India beat England by 15 runs in the fourth T20I match to secure a 3-1 series win in the five-match T20I series.
Harshit Rana and Ravi Bishnoi each took three wickets to rip up England’s batting lineup and help the side defend their total in the fourth T20I of the England tour of India 2025.
After England decided to bowl first, India struggled to defend Saqib Mahmood’s bowling attacks, as he dismissed Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, and Suryakumar Yadav in his very first over.
But Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh tried to forge a partnership before Adil Rashid get rid of the former for 29 runs. However, Shivam Dube came into attack and stablised the innings along with Hardik Pandya after the dismissal of Rinku Singh for 30 runs.
With a 88 run partnership, Dube and Pandya revived India with their fifties and helped the side to score a total of 181 runs in their 20 overs.
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧. 𝗔. 𝗪𝗜𝗡! 👏 👏#TeamIndia held their composure & sealed a 1⃣5⃣-run victory in the 4th T20I to bag the series, with a game to spare! 🙌 🙌
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— BCCI (@BCCI) January 31, 2025
Phil Salt and Ben Duckett had a solid start for the side as they scored 62 runs for the first wicket stand in the 5th over. The following two overs had one wicket each with Axar Patel dismising Phil Salt while Ravi Bishnoi bagged the wicket of Jos Buttler for 2 runs.
However Harrry Brook troubled Indian bowlers as he smashed 51 runs off 26 deliveries. But with his dismissal by Varun Chakravarthy the side’s defence started to crumble.
Jamie Overton and Adil Rashid scored 19 and 10 runs respectively, but it was not enough to bring victory for the visitors.
Meanwhile Varun Chakravarthy had two wickets while Arshdeep Singh and Axar Patel bagged a wicket each. Shivam Dube was named as the Player of the match for his impressive fifty.
The final match of the T20I will be played on February 02 at Wankhede Stadium before the start of the three match ODI series against same opponent.
