Ind vs Eng, 5th T20I: India Pull Off Stunning Win Over England To Seal Series 3-2

India vs England: An all-round performance from the Men in Blue stunned the visitors as they attained a 36-run win to clinch the series 3-2 and continue their unbeaten run in T20 cricket to 8 series win, while England's unbeaten run of 5 series win on foreign soil came to an end.

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A remarkable bowling performance from Indian bowlers Shardul Thakur (3/45) & Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/15) on a batting-friendly pitch, following heroic knocks from Virat Kohli (80), Rohit Sharma (64) and Hardik Pandya (39) powered team India to a historic series win over England at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.

An all-round performance from the Men in Blue stunned the visitors as they attained a 36-run win to clinch the series 3-2 and continue their unbeaten run in T20 cricket to 8 series win, while England's unbeaten run of 5 series win on foreign soil came to an end.

Chasing a mammoth 225 for the win, Jos Buttler (34-ball 52) and Dawid Malan (46-ball 68) not only steadied their team's sinking ship after Jason Roy's early exit but also provided the much-needed acceleration to keep themselves alive in the match.

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For India, Shardul Thakur took the maximum three wickets, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked 2 wickets and Hardik Pandya, T Natarajan bagged one wicket each.

Earlier, England won the toss and invited India to bat first. A blistering start from Virat Kohli (52-ball 80*) and Rohit Sharma (34-ball 64) helped India set a grand stage to post a mammoth 224/2 against England.

The solid 94-run partnership between Kohli and Rohit was attained by them in their 2nd outing together as openers for the Indian cricket team.

After Rohit's exit, Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav continued to torment the visitors by launching a brutal attack against English bowlers.

Yadav played a fiery 17-ball 32 run knock before Chris Jordan put an end to his innings with a stunning one-handed catch.

Hardik Pandya (17-ball 39*), who was the next man in with 6 overs remaining, played some ruthless strokes - mostly over the boundary rope for sixes - and stitched a quick fifty-run partnership with Kohli to help his team get a 200-plus run total.