Score and updates from Rajkot as England look to stay alive in the five-match T20 series against India after slipping 2-0 down following defeats in Kolkata and Chennai.

England secured a 26-run victory over India in the third T20 International on Tuesday as some sprightly bowling kept the tourists alive in the five-match series against the world champions.

England, who were behind 0-2 in the five-match T20 series managed to stay in the game by defeating India by 26 runs in the 3rd T20I.

Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of today’s T20 match between England and India. England face the world champions in Kolkata in the first of the five-match series, in what marks Brendon McCullum’s first match in charge of the white-ball side.

India's T20 team showed it was unaffected by the ailments afflicting the longer-format sides as the reigning world champions completed a comprehensive seven-wicket win in the first T20 against England in Kolkata on Wednesday.

India has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series-opening T20 against England's cricketers in Kolkata.

Brydon Carse will replace Gus Atkinson for England's second T20 International against India on Saturday while Jamie Smith has also been added to the squad.

After back-to back wins, India will look to finish off the job and claim the series as they take on England in this third T20 encounter in Rajkot. Having been thrashed in the first T20 in Kolkata, England put in a much better showing in Chennai.

Follow live coverage of India vs England from the England in India 2025 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the winner.