Thakur built three wikis; Pandya and Chahar shook in with two each
India 185 for 8 (Suryakumar 57, Iyer 37, Archer 4-33) beat England 177 for 8 (Stokes 46, Roy 40, Thakur 3-42, Pandya 2-16) with eight runs
India broke the move of a toss-bat second-round win, squeezing out an impressive eight-run win in the fourth T20I against England on Thursday after they were asked to bat first. Both teams will now go into the final game with the series 2-2.
High drama, great skill displayed by bat and ball, and umpiring controversy in a game that packed plenty of action in 20 games over both innings. In his first batting for India, Suryakumar Yadav made a not-to-be-forgotten shower, getting a top score with a 57-off roll of 31 that India started to build a turbo. His ingenuity and retirement visit for a prime place together though. Yadav was running at over 11 runs each time as he topped a sweep to a deep square foot back, where Dawid Malan got the ball even as he was going down. Several subsequent transplants, Yadav was judged, with the third umpire ruling that there was insufficient evidence to turn the soft signal on the field ‘out’.
Yadav’s departure in the 14th over left the game calm, but Shreyas Iyer put in perhaps his best T20I engines yet, with 37 spices out of 18 that gave India a total above par, even though this was the best battery range of the series and there was dew all around.
England’s response was well-received and started, Jason Roy moving slowly lying into the bowling and then Ben Stokes releasing his power at the back end, but loads showed Indian bow-control with excellent wetting ball, adhering to their lengths. and changing the speed. England’s control looked in control as Stokes crushed away, but a double wicket from Shardul Thakur put Stokes and Eoin Morgan back, turning the moment definitely on India’s path.
Suryakumar Yadav starts with a bang
He had waited a long time to make his first trip to India. He waited a little longer before getting to the bat. And when he did, he made sure his first time batting for India was not forgotten. With Jofra Archer – one of England’s two thunder deliverers – pounding in a 144 kph long back ball at his ribs, Yadav moved slowly inside the line, grabbing a shot. slid over his graceful leg, his front foot in the air at the moment. he was pirouetted. As secret statements go, it was hard to put a roof over that one.
Yadav continued with the same intention, if not at the same strike rate, but his body meant India had an ingredient that had been missing in both of their strikes. first batting in the series: non-sputtering scoreboard above. Yadav was highly motivated while driving, expertly skilled in handling the field when scoring running behind the wicket, and unashamed in taking pictures. . If there were butterflies about drowning in an Indian shirt for the first time, they were hidden.
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Saurabh Somani is assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo