ENG vs IND: With the help of Butler’s century, England defeated India by 56 runs, achieved top position in T20I.

Delhi: In the fifth T20 match played at The Rose Bowl ground in Southampton, England defeated India by 56 runs. With this victory, England has overtaken India and captured the top position in the ranking of teams in T20I. England has won the series 4-0. Batting first, England scored a huge score of 257 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, despite a lot of efforts, the Indian team could score only 201 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs.

Butler and Brook’s historical orgy

After losing the toss and coming to bat first, England had a bad start and Phil Salt became the victim of Prasidh Krishna after scoring only 6 runs. But after this, Jos Buttler and captain Harry Brook destroyed the Indian bowlers. There was a historic partnership of 233 runs between the two for the second wicket in just 102 balls. Jos Buttler played a stormy inning of 131 runs in 64 balls with the help of 12 fours and 8 sixes, while Harry Brook remained unbeaten on 95 runs in just 45 balls with 4 fours and 8 sixes.

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None of India’s main bowlers could control the run rate. Prince Yadav gave away 60 runs in 4 overs and Akshar Patel gave away 63 runs in 4 overs. Part-time bowler Shivam Dubey took 2 wickets for 22 runs in 1 over.

Indian team faltered in run chase

The Indian team, which set out to chase the mountain-like target of 258 runs, had a very bad start. In-form opener Abhishek Sharma was out on the bowling of Joffra Archer after scoring just 3 runs. Sanju Samson hit some good shots and scored 27 runs in 14 balls, but he also returned to the pavilion in the powerplay itself.

After this Ishan Kishan and Tilak Verma raised some hopes. Ishan Kishan scored 56 runs in 35 balls and Tilak Verma, batting most explosively, scored 53 runs in just 25 balls. Captain Shreyas Iyer also contributed 28 runs in 16 balls, but India’s remaining hopes were dashed due to the cheap dismissal of Shivam Dubey (14) and Suryansh Shedge (7) in the middle order.

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Excellent bowling by Sam Curran and Adil Rashid

The bowlers from England defended the runs very well. Fast bowler Sam Curran took the maximum of 3 wickets giving 36 runs in 4 overs. Leg spinner Adil Rashid bowled brilliantly and took 2 important wickets for 24 runs in 3 overs. Apart from this, Joffra Archer, Josh Tongue and Liam Livingstone got 1-1 wicket.