Updated On: 01 February, 2025 07:31 AM IST | Pune | G Krishnan
Suryakumar & Co put up solid all-round effort to beat England by 15 runs and seal series with a match to spare; Pandya, Dube shine with half-centuries

India players celebrate the dismissal of England’s Ben Duckett in fourth T20I in Pune yesterday. PICS/AFP
Often cricketers are told to “go out and express yourselves.” Express themselves, the Indian batsmen did in the fourth T20I on Friday evening after being sent in to bat. No one expressed himself better for India than Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube, both scoring 53 and sharing 87 for the sixth wicket in 45 balls, bailing India out from 79-5 in the 11th over. Thanks to Dube and Pandya, India posted a challenging 181-9.
The Indian bowlers managed to dismiss the visitors for 166 to win by 15 runs and clinch the series here itself, taking an unassailable 3-1 lead. But England openers also expressed themselves in good batting conditions; left-handed Ben Duckett throwing his bat at almost everything to take them to 62 before himself being out off the last ball of Powerplay for 39 (19b, 7x4, 1x6).