IND vs ENG, 4th T20I, 2024-25: Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, and Harshit Rana played pivotal roles in keeping India in control against England in Pune. India secures an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
Brief Scores: India 181/9 (Hardik Pandya 53, Shivam Dube 53, Saqib Mahmood 3/35) beat England 166 (Harry Brook 51, Ben Duckett 39, Ravi Bishnoi 3/28) by 15 runs.
India beat England in Pune and thus confirmed a series win for themselves, taking an unassailable 3-1 lead. Blazing half-centuries from Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya, followed by brilliant spells from Ravi Bishnoi and Harshit Rana, propelled India to a thrilling 15-run victory over England.
Talking Point: Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson’s struggle continues
The Indian top-order's struggles against the pace and bounce continued as Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav threw away their wickets in the second over of the match. Samson, who pulled a short ball straight into the hands of deep square leg, was dismissed for the fourth time in a similar nature in four matches. The wicketkeeper-batter scored only 35 runs in four games at an average of 8.75. Whereas, India captain, Suryakumar scored just 26 in four matches including two ducks. Although India continues to win matches, their performance raises concerns for the team's long-term prospects.
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Pandya-Dube carnage powers India to 181/9
os Buttler won the toss and opted to bowl first, thus making this the first match of this series in which India batted first. Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube smashed half-centuries and helped India recover from being five wickets down for 79 runs to 181/9 in 20 overs. Pandya smashed his way past fifty in 27 balls and finally fell on 53 off 30 to Jamie Overton. Pandya and Shivam Dube powered an extraordinary fightback from India going into the death overs. Earlier, England pacer Saqib Mahmood struck thrice in his first over to rattle India's top-order. He dismissed Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, and Suryakumar Yadav in a triple-wicket maiden over.
Ravi Bishnoi and Harshit Rana shine as India gains unassailable lead
Chasing 182, England got a brilliant start as their openers comfortably dealt in boundaries. However, India bowlers quickly struck and scalped back-to-back wickets and bowled out the visitors for 166. Harshit Rana and Ravi Bishnoi took three wickets each leading India to a 15-run win. Rana, who came as the concussion sub for Shivam Dube and made his T20I debut, dismissed Liam Livingstone as he registered his first T20I wicket. Varun Chakravarthy also struck twice in the same over and provided India with two big wickets.
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Statistical Highlights from IND vs ENG, 4th T20I
Tilak Varma got his third T20I duck in this game. All of these zeros have been first-ball ducks.
Suryakumar Yadav registered his fifth T20I duck in this game.
India were reduced to 79-5, their third-lowest tally at the loss of fifth wicket versus England in T20Is.
The sixth wicket partnership of 87 runs between Hardik Pandya & Shivam Dube is the highest stand for this wicket for India against England in T20Is.
Hardik Pandya registered his fifth 50+ score in T20Is.
Shivam Dube registered his fourth 50+ score in T20Is.
Dube has crossed the 500-run mark in T20Is.
Liam Livingstone became Harshit Rana's first wicket in T20Is.
Harry Brook registered his fourth 50+ score in T20Is.
India won their fifth bilateral T20I series against England.
What’s next
With this win, India have clinched the five-match series with 3-1 lead. India will play England next in the fifth and the final T20I of the series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on February 02.
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