India won the 5th consecutive T20 series against England

India defeated England in the fourth T20 match by 15 runs in Pune. With this, the team also won the 5th consecutive T20 series against England. England had won the last series in 2014. India's concussion substitute Harshit Rana and spinners together took 9 wickets. This also made the difference between victory and defeat.

On Friday, England chose bowling at the MCA Stadium. India scored 181 runs after losing 9 wickets. Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey played innings of 53-53 runs. Saqib Mahmood took 3 wickets. England's team was all out after scoring 166 runs in 19.4 overs. Harry Brook scored a fifty. Harshit and Ravi Bishnoi took 3-3 wickets.

With the end of the fourth T20, India took an unassailable lead in the series. The fifth T20 match of the series will be played in Mumbai on February 15. India had also won the first and second matches. While England won the third match.

Player of the Match Shivam Dubey

Shivam Dubey got the Player of the Match award for playing an innings of 53 runs in 34 balls. When Dubey came to bat, the team had lost 4 wickets for 57 runs. Here Dubey hit 2 sixes against Adil Rashid and made an important partnership of 87 runs for the sixth wicket with Hardik Pandya.

Dubey could not field due to a ball hitting his head during batting. In his place Harshit Rana had to come to the field as a concussion substitute. Who took 3 big wickets and put the match in India's bag.

Hero of the victory Harshit Rana

After coming in as a concussion substitute, Harshit took a wicket on the second ball itself. Harshit sent Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell and Jamie Overton to the pavilion at crucial moments.

India scored big after a bad start

After losing the toss and batting first, Team India lost 3 wickets for 12 runs. Abhishek Sharma scored 29 and Rinku Singh scored 30. After losing 5 wickets for 79 runs, Shivam Dubey and Hardik Pandya shared an 87-run partnership.

Hardik and Dubey played innings of 53-53 runs. On the basis of both the innings, the team scored 181 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Saqib Mahmood took 3 and Jamie Overton took 2 wickets from England. Adil Rashid and Brydon Carse got 1-1 wickets, while 2 batsmen were also run out.

English batting fell apart after a good start

Facing a target of 182 runs, England lost just 1 wicket in the powerplay and scored 62 runs. As soon as 6 overs were over, the team's wickets started falling.