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Lord’s got its money’s worth on July 19, 2026. This India National Cricket Team vs England Cricket Team Scorecard tells the story of a series decider that swung on 138 runs from Rohit Sharma and a target that never quite came within reach. England won by 27 runs, closed the series 2-1, and handed India their first series defeat of this tour. The match mattered because it was the decider after a 1-1 split, because Rohit’s future in ODIs hung over every ball, and because a minute’s silence for Sir Garfield Sobers opened the day on a somber note before the cricket took over.
India National Cricket Team vs England Cricket Team Scorecard (3rd ODI Lord’s 2026)
England 387/3 (50 overs) beat India 360/7 (50 overs) by 27 runs.
Toss: England won the toss and chose to bat.
Match winner: England, sealing the series 2-1.
Player of the Match: Jacob Bethell, 91 off 93 balls plus a wicket.
Player of the Series: Joe Root, 249 runs across the three games.
Match information
Date and time: July 19, 2026, first ball at 11:00 AM local time.
Venue: Lord’s, London. ODI number 4990.
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Martin Saggers, with Sam Nogajski on TV duty and Mike Burns as reserve umpire.
Match referee: Richie Richardson.
Pitch report: A true, paced surface where teams batting first typically aim for 270 to 290. Nobody told England that on this occasion.
Weather: Sunny with occasional cloud, temperatures between 13°C and 24°C, no rain in the forecast. None arrived.
India playing XI
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (captain), Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.
Rohit and Gill opened. Kishan and Iyer filled the middle order behind Kohli. Axar, Brar, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep and Prasidh Krishna made up the bowling attack, with Jasprit Bumrah unavailable through injury.
England playing XI
Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue.
Duckett and Bethell opened. Root and Brook batted at three and four. Buttler kept and finished the innings at a sprint.
Toss report
Harry Brook called it right and picked bat first on a surface built for scoring. Given how the day unfolded, the toss barely mattered. England were good enough to post a huge total regardless of conditions, and India were good enough to chase most of it down. The difference came from England’s bowlers holding their nerve in the last 10 overs, not from anything the coin decided.
India innings scorecard
Chasing 388, India got the start every team dreams of. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill put on 147 for the first wicket. Rohit fell after his century, and Virat Kohli walked in to keep the chase alive.
Rohit Sharma: 138 off 110 balls (17 fours, 5 sixes) Shubman Gill: 77 off 84 balls Virat Kohli: 74 off 60 balls (4 fours, 3 sixes) Gurnoor Brar: 18 Arshdeep Singh: 15 off 6 balls
Rohit and Kohli added 113 for the second wicket. After that stand broke, the required rate climbed faster than India could answer it, and wickets fell in clusters through the middle overs. India finished on 360/7, their highest score of the series, and still 27 runs short.
England innings scorecard
Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell gave England the platform. Duckett reached his first fifty in 64 balls, then raced to his hundred in just 44 more. Bethell fell one short of what would have been his second ODI century, caught by Rohit Sharma off Prasidh Krishna for 91.
Ben Duckett: 141 (18 fours, 1 six) Jacob Bethell: 91 off 93 balls Joe Root: 74 not out off 48 balls Jos Buttler: 41 not out off 13 balls Harry Brook: 14
Duckett and Root put on 101 in 80 balls after Bethell’s wicket. Root and Buttler then added 62 in the last three overs, Buttler’s cameo alone worth 41 off 13 deliveries. England closed on 387/3, the highest List A total ever recorded at Lord’s.
Bowling figures
India bowling performance
Prasidh Krishna: 10-0-69-2, the pick of the attack, dismissing both Bethell and Brook. Gurnoor Brar: 10-0-97-0, an expensive day with the new ball. Prince Yadav: 10-0-79-1, removing Duckett late in the innings. Arshdeep Singh: wicketless. Axar Patel: wicketless.
Missing Jasprit Bumrah hurt. India’s attack had no answer once Duckett and Root settled in, and it showed most in the closing stretch.
England bowling performance
Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue and Will Jacks shared the bowling load across 50 overs. Curran’s changes of pace troubled India’s middle order after Rohit departed, and the attack combined to squeeze the last 10 overs hard enough to protect a target that briefly looked under threat.
Innings comparison
| Team | Runs | Wickets | Overs | Run rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 387 | 3 | 50 | 7.74 |
| India | 360 | 7 | 50 | 7.20 |
Powerplay summary
England powerplay: Duckett and Bethell went unbeaten through the first 10 overs, scoring at close to 6 an over and setting the tone for everything that followed.
India powerplay: Rohit and Gill matched that intent early, laying the foundation for their 147-run opening stand and keeping the chase alive from ball one.
Key match moments
Best partnership: Duckett and Bethell’s unbroken opening stand, which never let India’s bowlers settle.
Turning point: Rohit Sharma’s dismissal after his century. India were still in the game while he batted. Once he left, the required rate got away from them.
Match-winning spell: England’s death bowling, which restricted India just enough in the closing overs despite Rohit and Kohli’s fireworks earlier in the chase.
Crucial wicket: Prasidh Krishna removing Bethell one short of a century, breaking England’s second big stand before it could get fully out of hand.
Final over highlights: India needed a small miracle by the last few overs. Axar Patel and a partner fell in quick succession, and the equation moved out of reach well before the 50th over.
Top performers
Highest run scorers
| Player | Runs | Balls | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Duckett | 141 | not confirmed | – |
| Rohit Sharma | 138 | 110 | 125.45 |
| Jacob Bethell | 91 | 93 | 97.85 |
| Joe Root | 74* | 48 | 154.17 |
| Virat Kohli | 74 | 60 | 123.33 |
| Shubman Gill | 77 | 84 | 91.67 |
Best bowlers
| Player | Wickets | Overs | Economy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prasidh Krishna | 2 | 10 | 6.90 |
| Prince Yadav | 1 | 10 | 7.90 |
| Gurnoor Brar | 0 | 10 | 9.70 |
Most sixes
Rohit Sharma led the way with 5 sixes in his 138. Virat Kohli hit 3 more in his 74.
Most fours
Ben Duckett’s 18 fours edged out Rohit Sharma’s 17 for the most in the match.
Player of the Match
Jacob Bethell won it for 91 off 93 balls and a wicket, a genuine all-round contribution in a game stacked with individual brilliance. Rohit’s 138 got more headlines, but Bethell’s runs came inside the innings that set the target, and his part-time over accounted for a key wicket in India’s chase.
Match timeline
For readers searching the India National Cricket Team vs England Cricket Team Timeline, here’s how the day unfolded.
11:00 AM: Harry Brook wins the toss, elects to bat. Overs 1-10: Duckett and Bethell race along at nearly 6 an over, no wicket down. Overs 20-30: Duckett brings up his century in a 44-ball burst to three figures. Over 44: Bethell falls for 91, caught by Rohit off Prasidh Krishna. Overs 48-50: Root and Buttler add 62 in the last three overs. England close on 387/3. India’s reply begins: Rohit and Gill put on 147, both batters past fifty inside 20 overs. Rohit reaches his century, his 34th in ODIs and his first at Lord’s. Rohit falls for 138 after his stand with Kohli reaches 113. Overs 41-50: India concede 126 runs while chasing quick wickets, the game slipping away. Final over: India finish on 360/7. England win by 27 runs.
Records broken during the match
England’s 387/3 is now the highest List A total ever posted at Lord’s. Ben Duckett’s 141 stands as the highest individual ODI score at the ground.
Rohit Sharma became the first Indian to score an ODI century at Lord’s. His 138 is also the highest individual ODI score by an Indian batter against England on English soil, beating his own unbeaten 137 at Trent Bridge in 2018.
Prasidh Krishna reached 50 ODI wickets during his spell, becoming the third-fastest Indian to the milestone, level with Jasprit Bumrah.
Gurnoor Brar’s 0/97 ranks as the third-worst bowling figures by an Indian in ODI history. Only Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s 1/106 against South Africa in 2015 was worse.
India’s 126 runs conceded across overs 41 to 50 is their third-worst death-overs showing on record, behind the 144 leaked against South Africa in Mumbai in 2015.
Series standings after the 3rd ODI
England won the decider and took the series 2-1. India had won the opener at Edgbaston by 6 wickets, with Axar Patel picking up 4 wickets and an unbeaten 57. England leveled things in Cardiff with a 4-wicket win built on Joe Root’s unbeaten 99. Lord’s settled it in England’s favor, their first series win over India since 2018 and just their eighth in 22 attempts against India across all formats.
What this result means for both teams
India’s takeaways: The batting has no problem scoring 360-plus against a strong attack. The bowling, without Bumrah, has a problem finishing games. Death-overs planning needs urgent work before the next series.
England’s takeaways: Duckett and Bethell look like a genuine long-term opening pair. Root’s death-overs form with the bat gives England a template for closing out totals from here.
Impact on upcoming matches: Expect India to reassess their fast-bowling depth and their finishing order before their next 50-over assignment. England will want to build on this momentum heading into their next white-ball series.
Match statistics
Highest partnership of the match: Duckett and Bethell’s unbroken opening stand. Highest Indian partnership: Rohit and Gill’s 147 for the first wicket. Fastest fifty: Root’s alongside Buttler’s rapid cameo, both inside a handful of overs. Most boundaries in an innings: Duckett, with 19 across fours and sixes combined. Wickets by pace vs spin: England’s attack, built around Atkinson, Archer, Curran and Tongue with support from Rashid, did the bulk of the damage with pace and seam.
Social media reactions
Fans were split down the middle after the game. Plenty of posts praised Rohit’s innings as one of his best in England, calling it proof he still has plenty left in the tank. Others pointed to India’s bowling without Bumrah and asked hard questions about the fast-bowling bench strength. Former players on commentary flagged the same thing during the death overs: India missed a genuine strike bowler at the death, and it cost them the series.
Highlights of India vs England 3rd ODI at Lord’s
Five biggest moments: Duckett’s rapid century, Bethell falling one short of his own hundred, Rohit becoming the first Indian centurion in an ODI at Lord’s, Root and Buttler’s late assault, and India’s chase running out of partners in the last 10 overs.
Best catches: Rohit’s calm take at short range to end Bethell’s innings stood out in a match short on fielding drama.
Best deliveries: Prasidh Krishna’s extra bounce accounted for more than one batter and was the standout skill on show from India’s attack.
Best batting shots: Rohit’s six-hitting through the covers and over long-on, and Duckett’s sweep game, which alone brought him 90 runs behind square.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 3rd ODI between India and England at Lord’s in 2026?
England won by 27 runs.
What was the final score of India vs England 3rd ODI?
England 387/3 beat India 360/7.
Who won the Player of the Match award?
Jacob Bethell, for his 91 and a wicket.
Who scored the most runs in the match?
Ben Duckett, with 141.
Who took the most wickets?
Prasidh Krishna, with 2 for 69.
What was the toss result?
England won the toss and chose to bat first.
Where was the 3rd ODI played?
Lord’s, London.
What was the series score after the 3rd ODI?
England won the series 2-1.
Where can I watch the highlights of the India vs England 3rd ODI?
Official broadcaster and streaming platforms covering the India tour of England 2026 carry full highlights packages from the match.
Rohit Sharma’s innings deserves its own line at the bottom of this India National Cricket Team vs England Cricket Team Scorecard, because 138 off 110 balls, with 17 fours and 5 sixes, was the difference between a routine defeat and a genuine contest. He became the first Indian to score an ODI century at Lord’s, and his knock now stands as the highest individual ODI score by an Indian against England on English soil. It came with retirement talk swirling and the BCCI publicly denying anything was decided. Whatever comes next for him, this was not the innings of a batter fading out. England still won. India still lost the series 2-1. But Rohit’s Lord’s century will be the one thing everyone remembers from this game long after the scoreline is forgotten.
