England vs India, 2018: 5 reasons why India lost the 3rd ODI and the series

#2 Lower Middle order failure

Once Kohli and Dhawan got India back into the game, it looked like India were back on track and were going to score 300 or so.

Even though they got dismissed in the middle overs, the Indian middle order, namely Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, and Hardik Pandya should have taken it upon themselves to get them to a big score.

However, Raina completely failed as he was dismissed to Adil Rashid. Pandya got off to a decent start scoring 21 runs in 21 deliveries but then fell to Mark Wood. Dhoni was looking quite comfortable at 42 but he too was dismissed at the wrong moment.

If either of them stayed for a longer time, India could have scored 20-30 runs more.