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India vs England, 5th T20I: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma earn hosts a 3-2 series win

India vs England, 5th T20I: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma earn hosts a 3-2 series win. India beat England by 36 runs in the fifth T20I at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma earn series win for India

Ahmedabad, March 20: After the blistering half-centuries by skipper Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Indian bowlers restricted England to 188/8 to register a 36-run win in the fifth T20I here at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday (March 20).

With this win, India clinched the five-match series by 3-2 and now both the teams will face off in the three-match ODI series from March 23 at Pune.

SCOREBOARD: INDIA VS ENGLAND, 5TH T20I

Chasing a mammoth target of 225, England had a miserable start as their opener Jason Roy (0) was sent back to the pavilion by pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the first over of the innings. Dawid Malan joined Jos Buttler in the middle and the duo started the onslaught on Indian bowlers and kept the scoreboard ticking with a healthy run-rate.

Malan and Buttler scored all around the park and kept on scoring boundaries at regular intervals. The duo guided the side to the three-figure mark in the 10th over. After the completion of 10 overs, England's score read 104/1. Meanwhile, Malan completed his half-century off 33 balls in the 11th over.

In the next over, Buttler too completed his fifty off 30 balls. When the things looked beyond India's reach, Bhuvneshwar brought hosts back in the game and scalped Buttler (52) in the 13th over. Buttler's knock was studded with four sixes and two fours. Buttler and Malan had a 130-run partnership for the second wicket.

Jonny Bairstow came in to bat at number four but his stay did not last long as Shardul Thakur scalped two wickets in his 16th over and India on top. Thakur bagged Bairstow (7) and then skipper Eoin Morgan (1) in the same over. New batsmen Ben Stokes and Chris Jordan arrived at the crease to rescue the side. England were at 144/5 in 16 overs. The side required 81 runs off the last four overs, an improbable task.

For India, Bhuvneshwar bowled economically and built pressure on the English batter. He returned with the figures of 2-16 in his four overs. Shardul Thakur bagged three wickets.

Earlier, skipper Kohli played a knock of 80 runs while Rohit and Suryakumar Yadav played knocks of 64 and 32 respectively as the hosts posted 224/2 in the allotted 20 overs. However, the telling blow, in the end, came from Hardik Pandya as the swashbuckling all-rounder played an innings of 39 runs off just 17 balls.

Story first published: Saturday, March 20, 2021, 23:26 [IST]
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