Summary

  • India beat England by 15 runs to win fourth T20 and series with game to spare

  • Concussion sub Harshit Rana takes 3-33 as England bowled out for 166

  • India made 181-9 with Hardik and Dube both making 53

  • Mahmood pick of England bowlers - quick removed Samson, Tilak and Suryakumar in his first over

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Live Reporting

Mike Peter

  1. 6 runs

    Ind 8-0

    A first boundary of the day for Abhishek Sharma.

  2. Ind 2-0

    Ben Duckett is alert in the field, diving to his right to prevent a four.

  3. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    Sanju Samson vs Jofra Archer - this series:

    • Three innings
    • Eight runs
    • 15 balls
    • Three dismissals
    • 2.6 average
    • 53 strike-rate

  4. The teams are out in the middle.

    Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma are opening the batting for India.

    Jofra Archer has the new ball in hand for England.

    England have a team huddleReuters

  5. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on TNT Sports

    England have built and developed well as this tour has gone on. By the third game it felt like they had hit their straps. Adil Rashid led it but all of the spinners and seamers contributed.

  6. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on TNT Sports

    Mahmood made a brilliant comeback from injury in the West Indies, far and away England's best bowler in that series. He moved the ball early in the powerplay and is a slightly different bowler, a bit skiddy. He'll give you that variation, changing his pace as well as swinging it.

  7. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    After a blip as a chasing side in 2022 and 2023, England won eight of their 12 completed games when chasing in T20Is in 2024 - a win percentage of 66%, bettered only by India (87%) and Australia (70%).

  8. Teams

    India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh

    England: Phil Salt (wk), Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood

    England have made two changes following Tuesday's 26-run win in the third T20. Jacob Bethell replaces Jamie Smith while Saqib Mahmood comes in for Mark Wood for his first appearance of the series.

    India, meanwhile, make three changes, with Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, and Arshdeep Singh replacing Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel and Mohammed Shami.

  9. India captain Suryakumar Yadav: We've left [Tuesday's defeat] in Rajkot. We're coming here fresh in front of this crowd and hopefully we'll play some entertaining cricket.

    "[The pitch] looks good. A little bit dry but hopefully there's no dew, so we can put runs on the board and come out and defend."

  10. England captain Jos Buttler: "It feels like a great atmosphere already. It's a must-win game for us so we are really looking forward to it.

    "We were really pleased with the performance [in third T20]. We are really happy with the way we are moving. We can feel disappointed and still scored 170. If it clicks we will be in a good place.

    "We are unsure on the pitch and whether the dew will come in. We will have to be on it from the first ball."

  11. England win the toss and choose to bowl

    After three failed attempts, Jos Buttler has won a toss!

    England will bowl first in Pune.

  12. It’s not been a great day to be an English cricket fan.

    England Under-19s were knocked out in the semi-finals of the Under-19s Women’s T20 World Cup, losing to India by nine wickets.

    In Melbourne, meanwhile, Heather Knight’s side have slipped ever closer to a 16-0 defeat in the Women’s Ashes, with Australia building a 252-run first-innings lead on day two.

    Can Jos Buttler's side buck the trend? Despite winning by 26 runs in Rajkot on Tuesday, England remain in must-win territory, with India leading the five-match series 2-1.