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Shreyas Iyer will be frustrated and disappointed after not being able to win in his first seven T20Is as India captain, as England won the fifth and final T20I game by 56 runs. The Men in Blue have now lost four consecutive matches in a T20I series for the first time in their history. England has reached the top of the T-20 rankings.
India made some changes in the fifth and final T20 match after winning the toss and electing to bowl first. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dropped, Sanju Samson was brought back into the team and Suryansh Shedge came into the team, replacing Washington Sundar.
Jos Buttler and Harry Brook became aggressive against Indian bowlers
Jos Buttler and Phil Salt got off to a good start after being invited to bat first. Prasidh Krishna achieved success by dismissing Salt early. But Buttler and Harry Brook went wild and made the highest ever partnership of 233 runs in 102 balls. The English captain completed his half-century in 19 balls; Soon Butler scored a half-century in 34 balls.
Jos Buttler scored an amazing century in 51 balls and eventually got out after scoring 131 runs in 64 balls with the help of 12 fours and 8 sixes. Brook remained unbeaten on 95 off 45 balls as England posted their highest total against India in T20Is with 257/3 in 20 overs.
Shreyas Iyer’s team India fell behind in the last game
While chasing the target, Sanju Samson also started in a similar manner, but Abhishek Sharma was out early after scoring only three runs. Samson, who was looking good, was out after scoring 27 runs in 14 balls. After this Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer made a partnership of 55 runs.
Shreyas Iyer out after scoring 28 runs; Ishan Kishan, who completed his half-century in 27 balls, was out after scoring 56 runs. Eventually Tilak Verma scored 53 runs in 25 balls in the final game to help India at least put up a fight and score 201/8 in 20 overs.
“Fielding plays an important role”- Shreyas Iyer said on India’s poor fielding
Shreyas Iyer said that the conditions were challenging and also highlighted India’s poor fielding and credited Jos Buttler and Harry Brook for the way they batted in the match.
Shreyas Iyer said, “There is still a lot to be done. Especially conditions, awareness. I think it’s all about adaptation. Conditions keep changing from the first match. As professionals we need to learn. It is important that we communicate as much as possible about what we could have done better.”
“Fielding plays a vital role in winning matches. When you come abroad, the dimensions of the ground are different. There is a need to adapt. Especially on a track which was a belter, we might have cheated.”
“But we also dropped a few catches. 220-225 could have been chased. Unfortunately we didn’t get that chance. We lost (wickets) in clusters. I thought their bowling performance was spot on.”
Shreyas Iyer concluded, “And he has played a lot of cricket here. Sensational batting by Buttler and then Harry came in, we dropped a few catches and that could have changed the momentum of the game.”
