India on Friday defeated England by 15 runs in the fourth T20I of the five match series in Pune to take an unassailable 3-1 lead. (Highlights | Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
India were in a spot of bother, both while batting and bowling, but bounced back in s𓆏tyle to eke out a clinical victory. The stars of the win were Hardik Pa♎ndya and Shivam Dube who both scored fifties with the bat and the bowlers who put out a collective performance.
Earlier, England skipper Jos Buttler had won the toss for the first time in the series and opted to bowl first🧔.
India Vs England 4th T20I Playing 11s
India Playing XI: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeepꦆ Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, 💙Varun Chakravarthy
England Playing XI: Philip Salt(w), Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid,ꦍ Saqib ౠMahmood
England were off to a stunning start with Saqib Mahmood ꦇgiving India a triple blow in the second over. Mahmood got the wickets of Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson in his first over of the tour to becom💟e the first man to bowl a triple-wicket maiden in T20Is.
With three down in the second over, Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh stitched a small partnership before both 🤡of them were dismissed by the 11th over.
India were struggli🌼ng at 79/5 in 10.4 overs when Hardik joined Dube at the crease. 🐟After a slow start, both of them went berserk and raised crucial fifties to take India to 181/9 in 20 overs.
England yet again pushed India on the backfoot right at the start of the chase. English openers Ben Duckett and Phil Salt went on a four-scoring spree and churned out boundaries at will in the powerplay. D🦂uckett was the main agressor before being dismissed for 19-ball 39 on the last ball of the powerplay. However, ♍he had pushed England's score to 62 in the first six overs.
After that, Indian spinners took over and apart from Harry Brook, no other English batter could put up a meaningful resistance. England's hopes took a massive hit when🍒 Brook departed at 51 in the 15th over. The visitors kept losing wickets after that and were eventually bundled out for 166 in 19.4 overs.
Ravi Bishnoi picked up three wickets and the in-form Varun Chakravarthy took two wickets. Harshit Rana, who came in as a substitute for Shivam Dube who suffered a concussion, also pic꧃ked up three wickets.
The final game o🐽f the series takes place on Sunday, February 🌺2 in Mumbai.
