02/02Result
5th T20I (N), England tour of India at Mumbai, Feb 2 2025
India won by 150 runs
Player of the Match
Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek SharmaIndia
02/02Result
5th T20I (N), England tour of India at Mumbai, Feb 2 2025
India won by 150 runs
Player of the Match
Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek SharmaIndia

END OF OVER:
20 | 7 Runs 2 Wkts | IND: 247/9 | RR: 12.35

  • Mohammed Shami0 (4b)
  • Jamie Overton3-0-48-1
  • Mark Wood4-0-32-2

8.45pm India end at 247 for 9, and you almost feel they've under-delivered on the promise of those incredible first ten overs. But it's really, really hard to sustain that sort of momentum through 20 overs, because you'll inevitably lose a few wickets while playing the kinds of shots India's batters were playing. This is still a monumental total, built on the back of Abhishek Sharma's 135 off 54 balls, one of India's great T20I innings. Will there be dew? How will India's spin-heavy attack go on this surface? And can England make a game of this? We will have all the answers very soon, when Vish returns to bring you the start of the chase.

Meanwhile, the Hockey India League came to an end yesterday, with the Bengal Tigers crowned champions, but the league served its purpose - with India's young players shining bright and foreigners keen on returning. Here's why the HIL was a success/a>.

Ed: "Is this all part of McCullum's plan? 500 runs in 40 overs sounds very on brand for Baz(white)ball"

jov: "@kavin on one hand abhishek carted 18 off that over, but if rashid didn't get him, then who knows how many would've come off the last 2"

Barry E: "Big advantage India, but you have to credit England for dragging that rate down from 16s to something vaguely chasable."

19.6
W
Overton to Ravi Bishnoi, OUT, and he goes first ball, last ball. Full-toss angling into the stumps, and Bishnoi slogs at it but doesn't middle it at all, gets more underneath it than he'd like, and deep midwicket runs in off the boundary and takes a simple catch

Ravi Bishnoi c Carse b Overton 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

19.5
W
Overton to Patel, 1 run, OUT, low full-toss on middle and off, whipped away towards deep midwicket, and they have to risk the second even though it's almost doomed to fail. The shot went straight towards the fielder. Livingstone's throw to the keeper is accurate, and Axar doesn't make his ground in time

AR Patel run out 15 (18m 11b 2x4 0x6) SR: 136.36

19.4
0
Overton to Patel, no run, fuller this time and closer to off stump, Axar drills his drive straight to cover
19.3
4
Overton to Patel, FOUR, offers width with a full one slanting across, and Axar drives and hits it in the air, to the left of cover
19.2
0
Overton to Patel, no run, middle-stump yorker, near-perfect. Makes room, but can only jam his bat down and dig it out defensively
19.1
2
Overton to Patel, 2 runs, low full-toss on the stumps, drilled to the left of long-on, and they hurry through for two. Throw goes to the keeper's end, but Axar is home

END OF OVER:
19 | 3 Runs | IND: 240/7 | RR: 12.63

18.6
0
Wood to Mohammed Shami, no run, in the blockhole, angling into leg stump. Makes room and wristily jabs it down the ground, bouncing over the bowler off the pitch before rolling towards mid-off
18.5
0
Wood to Mohammed Shami, no run, short, rising ball outside off, looks for the uppercut but can't connect
18.4
1
Wood to Patel, 1 run, length ball on the pads, clipped towards deep midwicket
18.3
1lb
Wood to Mohammed Shami, 1 leg bye, Wood belts out a lonesome lbw appeal, with none of his teammates joining in. Looks to flick and misses, while looking to stay leg-side of the ball. Ball clearly slanting down leg. Picks up a leg bye into the backward point region off the back pad
18.2
0
Wood to Mohammed Shami, no run, near-perfect yorker, and Shami manages to lift his back foot out of the way. Jams his bat down, and I don't think he got any touch on it, but the angle juuust takes the ball past leg stump
18.1
1
Wood to Patel, 1 run, length ball on the pads, clipped to deep square leg

END OF OVER:
18 | 18 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 237/7 | RR: 13.16

17.6
W
Rashid to Abhishek Sharma, OUT, finally, England have got their man. The Wankhede reverberates to chants of Abhishek! Abhishek! Slants this wrong'un wide of off stump, and makes Abhishek reach for the ball and slice his lofted drive to the man at sweeper cover

Abhishek Sharma c Archer b Rashid 135 (93m 54b 7x4 13x6) SR: 250

17.5
6
Rashid to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, wrong'un and he dares him to take on the slow, loopy ball. And he beats him in the air, and makes him, slice his lofted hit a little, but he makes good enough connection to clear the straight long-on boundary with ease
17.4
1
Rashid to Patel, 1 run, wrong'un outside off, makes room and cuts to the right of deep point
17.3
1
Rashid to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, almost runs down the pitch, and ends up a bit too close to the pitch of this leg-stump ball. Clipped towards long-on
17.3
1w
Rashid to Abhishek Sharma, 1 wide, not quite as wide outside leg, but wide enough for Abhishek to leave again
17.3
1w
Rashid to Abhishek Sharma, 1 wide, wrong'un, fired flat and quick, but waaaaay down the leg side, left alone
17.2
6
Rashid to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, this one's right in Abhishek's arc, though, angled across but not far enough away from his reach. Launches it straight and high, right back over the bowler's head. Brings up the highest T20I score by an India batter
17.1
2
Rashid to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, steps out and he fires his wrong'un across the batter and wide outside off, drives to the left of deep cover

END OF OVER:
17 | 17 Runs | IND: 219/6 | RR: 12.88

16.6
4
Carse to Patel, FOUR, oh, this is gorgeous. Full, angling into leg stump, and Axar pulls his front leg smartly out of the way and brings his bat down beautifully straight and finishes with high right elbow after lofting this ramrod straight, back over the bowler's head
16.5
1
Carse to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, length ball, goes wider outside off now, slower offcutter. Flat-batted towards long-on
16.4
6
Carse to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, clears the boundary. Full, angling into the stumps, and he gets his front leg out of the way well in time, and sets up a lovely stable base from which to launch the ball high over long-on

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