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Saqib Mahmood celebrates with England teammates throughout 4th T20I.© AFP
Saqib Mahmood – that’s one title which the Indian T20I cricket crew goes to recollect for a very long time. The England pacer despatched shockwaves in India camp with a terrific over that noticed three stars Sanju Samson (1), Tilak Varma (0) and Suryakumar Yadav (0) fall in an area of six balls. In doing so, Mahmood grew to become the primary England participant to bowl a triple-wicket maiden. He’s additionally the primary bowler on this planet to attain the feat towards India in T20Is. Mahmood took the three wickets within the second over – the joint-earliest to take a triple wicket maiden in T20Is together with Jerome Taylor (vs SA in Gqeberha, 2007).
England received the toss and elected to bowl first towards India within the fourth T2OI on the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Pune on Friday.
England have made two adjustments, spinner Saqib Mahmood is available in for Mark Wooden whereas Jacob Bethell replaces Jamie Smith. Alternatively, India have made three adjustments: Arshdeep Singh is available in for Mohammed Shami, Rinku Singh replaces Dhruv Jurel and Shivam Dube is available in for Washington Sundar.
England captain Jos Buttler mentioned, “We are gonna bowl first this evening. It feels like a great atmosphere already, the series is nicely set-up. Very happy with that performance, we have areas to improve but happy to get the win. Little bit unsure to be the honest with the dew, if it will come in or not. We have two changes – Mahmood for Wood, Bethell for Smith.”
India captain Suryakumar Yadav added, “It is all about coming here and playing good brand of cricket. Stick to the basics. We have left that game in Rajkot. Hopefully, we put up an entertaining show for this crowd. Little bit on the drier, put runs on the board and defend. Arshdeep comes in place of Shami, Rinku comes in for Jurel and we have had some firepower – Shivam Dube comes in for Washington Sundar.”
With IANS inputs
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