India Vs England Match 4 31 January 2025

4th T20I • Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium • Pune

India

181/9 (20)

England

166 (19.4)

IND won by 15 runs

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Date & Time

31 Jan, 07:00 PM IST

Venue

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

Match

4th T20I,

England tour of India

Umpires

Jayaraman Madanagopal (India), Nitin Menon (India), Virender Sharma (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

England elected to bowl

Pitch Report

One side of the ground is 64m, the other side is 65m and straight down the ground is 75m. The breeze is always blowing here. The pitch is 60 percent red soil and 40 percent black soil. There is a bit more carry and bounce, so England should enjoy it more. But, there is a deceptive piece to the puzzle too! It is pretty dry, so, pace off may well be the way to go as the game progresses. The curator has said that dew may set in around 8:30 pm when in practice, it sets in around 6:30!

1st Innings

166Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

141.79Avg SR

2nd Innings

144Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

136.49Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

IND

7- 3

ENG

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

India

England

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Jos Buttler

ENG . WK

137 Runs

3 Matches

Abhishek Sharma

IND . BAT

115 Runs

3 Matches

Tilak Varma

IND . BAT

109 Runs

3 Matches

Top Bowlers

Varun Chakravarthy

IND . BOWL

10 Wkts

3 Matches

Axar Patel

IND . ALL

5 Wkts

3 Matches

Hardik Pandya

IND . ALL

5 Wkts

3 Matches

Player of the Match Shivam Dube

53(34)

IND

ENG

Info

India

181/9 (20)

Batters

Sanju Samson

33.33

c Carse b Mahmood

Abhishek Sharma

152.63

c Bethell b Rashid

N. Tilak Varma

0.00

c Archer b Mahmood

Surya Kumar Yadav

0.00

c Carse b Mahmood

Rinku Singh

115.38

c Rashid b Carse

Shivam Dube

155.88

runout (Buttler)

Hardik Pandya

176.67

c Buttler b Overton

Axar Patel

125.00

c Bethell b Overton

Arshdeep Singh

0.00

runout (Overton / Salt)

Ravi Bishnoi

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 2, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.05)

181/9

Did not Bat

Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

Bowlers

EXT

Jofra Archer

9.25

Saqib Mahmood

8.75

Brydon Carse

9.75

Jamie Overton

8.00

Adil Rashid

8.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sanju Samson

c Carse b Mahmood

1-12

1.1

N. Tilak Varma

c Archer b Mahmood

2-12

1.2

Surya Kumar Yadav

c Carse b Mahmood

3-12

1.6

Abhishek Sharma

c Bethell b Rashid

4-57

7.2

Rinku Singh

c Rashid b Carse

5-79

10.4

Hardik Pandya

c Buttler b Overton

6-166

17.6

Axar Patel

c Bethell b Overton

7-180

19.2

Arshdeep Singh

runout (Overton / Salt)

8-180

19.3

Shivam Dube

runout (Buttler)

9-181

19.6

England

166/10 (19.4)

Batters

Phil Salt

109.52

b Patel

Ben Duckett

205.26

c Yadav b Bishnoi

Jos Buttler

66.67

c Rana b Bishnoi

Harry Brook

196.15

c Singh b Chakaravarthy

Liam Livingstone

69.23

c Samson b Rana

Jacob Bethell

66.67

c Yadav b Rana

Brydon Carse

0.00

c Singh b Chakaravarthy

Jamie Overton

126.67

b Rana

Jofra Archer

0.00

b Bishnoi

Adil Rashid

166.67

Not out

Saqib Mahmood

50.00

c Patel b Singh

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(19.4 Ov, RR: 8.44)

166/10

Bowlers

EXT

Arshdeep Singh

3.4

9.55

Hardik Pandya

11.00

Varun Chakaravarthy

7.00

Axar Patel

8.67

Ravi Bishnoi

7.00

Harshit Rana

8.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ben Duckett

c Yadav b Bishnoi

1-62

5.6

Phil Salt

b Patel

2-65

6.5

Jos Buttler

c Rana b Bishnoi

3-67

7.3

Liam Livingstone

c Samson b Rana

4-95

11.2

Harry Brook

c Singh b Chakaravarthy

5-129

14.3

Brydon Carse

c Singh b Chakaravarthy

6-133

14.5

Jacob Bethell

c Yadav b Rana

7-137

15.5

Jofra Archer

b Bishnoi

8-146

16.5

Jamie Overton

b Rana

9-163

18.6

Saqib Mahmood

c Patel b Singh

10-166

19.4

Match Info

Date & Time

31 Jan, 07:00 PM IST

Venue

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

Match

4th T20I,

England tour of India

Umpires

Jayaraman Madanagopal (India), Nitin Menon (India), Virender Sharma (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

England elected to bowl

0 2 6 1 W 0

Over 17

Runs: 9

1 1 1 1 1 6

Over 18

Runs: 11

4 0 2 0 0 W

Over 19

Runs: 6

1 1 1 W

Over 20

Runs: 3

All Overs

Player of the Match Shivam Dube

53(34)

Commentary

10:57 pm local time (10:57 pm IST): So that does it from Pune! But what a pulsating contest it was! Now, we head to Mumbai to end this T20I series on Sunday. The first ball gets bowled at 7:00 pm local time (7:00 pm IST). Join us then, friends, to find out how that game unfolds at the iconic Wankhede Stadium. For now, this is the pair of Pradeep and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Suryakumar Yadav [India captain]: It was a brilliant contest between bat and ball! And the support from this crowd was excellent! We did not start well, the boys know what brand of cricket we want to play, so, we were disappointed. But Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya were there to get the job done for us. We are batting with intent these days, so, we don't want to break that momentum. Even when we bowled, right after the power play, we had to get some wickets and we did that courtesy our spinners to make it tough. That worked well. I think we can expect some fireworks in Mumbai next!

Shivam Dube is adjudged the Player of the Match for his 34-ball 53!

Jos Buttler [England captain]: Started brilliantly, taking lots of wickets in the powerplay and the end of it we were in great position, but should've won in the end. It's disappointing, we did a lot of good things, but some we paid for it as we dropped Dube, but with the bat we were in a fantastic position and gave it away. Just double down how we want to play, we need to commit more, when we do that the results go our way.

Harshit Rana who made the debut as a concussion substitute for Shivam Dube, turn the tide for India. Rana turned out to be the difference in the end. Find out more below!👇

Team India's concussion substitute strikes on debut, dismisses Liam Livingstone for 9 in IND vs ENG 2025 4th T20I [Watch]

Harshit Rana: It's still a dream debut for me. When Dube came back, I was told that I'll be going in as concussion sub on the field. The effort was there for a long time, the moment came today and I was able to deliver for the team. In IPL I bowled a lot at death, that came to help today.

10:32 pm local time (10:32 pm IST): India win by 15 runs with 2 balls to spare and take an unassailable 3-1 lead!

Hardik Pandya 53 (30) | Ravi Bishnoi - 3/28 (4)
Harry Brook 51 (26) | Saqib Mahmood - 3/35 (4)

Having scored over 60 runs in the power play, losing only one wicket, and having Harry Brook play exceptionally to get to 50 later on, England will feel absolutely gutted at having lost this game! On the flip side, the Indian team bowled and fielding brilliantly to keep chipping away with wickets just when the need came. Of course, the captaincy from Suryakumar Yadav was top-class too!

Pace on up front was travelling, and so, the prompt decision to go to spin brought about the wicket of Ben Duckett off the last ball of the power play. After that, wickets kept falling and partnerships were not formed.

Then came the call to replace Shivam Dube with Harshit Rana as his concussion substitute and it created murmurs in the England camp! They were unhappy with this move. Harshit too made it count, with a wicket off his second delivery in T20Is!

But his second over went for plenty, to once again change the complexion of the innings. However, the home side, in front of a euphoric home crowd, came right back into the mix! Harry Brook and Jamie Overton had it in them to take the visitors home, but some poor shots played and surprising choices made, brought India back in the contest for good!

There was no dew tonight and we had a proper, roller-coaster of a game! There were lots of ebbs and flows but in the end, the Indian team registered their 17th consecutive T20 series win at home, with a game to go!

19.4 Arshdeep Singh to Saqib Mahmood, OUT! HOLES OUT AT LONG-ON! India seal the series, 3-1 with a game to go! Banged into the track, Mahmood pulled it to deep mid-wicket, SKY runs in and takes a simple catch. India hold on to their nerve, England would think they've thrown this game away when they were bossing at one stage.

Saqib Mahmood c Axar Patel b Arshdeep Singh 1 (2b 0x4, 0x6)

19.3 Arshdeep Singh to Adil Rashid, full on the off-stump, Rashid swings hard, no timing again towards long-on and gets only a single.

Singles won't hurt India one bit.

19.2 Arshdeep Singh to Saqib Mahmood, round the wicket. Angled the length delivery on the stumps, Mahmood carved it to long-off for a single. Brings Rashid back on strike.

19.1 Arshdeep Singh to Adil Rashid, full toss, knee height. Rashid lifts it down to long-on, barely any timing on it and they settle for a single.

The decision to turn down two singles in the over did not work out well for Overton! England are making it tougher for themselves.

Saqib Mahmood, RHB, is at the non-striker's end.

The man of the moment, Harshit Rana, replaced the injured Shivam Dube midway through the innings. Read more about it from the link below!

Harshit Rana replaces Shivam Dube as concussion substitute in IND vs ENG 2025 4th T20I

overs

163 /9 score

runs

Jamie Overton *

19 (15)

Adil Rashid

8 (4)

Harshit Rana

3 /33

18.6 Harshit Rana to Jamie Overton, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Rana has killed the game of the final ball, dangerous Overton departs of the last ball of the over. Back of a length on off-stump, Overton has a hack across the line, but it takes the inside edge back on to the stumps. Crowd erupts in MCA!

Jamie Overton b Harshit Rana 19 (15b, 1x4, 1x6)

A priceless dot ball, this! Priceless!

18.5 Harshit Rana to Jamie Overton, DROPPED! Was a tough chance, hit so hard back to the bowler and it's got to sting Rana. Length delivery outside the off-stump, Overton smacked it straight back and Rana on his follow, couldn't cling on.

18.4 Harshit Rana to Jamie Overton, length delivery on off-stump, Overton smacked it down to long-on and denies the single again.