- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 Samson has been caught pulling once again. He holes out to deep square leg as Mahmood strikes with his first ball. Banged in short and at the body, Samson does not have enough room to free his arms. He still dares to pull it away, the connection isn't good enough and he finds Carse in the outfield. Gone for 1 12/17.2 Rashid strikes back to have Abhishek holing out to deep midwicket! Much slower through the air and outside off, dips at Abhishek. He fetches from outside off and drags a slog-sweep to Bethell at deep midwicket 57/41.2 What a double-strike from Mahmood! Caught at deep third. Archer runs in from deep third, dives forward, and completes a terrific catch. Tilak charges at Mahmood first ball, does not middle it at all, and sends a thick outside edge flying to Archer 12/21.6 Make it a triple-strike from Mahmood! He has stunned the MCA stadium into silence. Chipped into the hands of Carse at short mid-on. Full and attacking the stumps, with short leg and short mid-on in place. This is a half-hearted flick from SKY, he watches the ball loop into the hands of Carse in utter disbelief. SKY falls for a duck 12/310.4 runs down, hacked to deep third! Rashid in the action again as he runs to his right and takes the catch at chest height. Rinku got away with one of these against Carse earlier in the innings but this time the top edge goes to hand and England have their fifth of the night 79/519.6 dug short again, swatted in the air but landing short of long-on. They will push for two off the last ball, but a direct hit leaves Dube short! Superb throw to the striker's end, and it ends Dube's valiant inings, as well as denying India a run. Just three conceded in a brilliant final over by Overton 181/917.6 slower ball, holes out to cover! The Pandya-monium is over. Loses his shape trying to smash another one down the ground the ball skews over the off side where Buttler takes a good catch running back. But the No. 7 has done his job 166/619.2 slogged off the pads to deep midwicket! No mistake from Bethell this time. Struck hard and flat but straight to the fielder. Axar's stay in the middle is a short one 180/719.3 steps away, Overton goes full and wide, Dube will run down to take the strike regardless... and Overton relays the throw from Buttler into the stumps! So Arshdeep is run out off his only ball, but Dube is at the right end 180/8Extras10 (lb 3, nb 2, w 5)TOTAL181/9 (20 Overs, RR: 9.05)Did not bat: CV VarunFall of wickets: 1-12 (Sanju Samson, 1.1 ov), 2-12 (Tilak Varma, 1.2 ov), 3-12 (Suryakumar Yadav, 1.6 ov), 4-57 (Abhishek Sharma, 7.2 ov), 5-79 (Rinku Singh, 10.4 ov), 6-166 (Hardik Pandya, 17.6 ov), 7-180 (Axar Patel, 19.2 ov), 8-180 (Arshdeep Singh, 19.3 ov), 9-181 (Shivam Dube, 19.6 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.5 Two in two overs for India! Arm ball from Axar, flat and quick, veering into middle. Not short enough for the cut and it's on the stumps. Salt still dares to chop it away and misses. His stumps are rattled 65/25.6 Caught by SKY at extra-cover. Much fuller on middle, this wrong'un turns away. Duckett aims to swing it away over mid-on once again but can only skew it to SKY this time. Vital wicket for India to close out the powerplay. By pushing point back, SKY took out the reverse and challenged Duckett to do something different. It didn't come off for the England opener 62/17.3 taken at short third. Bishnoi is known for his googlies but he gets the England captain with a legbreak. Buttler goes for a cut shot - and the ball is there for it, shortish and wide - but the revs Bishnoi has put on it pays off. Creates extra bounce which takes the ball past the middle of the bat and gets the top edge 67/314.3 scooped to short fine leg! Fifty and out for Brook, who falls to Varun again. Arshdeep up in the ring this time and he doesn't have to move far as Brook's attempt to clear him comes off the toe of the bat. SKY gestures to his players to stay calm, but that's a huge wicket 129/511.2 steered to the keeper! Rana strikes second ball on debut. Livingstone plays an odd shot, really, given the circumstances. Seam movement and bounce in the channel as he looks to guide the ball to third. Clear deflection through to Samson and India are edging ahead in this contest 95/415.5 slower ball, plinked to long-on! Rana has another and England are on the slide here. Beautifully bowled offcutter and although Bethell connects, he can't manufacture the power required to clear the ropes. SKY steadies himself under a steepling catch and pouches it safely. India closing in on the series win 137/714.5 miscued to deep square leg! Varun goes bang-bang and England are in trouble now. Carse sets himself for the big shot, he nailed a couple of them in Chennai. But his connection here isn't great and the ball loops tamely out towards the man coming in off the rope for a simple catch 133/618.6 bowled him, Rana the hero! Third wicket of the night for India's concussion sub, and that has probably sealed the game for India. Length ball outside off and Overton throws the bat, but only manages an inside edge into leg stump. England lose their ninth, and the jig is almost up 163/916.5 chopped on! Bishnoi's googly just keeps coming back at Archer as he tries to make room, only to bottom edge the ball into the base of off stump. Too good for the No. 9 with boundaries needed. Third wicket of the night for Bishnoi 146/819.4 Mahmood holes out and India take the series! Short ball angling across, Mahmood takes on the pull but doesn't have anywhere near the distance. So India close the game out by15 runs to go 3-1 up with one to play 166/10Extras6 (lb 5, w 1)TOTAL166 all out (19.4 Overs, RR: 8.44)Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Ben Duckett, 5.6 ov), 2-65 (Phil Salt, 6.5 ov), 3-67 (Jos Buttler, 7.3 ov), 4-95 (Liam Livingstone, 11.2 ov), 5-129 (Harry Brook, 14.3 ov), 6-133 (Brydon Carse, 14.5 ov), 7-137 (Jacob Bethell, 15.5 ov), 8-146 (Jofra Archer, 16.5 ov), 9-163 (Jamie Overton, 18.6 ov), 10-166 (Saqib Mahmood, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 3.4 0 35 1 9.54 7 5 1 0 0 HH Pandya 1 0 11 0 11 2 2 0 0 0 CV Varun 4 0 28 2 7 11 4 0 0 0 AR Patel 3 0 26 1 8.66 8 3 1 1 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 28 3 7 9 1 1 0 0 Harshit Rana 4 0 33 3 8.25 11 2 2 0 0
Match Details
Series
Players per side
England 11 ; India 12 ( 11 batting, 11 fielding)
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 5-match series 3-1
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
31 January 2025 - night match (20-over match)
T20I debut
India replacement
Harshit Rana for S Dube (England innings, 8.6 ov)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- India: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 2
- Over 9.4: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - RK Singh (Struck down)
- Drinks: India - 72/4 in 10.0 overs (RK Singh 29, S Dube 8)
- India: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (81 balls), Extras 6
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (S Dube 20, HH Pandya 28, Ex 2)
- India: 150 runs in 17.0 overs (104 balls), Extras 10
- HH Pandya: 50 off 27 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- S Dube: 50 off 31 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Innings Break: India - 181/9 in 20.0 overs (Ravi Bishnoi 0)
- England: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (PD Salt 15, BM Duckett 37, Ex 1)
- Drinks: England - 86/3 in 10.0 overs (HC Brook 12, LS Livingstone 8)
- England: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 2
- HC Brook: 50 off 25 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- England: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 6
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