Pune, The Indian team has defeated England by 15 runs in the fourth match played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. With this win, India has taken a 3-1 lead in the five-match T20 series. Batting first, India scored 181 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs thanks to half-centuries from Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey. In response, despite getting a good start, the England team could score only 166 runs after losing all wickets in 20 overs. Ravi Bishnoi and Harshit Rana took 3-3 wickets for India.

Ben Duckett and Phil Salt have given a good start to the England team chasing the target of 182 runs. India got the first success in the sixth over. Ben Duckett was dismissed after scoring 39 runs in 19 balls. Opener Phil Salt could score only 23 runs in 21 balls. Akshar clean bowled him. Captain Jos Buttler could score only two runs. Liam Livingstone scored 9 runs. Harry Brook played a half-century innings. He shared a 34-run partnership in 19 balls with Bethel for the fifth. Brook was dismissed after scoring 51 runs in 26 balls. In his innings, he hit 5 fours and two sixes. Sundar dismissed Brook and then Cars.

The Indian team, which came out to bat first, suffered three setbacks in the second over itself. Saqib Mahmood dismissed Sanju Samson (1) and Tilak Verma (0). Saqib showed the way to the pavilion to captain Suryakumar Yadav on the last ball of the over. After Tilak, Suryakumar also could not open the account. Opener Abhishek Sharma was dismissed after scoring 29 runs in 19 balls. Rinku Singh scored 30 runs in 26 balls. Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya played a brilliant innings of 53 runs in 30 balls. Hardik and Shivam shared a 45-ball 87-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Shivam Dubey was run out on the last ball at a personal score of 53 off 34 balls. For England, Saqib Mahmood took three wickets for 35 runs.

Suryakumar Yadav's team won the first two matches in Kolkata and Chennai. However, England won the third match. By winning the match played in Pune, India has taken an unassailable lead of 3-1.

Teams:

India (Playing XI): Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakraborty

England (Playing XI): Philip Salt (wicketkeeper), Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler (captain), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood