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. Postpublished at 15:28 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Tymal Mills
    England T20 bowler

    The dew is definitely a factor for the remainder of this game. Eoin Morgan is drying the ball after each delivery.

  2. Ind 179-7published at 19.3 overs

    Sundar Washington and Shardul Thakur are the two men out there. Archer goes full and Sundar somehow digs it out and over Jos Buttler's head for four.

  3. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 19.1 overs

    Iyer c Malan b Archer 37 (Ind 174-7)

    And another. Late wickets for England here as Iyer finds Malan at deep mid-wicket to give Archer his third wicket of the match.

  4. Postpublished at 15:23 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Tymal Mills
    England T20 bowler

    That's what happens when you have a world-class domestic tournament every year.

    I have no doubts we will see some young stars made in The Hundred this summer.

  5. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 18.5 overs

    Pandya c Stokes b Wood 11 (Ind 170-6)

    Yep, Stokes caught it clean and Hardik's innings comes to an end.

    He was looking to swat Wood through the covers and Stokes, in the covers, flung himself to the left to take a spectacular one-handed catch. The TV umpires were checking if Stokes grounded it after the dive.

    Mark Wood, Ben Stokes and Eoin MorganImage source, BCCI
  6. Umpire reviewpublished at 18.5 overs

    Ind 170-6

    Wood to Hardik ... What a catch from Ben Stokes! But ... we go to the TV umpire again?! Soft signal is out (those famous four words).

  7. Postpublished at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special

    The amount of talent in Indian cricket is remarkable, and because of the spotlight of the IPL every player that comes in is used to the pressure and hits the ground running.

  8. Ind 167-5published at 18.4 overs

    Mark Wood goes back of a length, Hardik Pandya looks to hit it over the inner field and doesn't quite get hold of it, the ball just about clears Eoin Morgan and Ben Stokes who were both running back for the grab.

    Wood then beats Pandya twice with some brilliant pace bowling. Dot balls so crucial here.

  9. Postpublished at 15:16 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

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  10. Ind 166-5published at 17.5 overs

    Stand and deliver. Another almost yorker length delivery from Jordan and Iyer smashes it over cover for a huge, powerful six.

    Jordan looks baffled.

  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:13 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    #bbccricket

    Kaustubh Joshi: Umpires call or soft signal had no meaning there. There was no way he could have seen it from there - the hands and fingers were all around the ball not under the ball. Pathetic decision.

  12. Ind 160-5published at 17.4 overs

    The dew is causing Eoin Morgan and the England bowlers a bit of grief here, they're having to wipe the ball down after almost every delivery.

    Length ball from Jordan, a foot or so outside off stump and Shreyas Iyer drills it back over the bowler's head.

  13. Postpublished at 15:11 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

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  14. 6 runs

    Ind 155-5published at 17.1 overs

    Up and over. Jordan bangs it in short and on the hips of Hardik who dispatches it over fine leg.

  15. Postpublished at 15:09 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

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  16. Ind 148-5published at 17 overs

    Hardik Pandya - who is no stranger to some explosive batting - makes his way to the middle and is off the mark with a single.

    Five from the over in total. Eighteen balls to go, what can India can finish with here? I'm saying it now, I think this game is going to the wire.

  17. Postpublished at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special

    As much as England will be worried about a big total, the bigger picture of having a really tough run chase should benefit them in the long run.

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    WICKETpublished at 16.2 overs

    Pant b Archer 30 (Ind 144-5)

    England strike! Middle stump uprooted.

    Full from Archer, a bit of swing and Pant's lack of foot movement is this time his downfall. Through the gate.

    Rishabh PantImage source, Getty Images
  19. Ind 144-4published at 16.1 overs

    Stand. And. Deliver.

    Jofra Archer with a poor delivery outside the off stump and Rishabh Pant punishes it with a thrilling drive back past the bowler.

  20. Postpublished at 15:03 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

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