England won the fifth match of the five match T20I match series between India and England (IND vs ENG). India had to face defeat by 56 runs in this match. With this win, England has won the series 4-0. For your information, let us tell you that the first match of the series was washed out due to rain. In this match played at the Ageas Bowl Cricket Stadium located in the West End of Southampton, England, India won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, England scored 257 runs in 20 overs, losing only 3 wickets. Chasing the target, the Indian team could only score 201 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.
Jos Buttler’s wonderful century
England suffered their first blow in the form of Phil Salt at the score of 8 runs, but after this Jos Buttler took charge of the innings. Till now his bat was quiet in this series, but today he played a stormy innings. Buttler played a brilliant innings of 131 runs in 64 balls with the help of 12 fours and 8 sixes. Harry Brook missed his century, but he also played a great innings. Brook scored an unbeaten 95 runs in 45 balls with the help of 4 fours and 8 sixes.
Indian bowlers leaked runs, batters disappointed again
Indian bowlers leaked a lot of runs in this match. Arshdeep Singh gave away 33 runs in 4 overs. Prasidh Krishna gave away 38 runs in 4 overs and took 1 wicket. Prince Yadav gave away 60 runs in 4 overs. Axar Patel gave away 63 runs in 4 overs. Suryansh Shedge gave away 39 runs in 3 overs. Shivam Dube gave away 22 runs in 1 over. Dube took 1 wicket during this period.
Sanju Samson once again got a chance in place of Vaibhav Suryavanshi in this match, but he could score only 27 runs. Ishan Kishan played the highest innings of 56 runs, and apart from him, Tilak Varma also scored 53 runs. Shreyas Iyer managed just 28. All the other batsmen batted poorly.
Brief scores:
England 257/3 (Jos Buttler 131, Harry Brook 95*) beat India 201/8 in 20 overs (Ishan Kishan 56, Tilak Varma 53; Sam Curran 3-36) by 56 runs
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