IND vs ENG Ball by Ball Commentary

6:13 PM IST Right then! The series is even stevens with the decider to play for. India's 7-match series wins is on the line here. While England would hope to win the T20I series and take the momentum in the ODI series. Who will lay his hand on the trophy? Kohli or Morgan. To find out join for the 5th T20I on 20th March 2021. The action begins at 1900 local (1330 GMT). We hope to have your company for the game. Till then cheers and take care.

6:28 PM IST Suryakumar Yadav is named the Man of the Match. He says that he is happy with how things went as his dream of playing for India came true. He mentions that he tries to keep things simple and does not complicate them much. He mentions that the team management cheers him by saying just play the way he has played in Indian T20 League and domestic circuit. He ends by saying that he enjoyed his day out today.

6:30 PM IST Indian skipper, Virat Kohli says that against a top side one expects the game to be tough. Tells that the dew factor was a massive factor. Shares they were looking at 180-plus and credits Suryakumar Yadav for his innings. Tells they wanted to give chances to these guys so that they can get more confidence as this is the last T20I they play before the World Cup. On a few calls, Kohli says something similar happened in the Test series and tells that the soft signal will be difficult to call from square leg. Kohli feels the situation as such is not ideal in a high-pressure game. On his fitness, Kohli says that he ran for the ball and threw it while diving and tells he aggravated his upper quad and tells he did not want to injure himself. On changes to the side, Kohli says he is very happy and once again credits Surya for his innings as it is not easy to play against bowlers of high quality. Tells that he put them in a good position and credits the youngsters for grabbing the opportunity. Says he is happier for Hardik bowling his 4 overs and how he bowled. Kohli says Hardik was potent with the new ball in the practice session and tells if he bowls in rhythm he can take wickets. Tells Hardik's role in the defence was very crucial.

6:30 PM IST England skipper, Eoin Morgan says that it has been the closest game they have played in the series. Credit India for the win as he mentions that they played well. He mentions that they try to learn along with this series as they prepare for the World Cup. He mentions that the wickets they lost in quick succession hurt them a lot and he also mentions that there was a lot of dew. He mentions that it is difficult to chase when the starting run rate is 9 runs in a T20I. Praises that Bairstow and Stokes played a good hand. He ends by saying that they play for winning and to win away from home is the one thing that they look for.

6:30 PM IST Shardul says that the last over is never easy especially with dew coming in. Tels they were swinging hard and it was important to bowl dot balls. Thakur says that the new ball in the last over worked in England's favour. Shardul says the dew was coming in and if they had bowled slower one in the stumps it would have travelled. Shardul tells the ball was drier and hence he bowled the knuckle ball in the final over. Shardul says he is enjoying a lot and tells he bowls a lot of overs in the death and he is getting used to it. Thakur tells Hardik had some plans but Rohit told him to bowl according to how he wanted.

5:53 PM IST Earlier on the back of Suryakumar Yadav's maiden T20I fifty and contributions from Pant and a quickfire 37 of 18 balls from Iyer saw India post a healthy total on board. It also was the first 180 plus score in this series. For England, It was Jofra Archer's 4 wickets and a wicket each from Wood, Stokes, Curran and Rashid capped off the day with the ball as Jordan ended with a none for 41 in his 4. In the end, The total proved too much for England to chase as they went down fighting hard. Let's hear it from the man who defended 23 in his last over to hand India a win. Shardul Thakur is down for a quick chat.

5:47 PM IST A brilliant bowling display from India. They cameback strongly after being criticized in their last game for poor bowling. They bowled superbly with the dew playing its part. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar started with a maiden and then what unfolded was a strong bowling display from the Indian bowlers. Pandya, Thakur and Chahar supported him well. The only disappointment was Washington Sundar who leaked 52 runs in his 4 overs. And a brilliant last over from Shardul Thakur sees India win the game. Though a close one but India won't mind. Overall a good display of slower bowling and good fielding see India keep the series alive.

5:46 PM IST Chasing a huge total in excess of 180 runs need a  strong solid opening partnership. which England failed to get as they lost Buttler early. Then they lost Malan and Roy in quick succession. Before, Stokes and Bairstow joined hands to take England back on track with a 65-run association. But three quick wickets in the end, derailed their hopes as they went down fighting despite some effort from their bowlers.

5:48 PM IST A brilliant competitive cricket from England and India. In the end, the team that played well won and it is India who have won the game to square off the series 2-2 with the decider to play now. But a sheer nail-biter of a game as England kept the home team on their toes till the last ball of the game. First time a team chasing has lost a game in this series.

5:44 PM IST Swing and a miss! India have done it! They have won the game and leveled the series. Slower ball outside off, Archer swings but to no avail.  INDIA WIN BY 8 RUNS!

5:44 PM IST Adil Rashid comes out to bat with just one ball left.

5:43 PM IST OUT! CAUGHT! Shardul redeems himself. Jordan cannot get the distance like Archer did and India have sealed this game as long as the next ball is a legal ball. Length ball wide outside off. It is the knuckle ball, Jordan hits it over mid off but does not get the distance and hits it straight to Hardik in the deep. He makes no mistake.

5:42 PM IST Just a single. Length ball outside off, Archer looks to smack it but it hits the lower half of his bat. The splice is flying as Archer's bat is broken. They take a run. For India it is just a run and more importantly, the man who was hitting the long ball, is at the non-striker's end.  9 needed off 2 balls.

5:41 PM IST WIDE! Shardul Thakur is under pressure now. Pacy ball wide outside off. Too wide as it is well away from the tramline. Pant dives and takes a great, valuable take.

5:40 PM IST WIDE! Slower ball bowled into the surface. Shardul looks to be away from the arc of Archer. He overcooks the bouncer. Archer lets it be.

5:38 PM IST SIX! SMOKED! 12 needed off 3! Archer, you beauty! He has kept his side in this game. Short on off, the dry ball has skided off the surface. Archer pulls it and pulls it nicely to get it over mid-wicket for a biggie.

5:38 PM IST Something is wrong with the ball and it has been changed. Big boost this as Shardul Thakur now has a dry ball to bowl with.

5:36 PM IST FOUR! England are still in this! Full around off, Archer is standing inside his stumps. Archer hits is straight down the ground between long on and long off for a boundary.  18 needed off 4 balls.

5:35 PM IST Slower ball outside off. Jordan swings but gets a bottom edge. It goes to the leg side, behind the stumps. Pant runs and dives to stop it. Just a single. 22 needed off 5 balls now.

5:35 PM IST Shardul Thakur to bowl the final over. 23 runs he has to defend in the 6 legitimate deliveries.

5:34 PM IST FOUR! 23 needed off the last over now! Length ball outside off, Archer comes down the track and gets enough on it to send it over short third man. The ball races to the fence.

5:33 PM IST Excellent! Very full, almost a yorker on off. Jordan can just milk it to long off for one.

5:32 PM IST Off the toe end! Wide outside off, Archer swings but gets it to cover off the bottom edge. Just a run.

5:32 PM IST In the air but in no man's land. Length ball outside off. It is the slower one. Archer mistimes it over cover and gets a couple. 29 needed off 9.

5:31 PM IST WIDE! This one is on the wrong side of the tramline. Too wide outside off, Archer swings but gets nowhere close to it.

5:30 PM IST A big hoick and a massive miss for England! Slower ball outside off, staying away from Jofra's arc. He swings but cannot get anything on it.

5:29 PM IST On middle, Jordan glances it to the on side for a single.

5:29 PM IST Jofra Archer comes onto bat now. Also, Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the penultimate over.

5:28 PM IST OUT! BOWLED! Brilliant from Hardik Pandya. Just 6 off the over and he has finished with his second wicket. He finishes with 2/16 from his 4 overs. Absolutely phenomenal from Kung-Fu Pandya.  Once again he takes the pace off the ball and rolls his fingers on this one. It is on middle, Sam Curran goes for the big slog to the on side. He gets a bottom edge, and the ball rolls behind to hit the middle pole. Curran has no idea where the ball is and till the time he realises the zing bails are on the turf.

5:27 PM IST Bouncer down the leg side. Sam looks to hook but misses. He looms at the umpire but there is no signal from him.

5:26 PM IST Brilliant from Hardik! He rolls his finger on this one and bowls it on middle and off. Jordan is unable to come to terms with the pace of the ball. He looks to pull but gets an inside edge onto the pad. The ball goes to the off side and they take a single.

5:25 PM IST Miscued but safe! Short ball on leg, Jordan looks to pull but mistimes it. It works in his favour as it falls in no man's land at square leg. They get a couple.

5:24 PM IST Slower ball again and once again it is bowled into the surface. Curran looks to pull but misses. It hits his body and stays leg side of the pitch. They take a run.

5:23 PM IST Oh no! Sloppy all-around! Slower short ball on the leg side. Curran pulls it to fine leg and takes a run. The throw is a poor one. It bounces in front of Pant. It hits his glove and goes behind. The backup is lethargic in his approach and they take an extra run.

5:22 PM IST Hardik Pandya to bowl out.

5:21 PM IST Slower bouncer on off. Jordan pulls it to the left of Washington Sundar at deep mid-wicket and gets a couple. Just 7 off the over and not to forget two big wickets of Stokes and Morgan. Tremendous from Thakur.

5:20 PM IST There is so much dew that the ball has slipped out of Shardul's hand even before he can finish the action.

5:19 PM IST Good ball! Wide outside off, inside the tramline. Shardul rolls his fingers on this one. Jordan swings but misses.

5:19 PM IST FOUR! SLAMMED! Jordan is off the mark with a boundary. He can bat! Length ball outside off. It is the cross-seam delivery. Jordan punches it on the up through extra cover for a boundary.

5:18 PM IST Slower ball on middle, Sam Curran defends it to the off side and takes a single.

5:18 PM IST Who comes out to face the hat-trick ball? Chris Jordan comes out to bat now. He now faces the hat-trick ball from Thakur.

5:17 PM IST OUT! CAUGHT! Two-in-two for Shardul Thakur. Captain Morgan cannot see this ship to the shores and Shardul Thakur now is on a hat-trick. Once again it is the slower one that has done the trick. Shardul rolls his finger on this one and bowls it away from Morgan's arc. He looks to go over on the off side but ends up slicing it to the man at sweeper cover. Washington Sundar there takes a good catch. India's game to lose now.

5:16 PM IST Who comes out to bat now? Sam Curran comes out to bat now.

5:14 PM IST OUT! CAUGHT! Is this the turning point in this game? Shardul Thakur comes and strikes. Smart bowling from Shardul and Super Ben is out of here. Huge wicket for India. Full and wide from Shardul. He cunningly takes the pace off the ball as well. Stokes looks to smack it over long off but does not get it out of the middle. He ends up finding the man at long off. Suryakumar Yadav there cannot do anything wrong today. He takes a simple catch. 46 needed in 23 balls.England now have two new man in the middle.

5:13 PM IST Shardul Thakur is back into the attack now.

5:12 PM IST Yorker around leg. Morgan looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad. They think to take a leg bye but Bhuvneshwar is quick to get to the ball. Good end to the over. Just 8 off it. England need another 46 from the remaining 4 overs.

5:11 PM IST Good ball! Bhuvneshwar almost got the leg pole. Morgan shuffles inside his stumps. Kumar sees this and bowls it on the leg side. Morgan swings but misses. It is close to the leg pole and had Morgan stayed where he originally began, it would have hit his pad. Not a wide.

5:10 PM IST Slower ball outside off, Stokes punches it to wide long off for one.

5:10 PM IST FOUR! Finds the gap to perfection! Stokes walks down the track. Bhuvi sees it and bangs it short. Stokes is so much in the mood though that he pulls it right between deep mid-wicket and long on for a boundary.

5:09 PM IST Off-pace delivery again. This too is outside off but not as wide as the previous one. Morgan punches it closer to KL Rahul at sweeper cover. Gets just a run this time.

5:08 PM IST Slower ball wide outside off, Morgan plays it away from point and gets a brace as Rahul cleans it up before the ropes.

5:08 PM IST Who will bowl now? Virat Kohli has gone to the leader of this bowling attack, Bhuvneshwar Kumar!

5:06 PM IST Floated around middle, Morgan strokes it down the ground to get off the mark with a single.

5:06 PM IST Captain Morgan walks out to the middle. 55 needed off 31 deliveries.

5:05 PM IST OUT! CAUGHT! The partnership is finally broken! Is it the turning point in the game? Flatter and outside off, Bairstow makes room to go over the off side but he ends up slicing it off the toe-end of the bat to point where Sundar takes a simple catch.

5:03 PM IST Floated around midlde, turned to the leg side for a single.

5:02 PM IST SIX! Up and over! Full and outside off, Stokes makes room and then lofts it over covers for a biggie.

5:01 PM IST Floated around middle, Stokes clips it to the leg side and takes a couple with ease. Excellent technique of running between the wickets.

5:00 PM IST FOUR! Runs coming England's way! Flatter and on leg, Stokes pulls it past short fine leg and into the fence behind for a boundary. A good start to the over again.

4:59 PM IST Flatter and outside off, Stokes drives it to covers for a single. 18 runs from Sundar's final over to set England on track here.

4:58 PM IST Fuller on middle, Bairstow eases it to the leg side for a single.

4:58 PM IST FOUR! Smeared accross the line! Flatter and outside off, Jonny fetches it from there and slogs it in the gap betwen long on and deep mid-wicket for a boundary. 50-run stand comes up between these two.

4:57 PM IST SIX! CRASHED! This is a huge hit! Floated around off, Jonny slogs it up and over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.

4:55 PM IST FOUR! Bairstow gets one off the middle. Flatter and outside off, Jonny pulls it towards deep mid-wicket and fetches a boundary.

4:55 PM IST Fuller and around leg, Bairstow clips it uppishly towards deep mid-wicket for a couple this time.

4:55 PM IST Washington Sundar to bowl out. He has been expensive so far but a wicket in his final over will correct those wrongs.

4:53 PM IST Flatter and outside off, Stokes goes to cut it through the off side but gets beaten.

4:52 PM IST SIX! High and Handsome! Full and in the slot for Stokes as he lofts it up and over Rahul Chahar and over the ropes at long off for half a dozen. 100 comes up for England. They need 86 from 43 balls.

4:51 PM IST Flatter and outside off, Jonny pulls it to wide long on for a single.

4:50 PM IST Floated around leg, Bairstow goes for the slog sweep over the leg side but misses it.

4:50 PM IST Quicker on off, Stokes tucks it to mid-wicket for a single.

4:49 PM IST Flatter and around off, Jonny pulls it to long on for a single.

4:48 PM IST SIX! Sent over! Floated around middle, Stokes pulls it straight through over mid-wicket for a biggie.

4:47 PM IST Full and on leg, Bairstow clips it straight to Kohli at mid-wicket as he takes a quick single.

4:46 PM IST Flatter on leg, Bairstow goes for the reverse sweep but gets beaten to get hit on the pads. Sundar appeals but nothing from the umpire.

4:46 PM IST Flatter on leg, Stokes pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

4:45 PM IST Floated around middle, Stokes goes for the pull but is beaten as the ball goes off his pads as Pant collects it and appeals but nothing from the umpire.

4:44 PM IST FOUR! Drilled! Full and around middle, Stokes hits it with the straight bat down to long on for a boundary.

4:43 PM IST On the pads, Stokes turns it to mid-wicket and keeps the strike.

4:43 PM IST Short and wide outside off, Bairstow punches it to cover and gets a run.

4:42 PM IST Reverse sweep now. Stokes mistimes it but luckily it goes away from point for a single.

4:41 PM IST IN THE AIR AND FOUR! Shreyas goes for the catch but the ball bounces in front of him. Stokes comes down the track and looks to go over mid-wicket. He mistimes it and the ball falls ahead of the fielder there. Shreyas charges forward and puts a dive fr the catch. The ball bounces in front of him and goes to the fence.

4:41 PM IST Shorter on off, Stoikes punches it straight to Kohli at short cover.

4:41 PM IST NOT OUT! Stokes is inside his crease! Darted on the pads, Bairstow turns it behind square leg and calls for a quick run. The fielder gets to the ball quickly and sends a good throw. Stokes though is in. A direct hit might have sent him back to the hut.

4:38 PM IST Good running but a better throw might have made things interesting. Darted on the pads, Stokes turns it with soft hands to the on side. The fielder has to charge from the deep. He gets to the ball but his throw at the keeper's end is wide of Pant.

4:38 PM IST Good ball! This one skids off the surface from middle stump. Stokes looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

4:37 PM IST Bairstow moves away from his stumps and Washington follows him. Jonny turns it to the leg side and gets a run.

4:36 PM IST Short on off, Stokes punches it through mid on and gets off the mark.

4:36 PM IST On the pads, Bairstow turns it to the leg side for a run.

4:36 PM IST Floated on off, Bairstow pushes it to mid off.

4:36 PM IST Short ball to welcome Stokes and Ben sways away from the line there.

4:36 PM IST OUT CAUGHT! Roy departs in the 40s again. Disappointment on Roy's face. Slower short ball around off, Roy goes for the pull but fails to generate the pace on the shot as he hits to Suryakumar Yadav at deep mid-wicket. England in all sorts of trouble here.

4:50 PM IST Who will walk out to bat? England need 120 off 67 balls and at the moment, it is India who are in pole position. Not the skipper, it is Ben Stokes who joins Bairstow out in the middle.

4:31 PM IST Fuller and around off, Bairstow drives it to long on again for a single.

4:30 PM IST Slower ball around off, Jonny looks to pull but is beaten for pace there.

4:29 PM IST Length and around off, Roy pushes it off the back foot towards long on for a single.

4:29 PM IST FOUR! Squeezed away! Full and outside off, Roy opens the face of the bat and then guides it past the diving short third man fielder for a boundary.

4:28 PM IST Change in bowling. Hardik Pandya is back on. He has been brilliant so far. 0/5 from his 2 overs so far.

4:27 PM IST BEATEN! Floated outside off, Bairstow looks to poke at it away from his body but is beaten all ends up. A good first over from Chahar there.

4:26 PM IST Jonny Bairstow walks out to bat in his 50th T20I game!

4:25 PM IST OUT! BOWLED! Malan's dodged stay at the crease comes to an end. Floated around leg, Malan lines up for the reverse sweep but the ball goes under his bat and takes the leg stump out there.

4:24 PM IST WIDE! Floated down leg this time as Malan misses his flick. Wide called.

4:24 PM IST NOT OUT! Malan is saved there! Floated outside off, Malan makes room to go over the off side but he misses it as the ball goes past his outside edge. Pant there whips the bails off as the third umpire is called for. Replays roll in and Malan's foot is grounded when Pant whips the bails off.

4:23 PM IST Stumping appeal taken upstairs!

4:22 PM IST Flat and outside off, Roy cuts it hard to deep point where Sharma does well to keep the batsmen down to just single.

4:21 PM IST Floated around leg, Malan pushes it down to long on  for a single.

4:21 PM IST Short and outside off, Roy pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

4:21 PM IST Change in bowling. Rahul Chahar is introduced into the attack.

4:19 PM IST Slower length ball around off, Malan goes for the pull but is beaten for the pace there.

4:18 PM IST Slower length ball around middle, Malan looks to pull but is beaten for the pace as he gets hit on the body.

4:18 PM IST Good length and around middle, Malan looks to guide it to point but is beaten as the ball goes past the outside edge and over the stumps. Thakur is excited but Pant isn't.

4:17 PM IST SIX! Sheer timing! What a shot from Malan! Length and outside off, Malan opens the off side and lofts it straight through the line and over long off for a biggie.

4:16 PM IST Slower short ball outside off, Malan looks to play it over the slips but gets beaten.

4:16 PM IST Good length and outside off, Malan plays it through cover-point for a couple of runs.

4:15 PM IST Shardul Thakur comes back on.

4:14 PM IST FOUR! CRUNCHED! Just the end England wanted to the Powerplay! Short and wide outside off, Roy crunches his punch through covers and gets a boundary. Decent Powerplay for England. They are 48/1 at the end of the first phase.

4:13 PM IST SIX! BOOM! Flighted on off, in the slot for Roy. The man at mid off is up so Roy has no qualms going downtown and sending it into the sightscreen, next to the cameraman for a biggie.

4:13 PM IST Hit hard but Iyer is there to keep it down to two. Short on off, Roy pulls it to the left of Shreyas at deep mid-wicket. He cleans it up. Two taken.

4:12 PM IST FOUR! Well placed! Flighted on middle and leg, Roy sweeps it over backward square leg for a boundary.

4:11 PM IST Short on middle, Malan milks it to sweeper cover for one.

4:11 PM IST Sundar starts with a floated delivery on middle. Malan comes down the track and hits it to short cover.

4:11 PM IST Washington Sundar to bowl the final over of the Powerplay.

4:09 PM IST Slower one again. It is on off, Roy looks to punch but chops it behind the stumps. Cannot get the single he wanted.

4:08 PM IST DROPPED! Excellent effort from Shardul, he almost got it but not to be! Another slower short ball from Hardik. It is on middle, Malan looks to use the pace and place it over short third man. There is no pace on offer though. The ball is too close to him as well. He is too committed to the shot to retract. He goes for it. It seems to be going away from Shardul at short third man. He back peddles and jumps. He tries to take it with one hand. The ball hits his right palm and pops out. Single taken.

4:07 PM IST What has happened here? Slower short ball on the leg side. Roy looks to pull and finishes the shot. The ball comes very slow and hits the back of the bat. It then hits his glove and goes towards third man. Single taken.

4:06 PM IST Short ball on middle. This is bowled at 130 kph. Malan pulls it to the man in the deep on the leg side. Single taken.

4:05 PM IST Good ball! Change of pace from Hardik. Bowls the slower one outside off. Malan looks to pull but misses.

4:05 PM IST Length ball on off, Malan turns it to short mid-wicket.

4:05 PM IST Hardik Pandya is back on. 1-0-2-0 from him so far.

4:03 PM IST Length ball on off, Malan dabs it to third man and keeps the strike. 13 off the over.

4:03 PM IST Shortish on middle, Roy pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

4:02 PM IST OUTSIDE EDGE AND FOUR! Unlucky for Shardul but this will keep him happy. Roy is dancing around the crease and struggling for timing here. Roy moves away from his stumps and comes down the track. He looks to hit it over mid off but gets an outside edge which sees the ball go over short third man and to the fence for a boundary.

4:01 PM IST NOT OUT! Roy is safely in! Back of a length and around off, Roy punches this one to the mid off region and they scamper through for the single. The fielder scores a direct hit at the bowler's end. The ball deflects off the stumps and they take another one.

4:02 PM IST Run out check sent upstairs. Lets see what the replays have to show, Roy seems to be fine there when the bails lit up.

4:00 PM IST INSIDE EDGE AND FOUR! Roy brings up 1000 runs in T20Is with some fortune. Length ball on middle, Roy comes down the track and looks to flat-bat it straight. The ball keeps a bit low and takes the inside edge of Jason's willow and goes fine down the leg side and to the fence.

4:00 PM IST Malan is off the mark! Shardul starts with a length ball on middle, Malan flicks it to the on side and gets a single.

3:58 PM IST Shardul Thakur comes into the attack.

3:58 PM IST Good length ball on middle, it jags back in. Roy looks to play but gets an inside edge onto the pads. The ball goes to the off side. Malan comes forward for a run but is turned back quickly. The fielder scores a direct hit at the bowler's end but Malan is safe.

3:56 PM IST Dawid Malan comes onto bat now.

3:56 PM IST OUT! CAUGHT! India get the big wicket of Jos Buttler inside the Powerplay. This has been an expensive over so far but it won't matter now as they have got rid of the Man of the Match from the last game, Jos Buttler. Leg cutter from Bhuvi. This time it is full on middle and leg. Buttler looks to slam his flick over on the leg side. He mistimes it and it goes high in the air. KL Rahul at mid off comes forward and settles under the skier.

3:55 PM IST Miscued but in the gap! Slower ball which is bowled into the surface. Buttler pulls it in front of square on the leg side. He mistimes it but it is in the gap so gets a couple.

3:54 PM IST SIX! SMASHED! On the pads, a risky ploy from India to target middle and leg pole. Buttler picks it up and deposits it well over the backward square leg fence for a biggie.

3:54 PM IST Once again Bhuvneshwar follows Roy as he moves away from the stumps. This is short and quick. Roy looks to flick but misses. The ball goes behind the stumps off his thigh pad and they take a run.

3:53 PM IST FOUR! First boundary off the game and this should get England going. On the pads, Roy moves away from the stumps and Bhuvi follows him. Roy times his flick to perfection and gets a boundary.

3:52 PM IST Dot to finish the over. Excellent start from Hardik too. So India have kept things tight from both ends in the first two overs. Slower ball bowled into the surface outside off. Buttler swings but misses.

3:51 PM IST Smart bowling! Hardik sees Buttler move away from the stumps so he bowls it outside off. Buttler stretches and hits it to cover.

3:50 PM IST Roy is off the mark! Finally. First run in 9 deliveries for him. Full on middle and leg, Roy milks it to long on and gets a run.

3:49 PM IST Good length ball on off, Roy keeps it out. Make that 8 ball for Roy without a run. Something has to give now.

3:49 PM IST Another dot! 7 balls, and Roy is yet to get off the mark. Bouncer from Hardik. A good one. Roy looks to pull but misses. A couple of fielders were interested in asking for the catch but nothing from the bowler or the keeper.

3:48 PM IST England and Buttler are off the mark! Hardik starts with a length ball on off. Buttler shuffles inside his crease and flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

3:48 PM IST Maiden from Bhuvi to begin with. Very good start from India. Good length ball on off and middle, Roy defends it to short mid-wicket. First maiden by India in this T20I series.

3:48 PM IST Who will bowl from the other end? Surprise, surprise as Hardik Pandya to bowl from the other end.

3:46 PM IST Under edge! Fullish outside off, Roy looks to drive but the ball keeps low and hits the toe end of the bat. It goes to the keeper. Pant scores an underarm direct hit at the keeper's end but Roy is in.

3:46 PM IST Another dot! 4 in a row. Full outside off, Roy hits it straight to mid off.

3:45 PM IST Bhuvneshwar Kumar pulls his length back slightly and bowls it around off. It shapes away. Roy punches it but finds cover.

3:44 PM IST Full and swinging away from Roy. He pushes it to cover.

3:44 PM IST Hint of movement first up for Bhuvi! Good length ball outside off, it shapes away a bit. Roy is happy to leave it alone.