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The World Champions continue their stunning run in T20 cricket which has seen them win 29 of their last 32 matches. They're playing aggressive cricket with the bat, and their spinners, led by Varun Chakravarthy, are bamboozling opposition lineups with regularity. England had their moments in a couple of games but couldn't grab them. They made too many mistakes which you just can't afford against such a formidable force and paid for it by way of a 4-1 series defeat. Next up will be three ODIs, starting with the first one in Nagpur on Thursday. That's all for now. It's a goodbye from Sagar Chawla on behalf of Siva and Nikhil Jadhav.
Surya collects the trophy and walks over to his teammates who have been waiting patiently. He hands the trophy to Dhruv Jurel and Harshit Rana as they pose for the photographs.
Gautam Gambhir: England are a very high quality side. We don't want to fear losing a game. We want to get to a total of 250-260, and at times we will get bowled out for 120, but we are on the right track. We are going to do this going forward, got to play fearless cricket. We want to keep backing players like Abhishek Sharma. We have to be patient to with these boys, it's important to keep backing them. Most of these boys believe in the ideology of playing fearless cricket. I haven't seen a better T20 hundred (Abhishek's ton) against bowlers who are bowling at 140-150 kph consistently. They (these players) have played a lot of cricket against each other. That's all Indian cricket is all about us. When results start going your way, everything goes well. Our players know what it means to represent 140-150 crore Indians. For me having Bishnoi and Varun bowling in tandem was really important. We want to try as hard as possible with the bat. It's about the top seven going hard. He (Dube) probably bowled four overs today (laughs.) There is no fixed batting order apart from the openers and that's what T20 cricket is all about. We want to play as aggressively as we can in the ODIs, want to entertain the crowd.
Buttler | England captain: We're disappointed to lose the series. We've done some things well, and some things to improve on. India are a fantastic side, especially at home. Our guys will be better for the experience. Some of the bowling performances - even today, Brydon Carse and Mark Wood were outstanding. Abhishek Sharma - I've seen a lot of cricket and that was as good a batting I've seen in T20 today. Obviously a great guy to welcome back into the squad (Root). One of the best players in the world. Look forward to the ODIs. It's getting closer and closer to T20s, isn't it? Going to be a great series against a top side.
Abhishek Sharma | Player of the Match: It's a special one. Coming for the country, it's always a great feeling. I've told this before as well. When I see it's my day, I always try to go from the first ball. The way the coach and captain have treated me from the first day, they always wanted this intent and always backed me - that was a special thing for me. When the opponents are bowling 140-150 plus, you have to be ready a second before anyone else. Just wanted to react to the ball and play my shots. When you're hitting a world-class bowler over cover (his shot off Archer), it's always a special shot. The sixes off Rashid were also special for me. Yes, remember that (the straight drive). That was the special shot which Yuvi paaji mentioned last day. He should be happy after this. He always wanted me to bat till 15-20 overs. Even Gauti paaji wanted the same thing. So I think today was my day and I implemented well.
Varun Chakravarthy | Player of the Series - Happy that the fielding also drew some applause. The team has been emphasising on improving the fielding standards, and I have been working with our fielding coach. It is paying off. This is the best I have bowled, but there's a lot of scope to improve. There were a few close balls - I shouldn't have bowled that. I didn't take them for granted - they're a top side. It was about bowling the right ball at the right time. I was working on that. This is special, I would like to dedicate it to my son and my wife, and my parents also. Would like to thank Surya and GG for backing me.
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Stats by Deepu Narayanan
Biggest defeat by runs for a Full Member side in T20Is 168 Ind vs NZ Ahmedabad 2023 150 Ind vs Eng Wankhede 2025 * 143 Pak vs WI Karachi 2018 143 Ind vs Ire Dublin 2018 137 Eng vs WI Basseterre 2019 135 Ind vs SA Joburg 2024
Shivam Dube: It feels great when you contribute as an all-rounder for the team. I have been doing that since a long time, so I was really excited, I knew I was going to bowl. I gave the team what they wanted. The wicket was amazing for batting, but I enjoyed both (batting and bowling.) The wicket was good, so I tried to play my shots and went hard against their bowlers. I am working with our new coach - Morne Morkel, I am working on all the angles and that helped my today.
21:59 Local Time, 16:29 GMT, 21:59 IST: As emphatic as it gets from India who win by 150 runs in the fifth and final T20I to seal the series 4-1.
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Shami to Mark Wood, out Caught by (sub)Dhruv Jurel!! Brilliant with bat, with ball, in the field and with their reviews as well. Mark Wood c (sub)Dhruv Jurel b Shami 0(1)
Shami to Mark Wood, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
Mark Wood, right handed bat, comes to the crease
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Shami to Adil Rashid, out Caught by (sub)Dhruv Jurel!! Adil Rashid c (sub)Dhruv Jurel b Shami 6(6) [4s-1]