Southampton: Had to lose the series earlier. This time, India also lost the last regular T20 match. After the first match in the series was washed out by rain, Harry Brook’s team won 4 consecutive matches to take the series 4-0. Batting first, England took 257 runs on the board. It was there that the match was basically written on the wall. Still, it seemed that Team India might turn the game around in the last match. However, Shreyas Iyer’s team could not score more than 201 runs on the board. After becoming the captain of the Indian cricket team in the T20 format, he lost the Ireland series and this time the T20 series in England as well. Shreyas Iyer.

Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma opened for India chasing the target of 258 runs. In this T20 series on the soil of England, the two openers were not seen at all in their own rhythm. Even today, no one could play a big innings. Abhishek returned to Jofra Archer for just 3 runs. Samson got a chance after sitting on the bench for three matches. He started well. But he returned after playing an innings of 27 runs off 14 balls. Samson hit 3 boundaries and two sixes in his innings. After losing two quick wickets, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer tried to pull the team back. But the aggressive batting that was required, was not seen. He played an innings of 56 runs off 35 balls. Shreyas returned to the pavilion with 28 runs off 16 balls. Then Tilak Verma played an innings of 53 runs off 25 balls. Tilak hit 3 boundaries and 4 over boundaries. Shivam Dube played an innings of 14 runs off 10 balls. The middle and lower order could not score runs like that.

Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to field. Buttler has been out of sorts since the start of the series. But the 35-year-old star wicket-keeper batsman proved that he is not finished yet, in his batting today. Completed his century with 51 balls. And when he stopped, 131 runs from 64 balls was shining next to his name. He hit 12 boundaries and eight sixes in his innings. Along with Butler, England captain Harry Brooke was also brilliant. He remained unbeaten on 95 until the end. The duo might not have scored so many runs if the Indian bowlers had bowled tighter and the fielders had fielded better. Five catches were missed by India on this day. Prince Yadav spent 60 runs in 4 overs but did not get any wickets. Akshar Patel took no wicket for 63 runs in 4 overs. Shivam Dube took 2 consecutive wickets in 1 over but spent 22 runs in that over. Arshdeep spent 33 runs in 4 overs but did not get any wickets. He got only 1 wicket after spending 38 runs in the famous 4 overs.