Decisive battle today!
India look forward to winning the series with the fifth Twenty20 match
India-England cricket series
The Twenty20 series between India and England, which are among the top two teams in the world, turned out to be as exciting and entertaining as expected. With the five-match series now tied at 2-2, it will be interesting to see which team wins the series on Saturday.
Lowering the coin toss, India trailed England by eight runs in the fourth over. Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur were the sculptors of Mumbaikar India's victory. Skipper Virat Kohli also lauded the team's zealous attitude and patted the young players on the back. Therefore, coach Ravi Shastri along with Kohli must have got a good idea of what the team should look like for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup.
Another chance for Rahul
In the last four matches, opener K. L. Rahul has scored 1, 0, 0, 14 runs respectively. However, Rahul prefers the team management over Shikhar Dhawan and Ishan Kishan, so he is likely to play the opening match with Rohit Sharma in the fifth match as well. Along with Suryakumar, who was selected in the Indian squad for the ODI series, Kohli, Shreyas and Pant will be in charge of the middle order.
The strategy of only five bowlers
With all-rounder Hardik Pandya playing the role of the fifth bowler, India are likely to maintain a five-wicket strategy in the fifth innings.
England expected from the middle order
England's middle-order batsmen were disappointed in both the losing matches. Both Jose Butler and Jason Roy have returned to cheap, but the batting line-up, which has been extended to eighth, is failing to perform as expected. So with captain Eoin Morgan, David Malan, Johnny Bairstow need to play responsibly.
Penalty for England team
In the fourth Twenty20 match, the players of the England team were deducted 20 per cent of their match fees for not maintaining the speed of the overs. England dropped one over in the allotted time.
Union
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, K. L. Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Akshar Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Yajurvendra Chahal, Varun Chakraborty, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Thangarasu Natarajan.
England: Eoin Morgan (captain), Jason Roy, Johnny Bairstow, Jose Butler, Liam Livingstone, David Malan, Ben Stokes, Moin Ali, Sam Billings, Adil Rashid, Rees Topley, Chris Jordan, Sam Karan, Tom Karan, Joffre , Mark Wood.
Time: 7 p.m.
Live broadcast: Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi (on relevant HD channels)