🐈Welcome to the live coverage of the fourth India vs England T20I taking place at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
🔯India Vs England 4th T20I Highlights: India defeated England by 15 runs to earn a series win with a game still remaining. Follow highlights here
🐈Welcome to the live coverage of the fourth India vs England T20I taking place at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
The series has been brilliant so far. India won comprehensively in the opening T20I thanks to Abhishek Sharma's stunning innings. Tilak Varma ✤starred for India in the second T20I before Adil Rashid's magical spell helped England win the T20I.
🥃The pitch report is not quite certain how the surface will play. Murali Kartik and Nick Knight say on air that it is a bit dry and that it is not a high scoring ground. So we might be in for another balanced game of cricket.
England Squad💫: Philip Salt, Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith(w), Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Rehan Ahmed
India Squad🔯: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Dhruv Jurel, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana
England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and decided to bowl first in the fourth T20I at the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium in Pune on Friday, January 31.
India Playing XIไ: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy
England Playing XIꦇ: Philip Salt(w), Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood
India have made three changes to their Playing XI. Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube and Arshdeep Singh have been included in the India XI in place of Mohammed Shami, Washington Sundar and Dhruv Jurel.
♍England have made two changes. Saqib Mahmood is playing for Mark Wood while Jacob Bethell comes in for Jamie Smith who pulled out midway last game due to issues in hamstring.
IND 12/0 (1)
💫Another quick start for Abhishek Sharma. Archer gives him width on the last two balls of the over and the left-hander first hits a six and then smashes a boundary to finish the over on a high. A good start for India!
ﷺBack-to-back wickets off the first two balls of Saqib Mahmood's second over. First he gets Samson in a similar fashion. The right-hander is rushed by the short ball once again. Tilak is then dismissed on the very next ball. A Golden Duck for him.
♔An out of form Suryakumar Yadav now comes into the middle.
IND 37/3 (5)
🧜Rinku has joined Abhishek in the middle and the duo has done well so far after the triple blow from Mahmood. India would want the pair to keep going. England would be wary of both of these batters.
IND 47/3 (6)
🀅Abhishek and Rinku have stabilised the innings and the scoreboard too has kept ticking. A good partnership. England would want to break this stand as early as possible.
IND 65/4 (8)
𝓰Another eventful over. Rashid comes into the attack and gets hit for a boundary by Abhishek Sharma. However, the leg-spinner gets Abhishek caught at the mid-wicket fence on the very next ball. Dube, the new man in, is dropped on the next ball before the left-hander goes on to smash a six on the final ball of the over.
IND 79/5 (11)
𒁃Another wicket falls. Rinku Singh is dismissed by Brydon Carse and India have lost half of their side. Things not looking good for the hosts. Rinku departs for 30. Hardik is the new man in.
IND 110/5 (14)
🌟Dube had to wait but it seems now he has found his touch. He launches Rashid for a six and then smashes him for a boundary. India also cross 100 through this over. Rashid ends his spell with 35 runs and a wicket.
IND 129/5 (16)
🦩A good partnership between Hardik and Dube. They have 50 runs in 32 balls. Both have them started slow but now are pushing the scoring rates. Hardik smashed Mahmood for two sixes in this over. India are looking for a big finish here and for that one of these two will have to stay till the end.
🌱27-ball half-century for Hardik Pandya. Outstanding innings. India looked in trouble when he walked in but he has truly stood out with his batting tonight. Four fours and four sixes in this innings.
IND 166/6 (18)
༒Hardik departs on the final ball of the over but it was an amazing innings. India who were struggling at 113/5 in 15 overs have galloped to 166/6 in 18 overs. 53 runs off the last 18 balls and the majority of them from Hardik. Really well played by the India allrounder.
India score 181/9 in 20 overs
🍸An anti-climatic last over. Overton concedes just three runs off it and gets a wicket to his name apart from two run outs. Dube is run out on the last ball for 53. India scored 65 runs in the four overs before the last over and that has helped them post a really good score despite a terrible start.
Sanju Samson c Brydon Carse b Saqib Mahmood 1
Abhishek Sharma c Jacob Bethell b Adil Rashid 29
Tilak Varma c Jofra Archer b Saqib Mahmood 0
💧 Suryakumar Yadav c Brydon Carse b Saqib Mahmood 0
Rinku Singh c Adil Rashid b Brydon Carse 3
Shivam Dube run out 52
Hardik Pandya c Jos Buttler b Jamie Overton 53
Axar Patel c Jacob Bethell b Jamie Overton 5
Arshdeep Singh run out (Salt/Jamie Overton) 0
Ravi Bishnoi not out 0
Extras: (LB-3, W-5, NB-2) 10
Total: (9 wkts, 20 Overs) 181
🌃 Fall of Wickets: 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 57-4, 79-5, 166-6, 180-7, 180-8, 181-9
𝓀 Bowler: Jofra Archer 4-0-37-0, Saqib Mahmood 4-1-35-3, Brydon Carse 4-0-39-1, Jamie Overton 4-0-32-2, Adil Rashid 4-0-35-1
ENG 8/0 (1)
🦄Two boundaries by Salt in the first over from Arshdeep. The pacer is trying to find some swing but there is not much and Salt makes full use of it by taking eight runs off the opening over of the chase.
ENG 37/0 (4) 145 runs in 96 balls
ಌA brilliant start for England. Both Salt and Duckett are smashing boundaries. The duo has slammed eight fours in total in the four overs so far. India need a wicket here. It seems like a good batting surface.
ENG 62/1 (6) need 120 runs in 84 balls
🎃Finally a wicket and India end the powerplay on a high. Bishnoi gets the dangerous Duckett who departs for 39 off 19. A good powerplay for England but India have an opening. They would need Chakravarthy to find some more wickets.
ENG 67/3 (7.3) need 115 runs in 75 balls
🏅Indian spinners are spinning a web here and England after a rollicking start have been put under some serious pressure. Bishnoi has dismissed Buttler after Duckett and Axar got Salt.
Last 10 balls: 5 runs and 3 wickets
ENG 86/3 (10) 96 runs in 60 balls
𒅌We are halfway into the chase and despite a roaring start, England are behind the required run rate at this stage. Just 24 runs in the last four over and England have been restricted a bit. India spinners tightening screws. Brook and Livingstone are trying to stitch a partnership.
ENG 95/4 (11.2) need 87 runs in 52 balls
🅺This will get interesting. Shivam Dube suffered a concussion and India replaced him with Harshit Rana! And now Rana has dismissed Liam Livingstone. Not exactly like for like but India would not complain. England lose their fourth wicket and this will definitely trigger a debate.
ENG 124/4 (14) need 58 runs in 36 balls
ಞBrook is keeping England in the game. 18 runs off the 14th over and Brook punishes Rana. It has been a tough series for the Yorkshire batter but today he is showing his class. England have taken the lead in the game now. Can India come back?
ENG 157/8 (18) need 25 runs in 12 balls
🍌Indian spinners have turned the game into India's favour but uncertainty still remains. Overton is on the crease and Adil Rashid too can bat just as he showed on the last ball of the over with a six off Arsdheep. Headed for an interesting finish.
India win by 15 runs!
🔯Another series win for India. They seal the series 3-1 with this victory. Arshdeep Singh takes the final wicket but the game had been sealed on the last ball of the penultimate over when Harshit Rana got rid of Jamie Overton. A good outing for the Men In Blue.
🐭India had lost three wickets in the first two overs but still managed to bounce back. Hardik and Dube scored brilliant half-centuries before the spinners tightened things to lead India to a win.
👍The discussion will definitely be around the concussion substitute. How India replaced a batting all-rounder who had batted with a bowler will be the question that will be asked. And both players involved had a good game. Dube smashed a fifty and Rana picked three crucial wickets.
💞Saqib Mahmood struck thrice in the second over of the game to put India in trouble. Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh did not stop though. They kept going and as a result India lost half of their side by the 11th over. Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya then combined to raise a crucial partnership and this stand turned the game. Both hit fifties and India managed to reach 181/9. England had a fantastic start with Ben Duckett taking the lead. However, Indian spinners turned the game in the middle overs. Ravi Bishnoi picked up three wickets so did concussion substitute Harshit Rana. Varun Chakravarthy too continued his fine form with a couple of wickets and India emerged victorious by 15 runs and won the series too with a game remaining.
IND 181/9 (20)
ENG 166 (19.4)
India won by 15 runs
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