Pant. Out at an inopportune time, after losing his colleague moments earlier, when he walked too far across his stumps and was bowled. Mistakes in the field were very uncharacteristic, but economic with the ball and a crucial intervention in the field to run out Wood late on. 6.5

Krunal Pandya (25 & 0-29): Scored at a slow rate with the bat, eating up 34 balls for his 25. Did not offer a great deal with the ball. 5

Shardul Thakar (30 & 3-64): A very useful, quick contribution down the order. Took important wickets at important times. One dreadful dropped catch. 7

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3 & 3-42):  Another disciplined, incisive performance with the ball. India's bowler of the series. 8.5

T Natarajan (0* & 1-73): Lost his length on occasion, and was expensive at times. One dropped catch at the death. 5

Prasidh Krishna (0 & 1-65): England targeted the inexperienced seamer, and he did not have a great deal to counter that approach. 4

ENGLAND

Jason Roy (14): Started like a runaway train with three boundaries off Kumar’s first five balls before being done through the gate. Excellent in the field. 3.5

Jonny Bairstow: Stuck on the crease against Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bairstow walked across his stumps, was pinned lbw, and could not reproduce his incredible form of 48 hours previously. 3

Ben Stokes (1-45 & 35): Had a start and enjoyed a second chance when Hardik Pandya dropped a dolly at mid-off… then slapped a full toss from Natarajan down deep square leg’s throat. As reliable as ever with the ball. 6

Dawid Malan (50): Plenty of promise from Malan, who looked to be anchoring the chase in partnerships with Stokes and Livingstone. But he could not go on and pulled Thakur to midwicket just after making his first ODI half-century. 7

Jos Buttler (15): Much better with the gloves than in the previous match on Friday. His 50-over rhythm with bat in hand is still very much missing. 3.5

Liam Livingstone (36 & 1-20): Showed how useful his bowling variations can be, even if he collected a gimme wicket off a rank full toss. Later lost his own wicket to a full toss, having put in the groundwork to rebuild England's innings alongside Malan. 7

Moeen Ali (29 & 1-39): Another unheralded contribution with the ball, which included the dismissal of Indian captain Kohli. With the bat, found his feet but couldn't go on. 6.5

Sam Curran (95* & 1-43): Radar deserted the allrounder from time to time, but any issues with the ball were more than made up for with the bat as Curran produced a remarkable tour de force to almost take England to a seemingly impossible victory. 8.5

Adil Rashid (19 & 2-81): Struggled against Pant, having pulled England back into the contest with the quick wickets of Rohit and Dhawan. Played the supporting role in a partnership with Curran which briefly threatened to take England close in the chase. 5

Mark Wood (12 & 3-34): Cleaned up the tail well, but his economy rate of 4.6 was most impressive on a day where most bowlers toiled. 7.5

Reece Topley (1* & 1-66): Went at just over sevens on a pitch that offered an awful lot to the batsmen. 5

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