One side of the ground is 64m, the other side is 65m and straight down the ground is 75m. The breeze is always blowing here. The pitch is 60 percent red soil and 40 percent black soil. There is a bit more carry and bounce, so England should enjoy it more. But, there is a deceptive piece to the puzzle too! It is pretty dry, so, pace off may well be the way to go as the game progresses. The curator has said that dew may set in around 8:30 pm when in practice, it sets in around 6:30!
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Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
One side of the ground is 64m, the other side is 65m and straight down the ground is 75m. The breeze is always blowing here. The pitch is 60 percent red soil and 40 percent black soil. There is a bit more carry and bounce, so England should enjoy it more. But, there is a deceptive piece to the puzzle too! It is pretty dry, so, pace off may well be the way to go as the game progresses. The curator has said that dew may set in around 8:30 pm when in practice, it sets in around 6:30!
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10:57 pm local time (10:57 pm IST): So that does it from Pune! But what a pulsating contest it was! Now, we head to Mumbai to end this T20I series on Sunday. The first ball gets bowled at 7:00 pm local time (7:00 pm IST). Join us then, friends, to find out how that game unfolds at the iconic Wankhede Stadium. For now, this is the pair of Pradeep and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!
Suryakumar Yadav [India captain]: It was a brilliant contest between bat and ball! And the support from this crowd was excellent! We did not start well, the boys know what brand of cricket we want to play, so, we were disappointed. But Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya were there to get the job done for us. We are batting with intent these days, so, we don't want to break that momentum. Even when we bowled, right after the power play, we had to get some wickets and we did that courtesy our spinners to make it tough. That worked well. I think we can expect some fireworks in Mumbai next!
Shivam Dube is adjudged the Player of the Match for his 34-ball 53!
Jos Buttler [England captain]: Started brilliantly, taking lots of wickets in the powerplay and the end of it we were in great position, but should've won in the end. It's disappointing, we did a lot of good things, but some we paid for it as we dropped Dube, but with the bat we were in a fantastic position and gave it away. Just double down how we want to play, we need to commit more, when we do that the results go our way.
Harshit Rana who made the debut as a concussion substitute for Shivam Dube, turn the tide for India. Rana turned out to be the difference in the end. Find out more below!👇
Harshit Rana: It's still a dream debut for me. When Dube came back, I was told that I'll be going in as concussion sub on the field. The effort was there for a long time, the moment came today and I was able to deliver for the team. In IPL I bowled a lot at death, that came to help today.
10:32 pm local time (10:32 pm IST): India win by 15 runs with 2 balls to spare and take an unassailable 3-1 lead!
Hardik Pandya 53 (30) | Ravi Bishnoi - 3/28 (4) Harry Brook 51 (26) | Saqib Mahmood - 3/35 (4)
Having scored over 60 runs in the power play, losing only one wicket, and having Harry Brook play exceptionally to get to 50 later on, England will feel absolutely gutted at having lost this game! On the flip side, the Indian team bowled and fielding brilliantly to keep chipping away with wickets just when the need came. Of course, the captaincy from Suryakumar Yadav was top-class too!
Pace on up front was travelling, and so, the prompt decision to go to spin brought about the wicket of Ben Duckett off the last ball of the power play. After that, wickets kept falling and partnerships were not formed.
Then came the call to replace Shivam Dube with Harshit Rana as his concussion substitute and it created murmurs in the England camp! They were unhappy with this move. Harshit too made it count, with a wicket off his second delivery in T20Is!
But his second over went for plenty, to once again change the complexion of the innings. However, the home side, in front of a euphoric home crowd, came right back into the mix! Harry Brook and Jamie Overton had it in them to take the visitors home, but some poor shots played and surprising choices made, brought India back in the contest for good!
There was no dew tonight and we had a proper, roller-coaster of a game! There were lots of ebbs and flows but in the end, the Indian team registered their 17th consecutive T20 series win at home, with a game to go!
19.4 Arshdeep Singh to Saqib Mahmood, OUT! HOLES OUT AT LONG-ON! India seal the series, 3-1 with a game to go! Banged into the track, Mahmood pulled it to deep mid-wicket, SKY runs in and takes a simple catch. India hold on to their nerve, England would think they've thrown this game away when they were bossing at one stage.
Saqib Mahmood c Axar Patel b Arshdeep Singh 1 (2b 0x4, 0x6)
19.3 Arshdeep Singh to Adil Rashid, full on the off-stump, Rashid swings hard, no timing again towards long-on and gets only a single.
Singles won't hurt India one bit.
19.2 Arshdeep Singh to Saqib Mahmood, round the wicket. Angled the length delivery on the stumps, Mahmood carved it to long-off for a single. Brings Rashid back on strike.
19.1 Arshdeep Singh to Adil Rashid, full toss, knee height. Rashid lifts it down to long-on, barely any timing on it and they settle for a single.
The decision to turn down two singles in the over did not work out well for Overton! England are making it tougher for themselves.
Saqib Mahmood, RHB, is at the non-striker's end.
The man of the moment, Harshit Rana, replaced the injured Shivam Dube midway through the innings. Read more about it from the link below!
18.6 Harshit Rana to Jamie Overton, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Rana has killed the game of the final ball, dangerous Overton departs of the last ball of the over. Back of a length on off-stump, Overton has a hack across the line, but it takes the inside edge back on to the stumps. Crowd erupts in MCA!
Jamie Overton b Harshit Rana 19 (15b, 1x4, 1x6)
A priceless dot ball, this! Priceless!
18.5 Harshit Rana to Jamie Overton, DROPPED! Was a tough chance, hit so hard back to the bowler and it's got to sting Rana. Length delivery outside the off-stump, Overton smacked it straight back and Rana on his follow, couldn't cling on.
18.4 Harshit Rana to Jamie Overton, length delivery on off-stump, Overton smacked it down to long-on and denies the single again.
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