It is to be noted that Sanju Samson amassed 51 runs across the five T20Is with his highest score of 26 coming in the opening T20I, Suryakumar Yadav scored just 28 runs in the five innings, including two ducks.
Riding on Abhishek Sharma’s fabulous innings, India clinched a 150-run victory and took the series home with a 4-1 margin.
Notably, Broad is one of the most reputed ICC officials in the game of cricket. He has officiated 622 games on the international circuit and stand third in the list of officials with most matches.
Notably, during his stay in the middle, he also scored the second-fastest T20I hundred for India, after Rohit Sharma, reaching the three-figure mark in just 37 deliveries.
Although, it remains unsure if it was an intentional take from Buttler as the impact substitutes are usually named in the Indian Premier League.
Ashwin also called it as an equation of “miscalculation”.
With the series now standing 2-1 in favour of the hosts, the two teams will now travel to Pune for the fourth T20I, set to be played on Thursday, January 30 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
It is to be noted that prior to the series, England head coach Brendon McCullum confirmed that Phil Salt will keep the wickets, whereas Jos Buttler will play as a pure batter.
The third T20I is set to be played at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Tuesday, January 28.
It is to be noted that Shami last featured in the Indian colours during the ODI World Cup 2023 final against Australia in November.
The 34-year-old will be taking the field on Saturday, as India host England in the second T20I of the five-match series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday, January 25.
The middle-order batter further admitted that he isn’t good against spin, adding, “If I get out early, it’s usually against a spinner, so maybe my stats aren’t as good against spin, but there’s always going to be criticism in some parts.”
Abhishek Sharma had a great outing at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, smashing 79 runs off just 34 balls with his innings being laced with five fours and eight sixes.
The second T20I of the five-match series will be played on Saturday, January 25 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
In 13 T20Is last year, the Kerala wicketkeeper-batter amassed 436 runs at an average of 43.60, including three centuries and a fifty.
The five-match T20I series will commence from Wednesday, January 22 in Kolkata, with the second T20I scheduled to be played in Chennai on Saturday, January 25.
The Men in Blue will kickstart the limited overs series against England from Wednesday, January 22 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Let’s have a look at India’s probable playing XI for the first T20I vs England.
Indian T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav came up with a hilarious response to Sanju Samson’s singing skills.
Speaking of the head-to-head record, India hold a slighter upper hand with 13 wins from 24 games, whereas England have come out victorious in 11 matches so far.
The 25-year-old Yorkshire player has served as England’s ODI captain on a temporary basis in the past, in absence of Jos Buttler during the five-match home series against Australia.
Speaking at the pre-match press conference in Kolkata, the Indian all-rounder revealed the strategy they will be looking to go with.
The Serbian’s congratulatory comment on Kohli’s FB post received around 1.3k reactions as Indian fans were delighted to see one legend hailing the achievement of another legend.
After his snub ahead of the Australia tour, BCCI selector Abey Kuruvilla had said “Sky ka time ayega”, and his time did come.
Let us look at some of the numbers from the 4th T20I.
Gujarat Cricket Association will refund the tickets.
Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy’s failure to clear the mandatory fitness Test has ruled him out of the England T20Is.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is expected to lead the Indian pace attack in the T20I and ODI series against England.