India equalized by beating England in dramatic finish

India equalized by beating England in dramatic finish

 

India faced off England in the fourth T20 of the five-match series on Thursday. After losing the toss, India batted first and lost 8 wickets for 185 runs. In reply, England was able to score 177 runs after losing 8 wickets. As a result, Virat Kohli’s team equalized the series by winning by 8 runs. 

England captain Morgan decided to field after winning the toss at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In the ‘do-or-die’ match, Suryakumar Yadav and Shreyas Iyer’s outstanding performance, India threw a 186 runs target to England.

Although Jos Buttler went to the pavilion in the early of the innings, Jason Roy took the lead with Dawid Malan. However, the English faced disaster after losing Jason and Malan in the team’s 66 runs. Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes later took the helm of the team and running pace quite a bit.

But after Bairstow went back to the dug-out, the English were in trouble again. Later, none of the English batsmen could take the helm of the team. After Stokes returned back in the team’s 140 runs, the “procession of come and go” began. After captain Morgan went to the pavilion with just 4 runs, Sam Curran returned with 3 runs, Chris Jordan and Joffra Archer tried to take the team to the brink of victory, however, failed to do so. The English had to stop for 177 runs.

For India, Shardul Thakur took three wickets and Bhuvneshwar, Hardik and Rahul Chahar took two wickets each.Meanwhile, India’s Suryakumar Yadav came down to number three with the bat and played a remarkable 56-run innings off 31 balls. Meanwhile, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli failed again with the bat. The other batsmen could not score big either. After building a Suryakumar-Pant’s 40-run partnership, Shreyas Iyer took the team’s run to a big score in the end.

Yadav completed his half-century in 26 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes. Pant made 30 runs from 23 balls. Iyer, meanwhile, hit 37 ​​off 18 balls with 5 fours and a six.

With this victory, India tied the series 2-2. The last and final match of the series will also be held in Ahmedabad.

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