- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.2 Slower and wider does the trick. Salt falls before exploding at the death. Tried to. First ball six, aimed for the same result. Had to reach out as Axar went wide and full at 90ks. Looked to slap a drive over cover, top edge ballooned to backward point. Salt: 17 off his first 19 balls, 53 off his last 25, Matt informs 158/55.1 Oh, what a start! The crowd erupts! Nails the yorker down leg at 138kph, with Buttler all at sea trying to jam his bat down. Can't get bat on it, and it deflects off his toes onto leg stump! What a start for Prince Yadav! 43/18.2 Prince has his revenge! Brook tries to take on this 136kph length ball that has a bit of extra bounce, hits high on the bat as Brook tries to swing it away and goes high in the air. Abhishek settles under it running in from deep midwicket. The ball nearly pops out, but he manages to hold on while falling back 71/211.5 Wow, great catch Vaibhav, is the spoiler from Matt at the ground. Toed skier was well within the deep-midwicket boundary, Sooryavanshi took a few steps forward, kept his eyes up towards the ball and took it close to his chest. Fullish length ball, Bethell looked to launch it across 111/311.6 As soft a dismissal can get for a catch that goes to deep third go. Shortish outside off, Banton wanted to upper-cut it without a follow-through. In the end, the bat was a conveyor belt sending the ball straight to Varun. Harshit points to a fielder in celebration and is on a hat-trick 111/419.1 Curran not sure of the second, Jacks charges back. Looks like he's run out. Sent upstairs. Well short as Kishan smashed out the stumps. Curran had completed the first much earlier than Jacks. He'd whipped that full toss from the crease, so had a bit more distance to cover. Went for the run anyway, throw on the bounce slightly to the left of the keeper. Collected cleanly 193/619.5 Another good yorker. Closer to the stumps. Chomps a flick to long-on. They run back for the second, have to. Archer runs towards the pavillion after the referral's made... and that's why. Well short despite Arshdeep taking a moment to take off the stumps 199/7Extras6 (lb 1, w 5)TOTAL201/7 (20 Overs, RR: 10.05)Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Jos Buttler, 5.1 ov), 2-71 (Harry Brook, 8.2 ov), 3-111 (Jacob Bethell, 11.5 ov), 4-111 (Tom Banton, 11.6 ov), 5-158 (Phil Salt, 16.2 ov), 6-193 (Will Jacks, 19.1 ov), 7-199 (Jofra Archer, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 4 1 36 0 9 8 4 1 2 0 Harshit Rana 4 0 40 2 10 8 5 1 1 0 AR Patel 4 0 49 1 12.25 6 3 4 0 0 Prince Yadav 4 0 30 2 7.5 8 3 0 1 0 S Dube 1 0 10 0 10 1 1 0 1 0 CV Varun 3 0 35 0 11.66 1 3 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 Short, wide, and slashed to deep point! Tongue gets Abhishek! 145kph, dug into the surface, and Abhishek slices it in the air. Phil Salt settles under it to take a simple catch 23/12.4 Has he gloved this behind? Ump thinks so and Sooryavanshi is walking! Archer with a 145kph short ball around leg and Sooryavanshi wants to hook this away but is cramped and done for pace. gets a feather off the glove and Buttler gobbles it up! 29/23.6 Another one falls for India, and Tongue and England are delighted! Short ball angled across him and Kishan pulls this flat to deep backward square 41/34.1 Oh, boy that's a fourth wicket down! Iyer's hit this to deep backward square. Archer breaks into a laugh because he knows that was a poor ball. Leg-stump half-volley and Iyer somehow hits it to the fielder, who had to run a bit to his right to take a good catch. It's looking very dicey for India now! 41/44.6 Edged behind and Archer gives Axar a little send-off. 4, 6, wicket! Axar tries to slap away this short ball outside off, again at 146kph, and this time all he manages is a little nick and India have lost half their side in the powerplay 52/57.1 What's happened there? Was a straightforward stumping chance, but had Buttler dropped the ball? The offbreak spins away as Tilak skips out of his crease for a big shot, beats him comprehensively. Buttler manages to hold on with the edges of his fingers and the replay shows he does manage to get the ball onto the stumps before it falls out of his hands. Tilak is a goner! Buttler will be relieved he didn't make a hash of that one! 60/610.4 India's lowest total of 74 all but breached. Tongue has four. Rana cuts to backward point's left. Banton leans across and takes it easily 70/98.2 Was that an edge? Well, the umpire thinks so, and Dube is on his way back to the pavillion! 143kph back of length ball around leg, Dube looks to flick it but just gets a thin under-edge and Buttler does the needful. Tongue and Archer with their pace and bounce have been too hot to handle for the Indian batters today! 63/79.2 Skied again, and this time Buttler grabs it! Tossed up full on leg and Arshdeep gets another top edge off the slog sweep. This time the ball has gone in front to his left, and Buttler runs in, claims it, and grabs it. Adil Rashid manages to get in on the wicket-taking act 68/811.4 Middle stump rattled. England win by a narrow margin of 125. India's biggest defeat. 83ks length ball lands on middle, beats the flick and hits middle. Bat nowhere close 76/10Extras0TOTAL76 all out (11.4 Overs, RR: 6.51)Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Abhishek Sharma, 1.5 ov), 2-29 (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 2.4 ov), 3-41 (Ishan Kishan, 3.6 ov), 4-41 (Shreyas Iyer, 4.1 ov), 5-52 (Axar Patel, 4.6 ov), 6-60 (Tilak Varma, 7.1 ov), 7-63 (Shivam Dube, 8.2 ov), 8-68 (Arshdeep Singh, 9.2 ov), 9-70 (Harshit Rana, 10.4 ov), 10-76 (Varun Chakravarthy, 11.4 ov)
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England led the 5-match series 2-0
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
7 July 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 0.4: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MJ Saggers, Batter - PD Salt (Struck down)
- England: 50 runs in 6.0 overs (36 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: England - 92/2 in 10.0 overs (PD Salt 34, JG Bethell 2)
- England: 100 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 4
- PD Salt: 50 off 36 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- England: 150 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 5
- England: 200 runs in 19.6 overs (120 balls), Extras 6
- Innings Break: England - 201/7 in 20.0 overs (SM Curran 41, LA Dawson 0)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 5 wickets)
- India: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: India - 68/8 in 9.2 overs (Harshit Rana 8)
Match Coverage
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