India equalised the series against England with an 8-run win in the fourth T20I at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad. India’s 185/8 was set up by Suryakumar Yadav (57 in 31 balls in his first T20I innings) and Shreyas Iyer (37 in 18) against some incisive bowling from Jofra Archer (4-0-33-4) and Mark Wood (4-1-25-1).
England were kept in the hunt by Jason Roy (40 in 27) and Ben Stokes (46 in 23). However, the chase was derailed by Shardul Thakur (4-0-42-3) and Rahul Chahar (4-0-35-2), while Hardik Pandya (4-0-16-2) seemed virtually impossible to get away.
The series is now tied 2-2. The last match will be played on 20 March. Ahead of the decider, here is a statistical preview.
1 India’s win-loss ratio against England (9 wins, 9 defeats). They have got a worse ratio only against New Zealand (0.75).
1 catch needed by Virat Kohli (42) to top the list among Indian non-wicketkeepers. He is currently tied with Suresh Raina. Rohit Sharma has held 41 catches.
1 uncapped cricketer in the Indian squad – Rahul Tewatia. He may add to the list of India’s 85 T20I caps.
1.851 win-loss ratio for India, the second-best for any team with a 50-match cut-off. Only Afghanistan (2.28) has better. With 1.157, England are at seventh place.
2.166 win-loss ratio for India over the past three years, the best for any team with a 30-match cut-off. With 2.111, England are at second place.
3 runs needed by Kohli (497) to become the first Indian to score 500 runs against England. No other Indian has even 300. The highest for England is Eoin Morgan (346).
12 wickets for Yuzvendra Chahal against England, the most by any Indian. The English record against India is Chris Jordan’s 10.
16 matches for Kohli and Jos Buttler, the most in England-India clashes.
18 sixes for Jason Roy against India, the most by any Englishman. Morgan has hit 17. The most by an Indian is 15, shared by Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina.
65 runs needed by Dawid Malan (935) to reach 1,000 runs. He may become the seventh England batsman to the milestone, after Morgan (2,310), Jos Buttler (1,671), Alex Hales (1,644), Kevin Pietersen (1,176), Jonny Bairstow (1,043), and Roy (1,034).
40 runs needed by Rohit (2,800) to go past Martin Guptill (2,839) and become the second-highest run-scorer in Men’s T20Is. Only Kohli (3,079) has more runs.
55 runs needed by Buttler (1,563) to go past MS Dhoni (1,617) and become the second-highest run-scorer while playing as a wicketkeeper. Only Mohammad Shahzad (1,918) has more.