Neither the bowler nor the batsman worked, England defeated India by 56 runs.

In the fifth T20 International match played between India and England, England defeated India by 56 runs. In this way, the English team defeated India in the last match of the five-match T20 International series and won the series 4-0. This match was played in Southampton. The first match was inconclusive due to rain. In a way, England has made a clean sweep.

England, batting first, scored a huge score of 257 runs at the loss of just three wickets in 20 overs. India needed 258 runs to win, in response to which the Indian team could score only 201 runs in 20 overs after losing 8 wickets.

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Ishaan and Tilak Verma’s fifty

Apart from Ishan Kishan’s 56 runs and Tilak Verma’s 53 runs, no batsman could show any special performance from India. This time too the openers were out cheaply. Opener Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring just 3 runs on five balls. Sanju Samson was out after scoring 27 runs, Shreyash Iyer 28 and Shivam Dubey was out after scoring 14 runs.

England’s lethal bowling

England’s bowlers gave initial shocks to India. First, Joffra Archer sent Abhishek Sharma to the pavilion cheaply, after which Sam Curran dismissed Samson on 27 runs. Curran took 3 wickets, Adil Rashid 2, Archer, Josh Tongue and Liam Dawson took one wicket each.

Indian bowlers gave away a lot of runs

At the same time, the English batsmen gave a tough class to the Indian bowlers. Akshar Patel proved to be the most expensive, giving 63 runs in four overs, while Prince Yadav gave 60 runs in four overs. Prasidh Krishna managed to take one wicket. At the same time, batsman Shivam Dubey, who came to bowl part-time, took two wickets for 22 runs in one over.

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Playing eleven of both the teams for the fifth T20 International match

India: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson, 3 Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Tilak Verma, 6 Shivam Dubey, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Suryansh Shedge, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Prince Yadav, 11 Prasidh Krishna

England: 1 Phil Salt, 2 Jos Buttler (wk), 3 Harry Brook (c), 4 Jacob Bethel, 5 Tom Banton, 6 Sam Curran, 7 Will Jaques, 8 Liam Dawson, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Josh Tong