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England has defeated India by 56 runs in the fifth T20 match. With this, England has won the 5-match series 4-0. With the loss of the fifth T20, Team India’s dominance in the ICC T20 rankings has ended. Now England has become the world number-1 team in T20. In this match played in Southampton, England had scored 257 runs. In reply, the entire Indian team was able to score 201 runs.
In the last match of the series, the Indian team made changes in the playing eleven. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was kept out, while Sanju Samson returned after missing three matches. What would Samson have done alone, because the bowlers had scored 257 runs. Let us tell you that Samson scored 27 runs in 14 balls. Opener Abhishek Sharma flopped for the third consecutive match.
Even Ishan Kishan’s 56 runs and Tilak Verma’s half-century of 53 runs could not help Team India win, because the target in front was very big. For England, Jos Buttler played a brilliant century of 131 runs in 64 balls, while captain Harry Brook returned unbeaten after scoring 95 runs. Prince Yadav, Akshar Patel, Shivam Dubey and Suryansh Shedge were also beaten severely. Let us tell you that India had to face 4 defeats in this series, which is the highest defeat suffered by Team India in a T20 series or tournament.
Team India’s reign ends
The Indian team became the number-1 team of T20 in February 2022. It has been almost four and a half years, but no one has been able to overtake Team India in the T20 rankings. During this period, the Indian team also won the T20 World Cup title twice. But by winning the series, England has not only ended the reign of Team India, but has also become the new number-1 team in the world.
India lost the series 4-0
Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, the Indian team has suffered a 0-4 defeat at the hands of England in the T20 series. Earlier also on the tour of Ireland, the Indian team had lost the series by 0-2. The first match of the series was washed out due to rain, after which Team India lost all four matches.