IND vs ENG 4th T20I Live Score: India’s thrilling win in Pune, captures T20 series against England, debutant Harshit Rana shines

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IND vs ENG 4th T20 Live Updates: The fourth match of the T20 series between India and England is going on in Pune. Currently, India is leading 2-1 in this series. If the Indian team wins this match, then it will win the series. Anyway, the Indian team has an upper hand over England in T20 International.

India vs England 4th T20 Live Score Updates: The fourth match of the five-match T20 series between India and England is today (31 January) at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune. In this match, the Indian team won by 15 runs and took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series. The last match of the series will be played on Sunday February 2, 2025 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Concussion substitute Harshit Rana and Ravi Bishnoi played an important role in the victory of the Indian team in the match. Both took three wickets each.

England innings scorecard: (166/10, 19.4 overs)

Batters Wickets Runs
Ben Duckett c Suryakumar, b Ravi Bishnoi 39
Phil Salt b Axar Patel 23
Jos Buttler c Harshit Rana, b Ravi Bishnoi 2
Liam Livingstone c Samson, b Harshit Rana 9
Harry Brook c Arshdeep, b Varun Chakravarthy 51
Brydon Carse c Rinku, b Varun Chakravarthy 0
Jacob Bethell c Suryakumar, b Harshit Rana 6
Jofra Archer b Ravi Bishnoi 0
Jamie Overton b Harshit Rana … 19
Saqib Mahmood c Axar, b Arshdeep Singh 1
Fall of wickets: 62-1 (Ben Duckett, 5.6 overs), 65-2 (Phil Salt, 6.5 overs), 67-3 (Jos Buttler, 7.3 overs), 95-4 (Liam Livingstone, 11.2 overs), 129-5 (Harry Brooke, 14.3 overs), 133-6 (Brydon Carse, 14.5 overs), 137-7 (Jacob Bethell, 15.5 overs), 146-8 (Jofra Archer, 16.5 overs), 1 63-9 (Jamie Overton, 18.6 overs), 166-10 (Saqib Mahmood, 19.4 overs)

Hardik and Shivam hit half-centuries

After losing the toss and batting first, the Indian team scored 181 runs for the loss of nine wickets. The Indian team had a very bad start and suffered three setbacks in the second over itself at a score of 12 runs. Fast bowler Saqib Mahmood dismissed Sanju Samson (2) on the first ball of that over. Sanju was out on a short ball for the fourth time in this series. Brydon Carse caught Sanju’s catch. Saqib then sent in-form batsman Tilak Verma (0) to the pavilion on the next ball. Mahmood also dismissed Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav (0) on the last ball of the over.

After this, there was a partnership of 45 runs for the fourth wicket between Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh. Both the batsmen were set at the crease, but they could not increase their score. Earlier, Abhishek became the victim of spinner Adil Rashid on a personal score of 29 runs. Then Brydon Cars ended Rinku’s (30) innings. At the time of Rinku’s dismissal, India’s score was 79 runs for 5 wickets. From here Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey together made a partnership of 87 runs for the sixth wicket.

Hardik Pandya scored 53 runs in 30 balls, which included four fours and as many sixes. Hardik was caught by Jos Buttler on Jamie Overton’s ball while trying to hit a big shot. Shortly after Hardik’s dismissal, Shivam Dubey completed his fifty by hitting two consecutive fours. Then three wickets fell in the last over of the Indian innings. First, Akshar Patel was caught out by Overton. While Arshdeep Singh (0) and Shivam Dubey were run out. Shivam scored 53 runs in 34 balls, which included seven fours and two sixes. Saqib Mahmood took the maximum three wickets for England. While Jamie Overton took two wickets.

India innings scorecard: (181/9, 20 overs)

Batters Wickets Runs
Sanju Samson c Cars, b Saqib Mahmood 2
Tilak Verma c Archer, b Saqib Mahmood 0
Suryakumar Yadav c Cars, b Saqib Mahmood 0

Abhishek Sharma c Bethell, b Adil Rashid 29
Rinku Singh c Rashid, b Brydon Cars 30
Shivam Dube runout 53
Hardik Pandya c Buttler, b Jamie Overton 53
Axar Patel c Bethell, b Jamie Overton 5
Arshdeep Singh runout 0
Ravi Bishnoi not out 0*
Fall of wickets: 12-1 (Sanju Samson, 1.1 overs), 12-2 (Tilak Verma, 1.2 overs), 12-3 (Suryakumar Yadav, 1.6 overs), 57-4 (Abhishek Sharma, 7.2 overs), 79-5 (Rinku Singh, 10.4 overs), 166-6 (Hardik Pandya, 17.6 overs), 180-7 (Axar Patel, 19.2 overs), 180-8 (Arshdeep Singh, 19.3 overs), 181-9 (Shivam Dubey, 20 overs)

These players including Shami are out of the playing-11

There were three changes in the playing-11 of the Indian team for this match. All-rounder Shivam Dubey, left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh and batsman Rinku Singh got a chance to participate in this match. In such a situation, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Shami and Dhruv Jurel were out of this match. At the same time, two changes were also seen in the England team. All-rounder Jacob Bethell and fast bowler Saqib Mahmood played in this match. They replaced Jamie Smith and Mark Wood respectively.

India’s playing XI in the fourth T20: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakraborty.

England’s playing XI in the fourth T20: Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakraborty.

England’s playing XI in the fourth T20: Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Jos Buttler (captain), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood.

The first match of the T20 series between India and England was played in Kolkata, in which the host team won by 7 wickets. Then in the Chennai T20, the Indian team defeated England by 2 wickets. However, the English team retaliated and defeated India by 26 runs in the Rajkot T20.
If seen, the Indian team has had a slight edge over England in T20 International. So far 27 T20 matches have been played between the two teams. In this, the Indian team won 15 matches, while England won 12. In this way, whenever the two teams come face to face, Team India has an upper hand.

India-England h2h (T20I)
Total matches – 27
India won- 15
England won- 12

England tour of India
First T20: 22 January- Kolkata, India won by 7 wickets
Second T20: 25 January- Chennai, India won by 2 wickets
Third T20: 28 January- Rajkot, England won by 26 runs
Fourth T20: 31 January- Pune
Fifth T20: 2 February- Mumbai
First ODI: 6 February- Nagpur
Second ODI: 9 February- Cuttack
Third ODI: 12 February- Ahmedabad

Indian Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Ramandeep Singh, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh.

England squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.