The England team will play a five-Test series against the host Indian team during their tour of India. The visiting British team will be led by legendary all-rounder Ben Stokes in the 5-Test series, while the host Indian team will be led by legendary opening batsman Rohit Sharma in the first two Test matches. The third Test match between the two teams will be played from February 15 to 19 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, while the fourth Test match will be played from February 23 to 27 at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi, while the fifth and final Test match will be played from March 7 to 11 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala.
Team India has registered a brilliant victory in the fourth match of the T20 series against England. Batting first, Team India had given a target of 181 runs, which the entire England team returned to the pavilion to meet, but still could not reach the target and thus faced defeat. Team India has won this match by 15 runs and has all out the England team for 166 runs. Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube batted brilliantly from India, both of whom scored half-centuries. Meanwhile, in the bowling, Ravi Bishnavi and Harshit Rana took 3 wickets each and put the England team on the path to defeat. With the victory in Pune, Team India has taken an insurmountable lead in the series. That is, Team India is ahead 3-1 in the five-match series, now the last match will be played in Mumbai on February 2. Harshit Rana played an important role in the match played in Pune. He took 3 wickets. Ravi Bishnoi also took 3 wickets. He gave away 28 runs in 4 overs. Varun Chakravarthy took 2 wickets for 8 runs in 4 overs. Arshdeep Singh took 1 wicket. Axar Patel also got success. The England team came to chase the target given by India and was all out after scoring 166 runs in 19.4 overs. Saqib Mahmud’s wicket fell in the last over. Earlier, Jamie Overton was dismissed in the 19th over. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 19 runs. Jofra Archer could not even open his account. He was dismissed for zero.
- Series Context:
- The 4th T20I would likely be part of a 5-match bilateral series, possibly during England’s winter tour of India (January is a common window for such tours).
- Past series (e.g., 2021’s 5-match T20I series) suggest matches are often held in major Indian cities like Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, or Bengaluru.
Copyright – Third Party Reference Inline Linking Embedded Video from BCCI