India vs England, Highlights, 4th T20I at Ahmedabad, Full cricket score: Shardul Thakur stars as hosts level series 2-2 after nervy finish

After 20 overs,England 177/8 ( Jofra Archer 18 , Adil Rashid 0)

23 needed off six as Shardul steams into the last over of the innings. The seamer misses out on a yorker off the second and Archer powers it down the ground for a four. India get a dry new ball with four deliveries to go. Can this work in England’s favour? The third delivery is a short one and Jofra dispatches it into the stands. Two consecutive wides off the fourth, Shardul is clearly under pressure here. Jofra’s bat is broken off the fifth delivery but thankfully for India, it’s just a single. A knuckle ball off the fifth from Shardul as Jordan holes out to Hardik at long off. A dot to end the over.

India have beaten England by eight runs and the five-match series stands levelled at 2-2.

After 19 overs,England 163/7 ( Chris Jordan 11 , Jofra Archer 7)

Bhuvneshwar into the 19th over of the innings. Archer joins Jordan in the middle after Curran’s departure. The ball’s damp and the Indian bowlers have been clever with their change of pace, especially in the last few overs. Archer brings down the equation to 23 off 6 balls as he smacks a four off the last ball. 10 runs off the over.

After 18 overs,England 153/7 ( Chris Jordan 9 , Jofra Archer 0)

Pandya returns to the attack. Right, both Curran and Jordan can bat but the question is whether they can handle the pressure of the required run rate. Pandya digs the third one short, Jordan miscues it but luckily for him, the ball falls in no-man’s land. Curran gets clean bowled off the last, once again, the change of pace doing the trick for Pandya. Six runs and a wicket off the over.

After 17 overs,England 147/6 ( Sam Curran 1 , Chris Jordan 6)

Shardul continues and he gets India back in the game. Two slower off cutters from the seamer and he removes Stokes and Morgan off successive deliveries. Both the batsman handed simple catches to the fielders in the deep. Jordan, the new man in, collects a boundary off the fourth ball in the over. Two wickets and seven runs off it. Possibly the game-changing over from Shardul.

After 16 overs,England 140/4 ( Ben Stokes 46 , Eoin Morgan (C) 4)

Bhuvneshwar returns to the attack. Skipper Morgan joins Stokes at the crease after Bairstow’s departure. Stokes displays positive intent, steps down the track and pulls the third delivery for a boundary. Two dots to end the over, the ball hits Morgan’s pads on both occasions. Eight runs off the over.

After 15 overs,England 132/4 ( Ben Stokes 41 , Eoin Morgan (C) 1)

Chahar continues. The dew is making it difficult to grip the ball, especially for the spinners. This same was visible in this over as Stokes collected a four and a six in the over. Bairstow throws his wicket away as charges down the track and slices the fifth delivery straight to Sundar at point. 14 runs and a wicket off the over.

After 14 overs,England 118/3 ( Jonny Bairstow 25 , Ben Stokes 28)

Sundar gets whacked for three boundaries, two fours and a maximum, from the blade of Bairstow, who seems to have found his touch and is now timing the ball well. Meanwhile, the Stokes-Bairstow stand is worth 52 at the end of the over. Sundar has terrible figures to show, he’s conceded over 50 for the first time in his T20I career.

After 13 overs,England 100/3 ( Jonny Bairstow 8 , Ben Stokes 27)

Chahar continues. Bairstow is looking to muscle the ball rather than timing it at the moment. His batting partner Stokes, continues to look impressive as he smokes the penultimate delivery of the over above the sightscreen. Nine runs off the over. Meanwhile, the 100 is up for England.

After 12 overs,England 91/3 ( Jonny Bairstow 6 , Ben Stokes 20)

Spin operating in tandem at the moment as Sundar continues from one end. Stokes showcases his brute force as he collects a four and a six off the first and last deliveries of the over. 12 runs off the over, another costly one.

After 11 overs,England 79/3 ( Jonny Bairstow 5 , Ben Stokes 9)

Chahar returns to the attack. He has replaced Chahal, who was guilty of leaking three runs in the first three games. Eight runs off the over. Good over from the leggie as he created two wicket-taking opportunities in the over. The ball landed just short of Iyer at square leg on one of them, while Stokes wasn’t in control of a reverse sweep too. Eight runs off the over.

After 10 overs,England 71/3 ( Jonny Bairstow 3 , Ben Stokes 3)

Quiet over from Sundar, with the batsman managing five runs off it, through three single and a double. Right, at the halfway stage of England’s innings, they’re just about where India were in theirs.

After 9 overs, England 66/3 ( Ben Stokes 0, Jonny Bairstow 1)

Pandya returns to the attack. Gives width off the first to Roy, who steers it towards deep backward point for a four. Pandya continues to mix up his pace and lengths well, conceding just two off the remaining five deliveries, and dismissing the well-set Roy with a short delivery. Suryakumar made no mistake in the deep. Six runs and a wicket off the over.

Rahul Chahar in middle-overs (7-15) in IPL-2020:

Wickets : 13
ER : 8.26
Avg. : 29.2
SR : 21.2

After 8 overs,England 60/2 ( Jason Roy 35 , Jonny Bairstow 0)

Rahul Chahar comes into the attack. Starts off with a short delivery, Roy misses out and can only manages a single there. Fantastic fielding effort by Rohit on the off side as he collects the ball with one hand and gets in a sharp throw straight to Pant, restricting the batsman to only a single. Appeal for stumping by Pant off the fourth delivery, but Malan got his foot back just in time. Malan gets out, clean bowled, paying the price of playing a reverse sweep against a beautifully bowled googly. Superb over from Chahar, four runs and a wicket off it.