At the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, India defeated England by 15 runs in the fourth Twenty20 International. India has clinched the five-match series with one game remaining thanks to this victory. England was all-out for 166 runs in 19.4 overs while chasing a goal of 182 runs.
After winning the toss, England requested India to bat. India achieved 181 runs at the conclusion of their innings after taking three wickets in the second over (Samson (1), Tilak Varma (0), and Suryakumar Yadav (0)). The outstanding innings by Shivam Dube (53), Rinku Singh (30), and Hardik Pandya (53), made this possible.
In the England innings, England made good start with openers Philip Salt (23) and Ben Duckett (39) scoring quick runs. However apart from Harry Brook (51), Jamie Overton (19) and Adil Rashid (10) no batter scored in double digit. The visitors kept losing wickets in regular intervals and were all-out for 166 in 19.4 overs. With this loss, the guest team has lost the series to the host team.
Fall of Wickets (India Innings)
12-1 (Samson, 1.1), 12-2 (Tilak Varma, 1.2), 12-3 (Suryakumar Yadav, 1.6), 57-4 (Abhishek Sharma, 7.2), 79-5 (Rinku Singh, 10.4), 166-6 (Hardik Pandya, 17.6), 180-7 (Axar, 19.2), 180-8 (Arshdeep Singh, 19.3), 181-9 (Shivam Dube, 20)
Fall of Wickets (England innings)
62-1 (Ben Duckett, 5.6), 65-2 (Philip Salt, 6.5), 67-3 (Jos Buttler, 7.3), 95-4 (Liam Livingstone, 11.2), 129-5 (Harry Brook, 14.3), 133-6 (Brydon Carse, 14.5), 137-7 (Jacob Bethell, 15.5), 146-8 (Jofra Archer, 16.5), 163-9 (Jamie Overton, 18.6), 166-10 (Saqib Mahmood, 19.4)