England took 2-1 lead in one day series

we cant blame a sngle person for the loss. if we do so every person might find some reason against every layer. everything went wrong for us in the match. bad fieldig, bad decisions and many more

I think the main mistake india committed was that, they did not use the powerplay overs efficiently. They made only 92 runs of the first 20 overs. Moreover, there was no consistency in the performance. When they had to win a score of 282, the first five players should have aimed for a personal score of 60. if all 5 players had aimed that way, the batsmen themselves would have finished the game.

The main reason for our defeat in the 3rd ODI was mainly coz of Ganguly, he played so selfishly in the last game.. He was just concerned about saving his wicket and achieving personal milestones.. He wasted far too many balls, about 10 overs.. As he was approaching his 50, he became so slow, that even Dravid, who came much later than him, was threatning to overtake him.. He played really bad, without responsibility, not helping others make runs as he was too conscious of his own wicket.. Also, the tail did not support Yuvraj, who was looking quite good to take the game our way... A bad game overall for Indians...

The major reason which I could think of is that lower and top order did not fire today in they way required and neither of sourav dravid or yuvraj could go on to convert there 40's 50's into a big score. atleast one should have gone on to big score then India would have got a realistic chance.