
The National Cricket Team of England led by Jos Buttler faced the National Cricket team of India led by Suryakumar Yadav in the fourth T20i of the series of five games on Friday, January 31.
Jos Buttler’s team, England, showed a great fight in the game, but lost for 15 races at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium in Pune. With this, they also lost the T20i series.
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The defeat of England’s face in an exciting game
For the first time in the series, Jos Buttler won the raffle and England first launched in the game. They reached an exceptional beginning, reducing the hosts to 12/3.
They chose two fastest Wickts to reduce India to 79/5, but after that, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube took them to the cleaners. Finally, India arrested in 181/9.
Chasing the target, Harry Brook and Ben Duckett played explosive tickets. However, the low performance of the rest of the batters meant that they were removed by 166 in 19.4 overs.
We should have won the game – Jos Buttle
Speaking in the presentation after the game, Jos Buttler praised his players to start well in the game, but he felt frustrated after finishing on the losing side.
“We started brilliantly, taking wickts in the power game and we were in a great position at the end of the batting power game. We should have won the game,” said Jos Buttler.
Buttler added that dropping Shivam Dube was the great reason behind his defeat, since the SUV hit a brutal fifty. He said:
“We did some really good things in the game. We left Dube’s first ball and he went to play a really good entry. With the bat, we were in a fantastic position and we lost a couple of key Wickts.”
How did England serve in the previous T20I vs. previous India?
England was victorious for 26 races in the third T20i against India in Rajkot. Batting First, visitors registered a total of 171/9 in their 20 overs, which proved to be enough to win the game.
His tickets began with a bad note when Phil Salt (5) was fired early. However, Ben Duckett broke a rapid fire of 51 of 28 balls, including 7 limits and 2 maximums. Jos Buttler contributed a valuable 24, before being fired by Varun Chakravarthy.
Liam Livingstone (43) provided some fireworks, breaking 1 four and 5 six, but Pandya dismissed him while trying to clear the long data limit. The lower order of England showed a good fight and contributions of Adil Rashid (10*) and Mark Wood (10*) helped the team reach 171/9.
During the persecution, the Indian batting order struggled to start. England’s bowling players attacked at a key moments, reducing India to 31/2 within the first 4 overs.
Adil Rashid dismissed Tilak Varma in shape, and Jamie Overton took the Hardik Pandya, Washington Suandar and Mohammed Shami Washington. With the key wicks that fell to regular intervals, India never seemed in control and ended with a total of 145/9.