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Patna : India scored a competitive 185/8 runs in 20 overs in 4th T20I against England at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on March 18, 2021, night, as Suryakumar Yadav made a blistrering 57 in 31 balls hitting 6 fours and 3 sixes, one each of Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, and Sam Curran. while Shreyas Iyer scored 37 in 18 balls with 5 fours and 1 six. Rishabh Pant (wk) scored 30 runs in 24 balls with 4 fours.
Shardul Thakur remained unbeaten on 10 in 4 balls hitting 2 fours. This was India’s best score batting first in this series. India’s score is good considering the failure of openers : Rohit Sharma (12), Lokesh Rahul (14), and captain Virat Kohli (1). Rahul has scored 15 runs in four matches matches in this series. Hardik Pandya fell to fast bowler Mark Wood for 11 including a six.
For England fast bowlers Jofra Archer and Mark Wood bowled at a furious face. Archer took 4/33 in 4 overs, his best in T20Is. Wood took 1/25 in 4 overs. Spinner Adil Rashid took the wicket of Kohli while all-rounder Ben Stokes accounted for Lokesh Rahul. Rohit Sharma fell to Archer for 12 hitting 1 four and 1 six. Rohit started with a bang hitting Adil Rashid, who opened the attack, for a six on first ball. Suryakumar Yadav, who fell to Sam Curran, also hit six off Jofra Archer on the first ball he faced in his innings.