India vs England Live Score, Playing XI, Preview & Match Timings for 4th T20I

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Match Timings: 18 March 2021, 07:00 PM IST

Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

IND vs ENG Head to Head

Played – 17 | India – 8 | England – 9

In a see-saw battle between the number one and number two ranked sides, England won the third game by eight wickets after India had managed to bring the series to parity in the second T20I. At the toss, the visiting skipper, Eoin Morgan, called correctly as England put in India. Some seething pace and control from Mark Wood and Jofra Archer reduced India to 24/3 inside the Powerplay, with Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul back inside the pavilion alongside Ishan Kishan.

A 38-run stand for the fourth wicket between Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli ensured that the tumbling halted, although a greedy attempt off a misfielding proved costly to India as Pant failed to make his ground and was dismissed run-out for a 20-ball 25. While India’s struggle for momentum continued, Virat Kohli (77* from 46), who notched up his second half-century of the series, ensured to secure his wicket to accelerate later. And he did, alongside Hardik Pandya (17 from 15), adding 70 runs from just 35 to take India to a respectable total of 156/6.

Out to chase a tricky target, England failed to get a move on courtesy of some disciplined bowling by Indian pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur. Although, Jos Buttler launched an assault against the bowlers during his 58-run stand with Dawid Malan for the second wicket after Yuzvendra Chahal removed Jason Roy cheaply.

Buttler slammed five boundaries and four sixes in his unbeaten 83 from 52 as India’s search for a wicket continued till the 10th over. Dawid Malan was stumped while trying to step out against Washington Sundar with 76 runs still needed for England to reach the target, however, Jonny Bairstow joined Buttler and the visitors finished the chase with 10 balls to spare to take a 2-1 lead.

IND vs ENG Squads

India Squad

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Axar Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar

England Squad

Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (WK), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan (C), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Sam Billings, Reece Topley, Mark Wood, Tom Curran, Liam Livingstone.