- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.4 Oh, that is a sharp catch by Banton at backward point. And Samson's innings is cut shot early again. On a length outside off stump, Samson skews this aerially with an open face of the bat. Banton flies to his right and takes an excellent catch 6/18.2 Huge appeal for lbw, not given. Was there an inside-edge? Was that sliding down leg? Brook has reviewed. Back of a hand legcutter on a length on leg stump. No bat, on we go. This looks mighty close. Pitched in line, impact in line and the ball is crashing into leg stump. Abhishek departs and that is a timely wicket for England. 88/31.6 Oh, dear, Kishan has to put in a sprawling dive. Does he make it in? England are confident and rightly so. Kishan has been run out twice in two innings. A massive mix-up and Kishan has to walk back for a two-ball duck. Length ball on middle, he works to the right of midwicket and sets off. Abhishek is ball watching, probably waiting for the ball to go past the diving fielder. Kishan, however, is more than halfway down. He turns back, makes a full-length dive, but mid-on's throw is accurate as Buttler whips off the bails in a flash 6/217.5 Shreyas has to walk back after a patchy innings, though he's made 68, and that counts for something... Was a full delivery, moves into the pads and past his scratchy hoick across the line. Plumb in front of off-stump. And oh, Shreyas has gone for the review. To captains their privileges. And yeah, he's a goner. He's halfway off the pitch by the time the third ump confirms it 165/513.4 Tilak looks to force the issue, he forces himself out of the middle instead! Was a full toss, he leans into a scoop. But Tilak's hardly middled one off the square today, and he hits it right to short fine leg. The lack of pace did him in, on this kind of shot 124/418.4 Rashid is just too good. On the overall assessment, he's won this battle with India's batters here. Rana runs down the track and is completely outfoxed. Ball spins past him and into the keeper's hands, who whips the bails off even as Rana scrambles to get back inside his crease 174/619.6 A bit of pantomime to finish this innings off. Misses a wide one, Axar lets it go completely because he thinks it's wide. It isn't. Axar waits for Dube to cross before he runs, to get Dube on strike. Except by the time he gets to the other end, the stumps have been taken off by Curran. And it's not a wide either, so getting Dube on strike did India no favours. Axar did his best though. In any case, India finish on 189 for 7. Just about par on this tricky-ish track, you'd say! 189/7Extras3 (lb 1, w 2)TOTAL189/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.45)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Sanju Samson, 1.4 ov), 2-6 (Ishan Kishan, 1.6 ov), 3-88 (Abhishek Sharma, 8.2 ov), 4-124 (Tilak Varma, 13.4 ov), 5-165 (Shreyas Iyer, 17.5 ov), 6-174 (Harshit Rana, 18.4 ov), 7-189 (Axar Patel, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB L Wood 3 0 35 0 11.66 5 5 1 0 0 S Mahmood 4 0 33 3 8.25 11 3 2 1 0 LA Dawson 3 0 26 0 8.66 2 1 1 0 0 WG Jacks 3 0 30 0 10 2 2 1 0 0 AU Rashid 4 0 39 1 9.75 7 3 2 0 0 SM Curran 3 0 25 1 8.33 3 1 1 1 0 England Team Phil Salt Jos Buttler † Wicketkeeper Harry Brook (c) Jacob Bethell Allrounder Tom Banton Sam Curran Allrounder Will Jacks Allrounder Liam Dawson Allrounder Adil Rashid Bowler Luke Wood Bowler Saqib Mahmood Bowler
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Series result
5-match series level 0-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
17.30 start, First Session 17.30-19.00, Interval 19.00-19.20, Second Session 19.20-20.50
Match days
1 July 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 2 wickets)
- India: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (Abhishek Sharma 44, SS Iyer 9, Ex 0)
- Abhishek Sharma: 50 off 20 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Over 8.2: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - M Burns, Batter - Abhishek Sharma (Upheld)
- Drinks: India - 99/3 in 10.0 overs (SS Iyer 34, NT Tilak Varma 4)
- India: 100 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 1
- Over 11.6: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - GD Lloyd, Batter - NT Tilak Varma (Struck down)
- SS Iyer: 50 off 38 balls (4 x 4)
- India: 150 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 2
- Over 17.5: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - GD Lloyd, Batter - SS Iyer (Struck down)
- Innings Break: India - 189/7 in 20.0 overs (S Dube 42)
Match Coverage
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Meanwhile, England brought Saqib Mahmood and Luke Wood into their side, replacing Jofra Archer and Jamie Overton from the side they fielded in the T20 World Cup semi-final
Brook: Test captaincy would be 'great honour', as focus turns to India T20I
White-ball captain was given "100%" backing by Ben Stokes to take over the red-ball role
'Not embarrassing, but depressing' - Iyer rues series loss against Ireland
India captain acknowledged the tactical errors against Ireland while backing himself to lead the response against England
No time to analyse for India, England as T20I series awaits
While Sooryavanshi still waits for his T20I debut, England rested Archer and Tongue for the first T20I


