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India vs England in the fifth and final T20I at The Ageas Bowl, West End, Hampshire. Harry Brook’s team has already won the series against the T20 World Cup champions. They are already 3-0 ahead in the series, even though one match was washed out due to rain. England are on top of their game even in the final game.
Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bowl first as India made a few changes in the fifth and final T20I. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who made his debut in the second game of the series, was dropped after playing only three games; Sanju Samson was brought back into the squad, and Suryansh Shedge made his first appearance in this series, with Washington Sundar being dropped.
Jos Buttler and Harry Brook created a ruckus
After being asked to bat first, England got off to a fast start, but Phil Salt went back early, allowing Prasidh Krishna to make the breakthrough; After that, Harry Brook and Jos Buttler created a ruckus by scoring fifty runs in no time. Brook is the joint second fastest T20I 50 scorer against India in terms of balls.
The English captain completed his half-century in 19 balls; Soon Butler scored a half-century in 34 balls. Both of them have been in tremendous form as India’s bowlers had no answers; Harry Brook was out on the score of three runs; Shivam Dubey completely misjudged and failed to take the catch.
Harry Brooke writes history
Harry Brook, after scoring his half-century, created a massacre as he now has the most runs in a bilateral T20I series against India, surpassing Nicholas Pooran’s 184 runs in the three-match series in India in 2022. He achieved the milestone during the first innings in 12.4 overs when he took a single and scored 56 runs.
Harry Brook has scored 219* runs and is getting closer to his century. The English captain is currently batting on an unbeaten score of 85 runs. He and Buttler have now made a record partnership against India in T20Is, as they now have a 201* run partnership against the Men in Blue.
Jos Buttler scored a century
Jos Buttler has now scored a century in 51 balls in the match and this is his second T20 century. Buttler was in good form coming into this match and he took a big step forward in the last game and showed his class.
England are currently at 210/1 at the end of 16 overs; With four overs left and wickets in hand, they will be eyeing a big score and the Men in Blue will be looking to chase a big score and possibly a record run chase in this game.
During the toss, Brook said, “We would have had a bat, very happy. (What is today about?) Well, we’ve got a bit of a target. If we win today, we’ll be number one in the world. So that’s in the back of our minds. But really what we’ve done all through the series is adapt to the surface and have good communication.”