Summary

  • India win by 8 runs to level series

  • Five-match series level at 2-2

  • India 185-8: Suryakumar 57 (31)

  • Iyer 37 (18), Pant 30 (23); Archer 4-33

  • Eng 177-8: Stokes 46 (23), Roy 40 (27)

  • Pandya 2-16, Thakur 3-42

  • Fourth T20, Ahmedabad

  • Final match on Saturday at 13:00 GMT

  1. Eng 147-6published at 17 overs

    Need 39 off 18 balls

    Two wickets from the over and not just any wickets - Ben Stokes and Eoin Morgan.

    Plus just seven runs conceded, fantastic from Thakur.

    England need 39 from 18 overs. Anymore twists and turns? This is T20 cricket, anything can happen.

  2. Eng 145-6published at 16.4 overs

    Need 41 off 20 balls

    So, Sam Curran and Chris Jordan are in. Both very experienced in Indian conditions.

    Jordan drills through the covers to get off the mark with a boundary. He'll need a few more of those.

  3. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:19 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

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    Rachel T: Oh Ben. Oh Morgs.

  4. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 16.2 overs

    Morgan c Sundar b Thakur 4 (Eng 140-6)

    It's all gone wrong in the space of two balls!

    Another brilliant off cutter and Eoin Morgan, looking to go big, is caught in the deep.

    It's going to be a difficult ask from here.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:16 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

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    Kaushik Gorai: Matt jinxed it.

  6. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 16.1 overs

    Stokes c Yadav b Thakur 46 (Eng 140-5)

    Stokes has gone! Advantage India?

    Shardul Thakur bowls a brilliant off-cutter, Stokes doesn't pick it up and sends the ball straight to Yadav at long-off.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:14 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

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    Matt: One more wicket and I think India win this. However, if Stokes and Morgan can stay together then I feel England win! This will be tense!

  8. Eng 140-4published at 16 overs

    England need 46 runs in 24 balls

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes back well, conceding just the one run from the remaining three deliveries.

    This game seems like it's gone on forever.

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    Cricketing street namespublished at 17:11 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

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    There is a Bedser bridge in Woking.

    John, Bisley

  10. Eng 139-4published at 15.3 overs

    I tell you what Stokes will do, he'll have a little jig down the wicket and play a tennis forehand style shot through mid-wicket for four.

  11. Eng 135-4published at 15.2 overs

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls the 16th over, Eoin Morgan carves it through point for two, followed by a similar shot for one more. Ben Stokes on strike. What will he do here?

  12. Eng 132-4published at 15 overs

    When I was a baby, I could only ever fall asleep to the Neighbours theme tune. True story, what a weird child I was.

    Morgan off the mark with a single. Right, five overs to go. England need 54 runs to win.

  13. Postpublished at 17:07 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special

    Much like an episode of Neighbours, we look set for some thrilling tea-time action around 5.30

  14. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 14.5 overs

    Bairstow c Sundar b Chahar 25 (Eng 131-4)

    Jonny Bairstow doesn't quite pick up Chahar's delivery and top-edges it to Washington Sundar at point.

    India desperately needed that wicket. In comes captain Morgan.

  15. Postpublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Tymal Mills
    England T20 bowler

    Just as you thought India were getting on top and England were getting bogged down, Stokes and Bairstow have moved through the gears brilliantly and turned the game back on its head once again.

  16. 6 runs

    Eng 130-3published at 14.3 overs

    Aadam, is Ben Stokes also a naughty man? The England superstar makes some space and smashes it over the cover for a huge six.

  17. Eng 124-4published at 14.1 overs

    Spin from both ends as Rahul Chahar strays down leg side, Ben Stokes swivels and sends the ball down to deep backward square for four.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:01 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

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    Aadam: Stop it Jonny Bairstow you naughty man.

  19. Eng 118-3published at 14 overs

    Two more singles and that's 18 from Sundar's over. He has gone for 52 from his four.

    England need 68 runs in 36 balls. Don't go anywhere.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 16:59 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

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    Adam Szreter: Not sure about Malan on Indian pitches and surely Woakes strengthens this England team instead of Jordan or Curran?