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Ruthless England came out with yet another solid all- round show to rout India by nine wickets in the 4thT20I to emphatically clinch the five- match T20I series. They now lead 3-0 with one game remaining .
India Skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss an opted to bat first . 15- year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ‘s weakness against short ball once again came to the fore and Jofra Archer used this to the hilt getting him for the second time for 15 ( 10 balls , 1 four, 1 six). Someone need to tell Vaibhav that one needs to bat according to team and match situations. One cannot go just bang bang.
His fellow opener Abhishek Sharma out for 16, Ishan Kishan 4 , Shivam Dube 22 , Tilak Varma ( another overhyped batsman) out for 11, Washington Sundar 5 , Axar Patel 1 . Barring the figting knock by Skipper Shreyas Iyer 80 not out ( 49 balls , 4 fours, 5 sixes) India’s batting was in tatters and thanks to Iyer India reached somewaht a decent score 158/7 in their 20 overs.
English bowlers gave nothing away. Jofra Archer , Josh Tongue bowled with pace and bounce and used the shrt deliveries to good effect and Sam Curran kept things tight . Adil Rashid barring one over did a fair job Their fifures said it all .
Jofra Archer 2/20 ( 4 overs). Josh Tongue 2/36 ( 4 overs), Sam Curran 0/24 ( 4 overs), Will Jacks 1/28 ( 4 overs), Adil Rashid 1/49 ( 4 overs)
Chasing 159. England lost Jos Buttler early for 8 caught by Ishan Kishan off Arshdeep Singh and the total at 13-1, 2.3. if India thought the early breakthrough would be a good sign. Then Phil Salt and Skipper Harry Brook shut down all such possibilities with a superb match- winning partnership to power England home.
Salt played the acnhor role to perfection to hit a fine unbeaten 59 ( 42 balls , 9 fours, 1 six). But it was Skipper Harry Brook who was the more dominating among the two. Brook was in mood and went after the bowling straight away and balsted a scintillating unbeaten innings of 79 ( 35 balls , 8 fours, 4 sixes) at an astonishing strike rate of 225.71 . England romping home in style reaching 159/1 in just 13.5 overs. It was domination by the English lions.
India Bowling : Arshdeep Singh 1/41 ( 3.5 overs), Prasidh Krishna 0/26 ( 3 overs), Prince Yadav 0/28 ( 3 overs), Axar Patel 0/24 ( 2 overs), Washington Sundar 0/19 ( 1 over), Shivam Dube 0/15 ( 1 over)
Match: 4th T20I
Venue: Bristol | Date: July 09, 2026
