- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 Taken at cover! Another failure for Salt, but Hardik deserves credit for going wide on the crease, enticing that drive! Another off cutter - met powerfully enough but straight at Abhishek Sharma 7/19.6 Duckett goes! Caught at deep midwicket, but credit to Axar for holding that back a touch, forcing Duckett to mistime straight to the fielder 87/38.6 Huge wicket! Big appeal for caught behind off the attempted reverse! Given not out on the field but Varun and Samson are very excited and convince SKY to take the review... and it pays off! Spike on UltraEdge from the bottom of the glove. An excellent take from Sanju Samson and India have Buttler out for 24 after beginning the series with 68 and 45 83/212.4 dragged back on! Looks to fetch the sweep to this full ball from way outside off, but gets too close to the pitch and gets an under edge back onto the stumps. First wicket of the series for Bishnoi 108/417.1 picks out long-on! Livingstone knew the moment he made contact that he'd picked out the fielder. 147/913.3 muscled but he picks out Jurel at the deep midwicket boundary. Varun with a sheepish smile because he knew he'd dragged it down. Lucky strike but a big one nonetheless. Good comeback after being walloped down the ground for six. It's likely he shortened his length as a consequence to being hit down the ground in that manner off the previous delivery. 115/513.4 it's all going downhill for England and it's Varun again to the fore. Drifts in a quicker one that Overton looks to paddle, but ends up going too far across and misses it altogether as the leg stump takes a walk. 115/615.4 more joy for Varun! England on collapse mode. Looks to sweep again but ends up hitting it not just towards the longer boundary at deep square but also against the turn, Tilak takes the simplest of catches. 127/715.6 right through him! Varun continues to have a dream night. Archer is befuddled by the drift and the skid off the pitch. Plays down the wrong line as he stabs at this, but the ball sneaks through the big gap to crash into the stumps. 127/8Extras11 (b 5, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL171/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8.55)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Phil Salt, 1.3 ov), 2-83 (Jos Buttler, 8.6 ov), 3-87 (Ben Duckett, 9.6 ov), 4-108 (Harry Brook, 12.4 ov), 5-115 (Jamie Smith, 13.3 ov), 6-115 (Jamie Overton, 13.4 ov), 7-127 (Brydon Carse, 15.4 ov), 8-127 (Jofra Archer, 15.6 ov), 9-147 (Liam Livingstone, 17.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Shami 3 0 25 0 8.33 7 2 1 0 1 HH Pandya 4 0 33 2 8.25 7 4 0 2 0 Washington Sundar 1 0 15 0 15 2 2 1 0 0 CV Varun 4 0 24 5 6 11 1 1 1 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 46 1 11.5 10 2 5 1 0 AR Patel 3 0 19 1 6.33 5 0 1 0 0 Abhishek Sharma 1 0 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 Archer gets his man! Hard length, Sanju goes back anticipating the short ball but it's too quick for him, and his attempt to launch down the ground ends up dropping into the hands of Rashid backtracking at mid on 16/13.4 What a catch from Archer! Off cutter into the pitch means Abhishek's attempted drive over the top goes high rather than far... it comes down with snow on it but Archer has tracked it brilliantly while running towards the cover boundary. 31/25.1 Straight in the air... and Salt pouches the India captain! Wood hammers a length, which surprises Suryakumar, who gets in a tangle and top edges high rather than far. Salt, who has just taken the gloves, did well to track that 48/37.6 Got him! Gorgeous, gorgeous delivery from Rashid! Gets Varma on the back foot, rips it through him and into middle stump. Deceived through the air and off the pitch - it does not get better than that for a leg spinner 68/418.1 that's been clobbered straight to long-off. Hardik once again stays deep inside the crease to try and muscle this but this is an excellent change of pace fro Overton and it turns out to be a simple catch. With that goes India's hopes. 131/712.1 deceived by the slower one as he goes through with the shot, the bottom hand comes off the bat handle and he spoons the simplest of catches to mid-off. Poor shot from Washington. Excellent from Overton. 85/517.2 slices this full toss straight to short third where Rashid didn't have to move an inch. Axar made room to expose all three stumps to try and scythe this behind point. 123/619.1 looks to get across a long way and scoop over short fine but ends up looping it straight up to the keeper as he gets hit high on the bat. Jurel also lost balance just before he made contact, so couldn't get the kind of bat he would've liked on this one. England nearly there. 140/918.6 toe-ends a lofted hit and long-on takes another dolly. 140/8Extras12 (lb 6, w 6)TOTAL145/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.25)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Sanju Samson, 2.2 ov), 2-31 (Abhishek Sharma, 3.4 ov), 3-48 (Suryakumar Yadav, 5.1 ov), 4-68 (Tilak Varma, 7.6 ov), 5-85 (Washington Sundar, 12.1 ov), 6-123 (Axar Patel, 17.2 ov), 7-131 (Hardik Pandya, 18.1 ov), 8-140 (Mohammed Shami, 18.6 ov), 9-140 (Dhruv Jurel, 19.1 ov)
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.10
Match days
28 January 2025 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 4.6: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Batter - BM Duckett (Struck down)
- England: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (BM Duckett 38, JC Buttler 13, Ex 0)
- Over 8.6: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Batter - JC Buttler (Upheld)
- BM Duckett: 50 off 26 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Drinks: England - 87/3 in 10.0 overs (HC Brook 2)
- England: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 5
- England: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: England - 171/9 in 20.0 overs (AU Rashid 10, MA Wood 10)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 3 wickets)
- PD Salt kept wickets in place of injured JL Smith from 3.5 overs.
- India: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: India - 78/4 in 10.0 overs (HH Pandya 9, Washington Sundar 2)
- Over 12.5: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Batter - HH Pandya (Struck down)
- Over 13.6: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Pandit, Batter - AR Patel (Struck down)
- India: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 8
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