IND vs ENG, 5th T20 HIGHLIGHTS: India Pull Off Stunning Win Over England To Seal Series 3-2
IND vs ENG, 5th T20 LIVE Updates: India thump England by 36 runs in the last T20I at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday. India had put a massive target of 225 runs while batting first. Chasing the mammoth total, England did well but were ultimately restricted to 188/9 by Indian bowler. The hosts have now cliched the five-match T20I series 3-2 to continue their unbeaten run T20 cricket.
OUT! India enjoy another great success in a second consecutive over. Due to the mounting pressure on England batters, Bairstow takes risk and goes for a big shot, but fails to put in the required power behind the shot as the ball goes straight towards deep cover into the fielder's hand. Bairstow, the danger man, has to return back to the pavilion for just 7 runs.
India have made a good comeback in last 4 overs. The visitors hit their last boundary 23 balls ago and have only been dealing in ones and twos. Just 6 runs to end the 14th over, England are 136 for loss of 2 wickets!
OUT! Big moment in the game! Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets the much-needed wicket for England as Hardik Pandya takes a brilliant catch to get the MASSIVE wicket of Jos Buttler (34-ball 54)!
The 100-run partnership between David Malan and Jos Buttler has been completed. After 10 overs, England's score is 104 runs for the loss of one wicket. Malan has scored his fifty. After every over, India is losing its grip over the match. Virat Kohli had some great expectations from T Natarajan but he has given away 14 runs off just 4 balls in his second over. England need to make 121 runs in 60-balls for the win.
Virat Kohli scores another half-century in the series! This is Kohli's third half-century in the Ind vs Eng T20I series, while the 28th half-century of his T20I career.
India's second wicket has fallen! Suryakumar Yadav heads back to the pavilion after Jordan takes an spectacular one-handed catch near the ropes. India's score is 145 for the loss of two wickets. Hardik Pandya has come to bat next with more than six overs remaining!
Rohit Sharma's tremendous innings has come to an end. Rohit was bowled off the last ball of ben Stokes' over after raining some sixes! Rohit tried to pull a slower one from Stokes but directed it back onto the stumps! The star opener scored 64 runs off just 34 balls that helped India get a great start!
Rohit went hits a HUGE six off Sam Curran's delivery. This is Rohit's 26th half-century and this one came off just 30 balls, and just in the previous delivery off the same over, Mark Wood dropped Rohit's catch to give him a second life!
Rohit Sharma has absolutely hammered the last ball off Rashid's over for a MAXIMUM. This is the first six of the match. India have scored 23 runs in first three overs. Rohit Sharma is playing unbeaten on 14 runs. Kohli has scored 8 runs. England is desperate for a breakthrough as Mark Wood comes into the attack!
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are opening in today's match. Ranked among best batsmen in the world, the duo is opening in international cricket for India for just the second time. Earlier, Rohit had opened alongside Virat against New Zealand in 2014.
The fifth match will be played on the pitch which was used for Ind vs Eng 2nd T20I match. India had won that match after a tough battle with the visitors. As per the pitch report, fans can expect both teams to score big tonight.
Virat Kohli will play as an opener in T20 cricket after nearly 3 years. The last time Kohli opened for Team India was in June 2018.
One change in Team India for series-decider and out-of-form KL Rahul has been dropped! The wicket-keeper batsman gets replaced by left-arm seamer T Natarajan. More importantly, Virat Kohli will open the innings with Rohit Sharma.
Once again, luck did not favour Indian skipper as England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss for the fourth time in the ongoing series and decided to bowl first.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Chahar, T Natarajan
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
England have won the toss and have opted to field!
Team India's 'X-factor' Ishan Kishan made his debut in the second match of the series and was adjudged man of the match for his match-winning fifty. But he had to be benched for 4th T2oI because of not being match-fit. Kishan may return in the series-decider tonight by replacing out-of-form KL Rahul.
Background
The decisive and final T20I of the five-match series between India and England will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad stadium, today.
Team India if manages to seal the series today, will win their sixth consecutive T20I series. On the other hand, if England stuns the hosts to make it 3-2 tonight, then they will go on to win their third T20 series in a row.
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