The fourth match of the ongoing five-match T20 series between India and England was played in Pune. In this match, the Indian team defeated Jos Buttler's army by 15 runs and took an unassailable lead of 3-1 in the series and won the 17th consecutive series at home. Many records were made in this match. We will talk about them here. Let's know....

Saqib Mahmood created history.

England's team came with two changes at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium and gave a chance to Saqib Mahmood and Jacob Bethell. Saqib left no stone unturned to capitalize on this opportunity. He took three wickets in the second over of the innings and destroyed India's top order. Sanju Samson (1) was sent to the pavilion on the first ball, and Tilak Verma (0) was dismissed on the second ball. After this, on the last ball of the over, captain Suryakumar Yadav (0) was also forced to return.

The interesting thing is that Shakib did not concede any runs in this over, that is, he bowled a maiden over. With this, he became the first bowler of England or any team to take three wickets in a maiden over in T20 International against India. Apart from this, he equaled Jamaica's Jerome Taylor in terms of bowling the second over of the innings as a maiden and taking three wickets in the same over. The former bowler did this feat against South Africa in 2007.

Hardik-Shivam became troubleshooters
The Indian team, which had lost five wickets on the score of 79, needed a big partnership. In such a situation, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey proved to be troubleshooters for the team. There was a partnership of 87 runs between the two for the sixth wicket. The Indian all-rounder hit the fifth fifty of his T20 international career in 27 balls while Tilak hit the fourth fifty of his T20 international career in 31 balls. Both managed to play brilliant innings of 53-53 runs in this match.

Hardik-Shivam had the second-biggest partnership for the sixth wicket
The two had the second-biggest partnership for the sixth or below wicket. Suryakumar Yadav and Axar Patel are at the top in this case. The two had the biggest partnership of 91 runs in the match played against Sri Lanka in Pune in 2023.

Hardik-Shivam pair became the second pair to do so

In this match, both the batsmen played half-century innings. Shivam and Hardik are the second pair to score half-centuries while batting at number six or below. Before them, West Indies' Sherfane Rutherford and Andre Russell did this feat against Australia in Perth in 2024.

A 62-run partnership between Salt and Duckett

England's team, chasing the target, had a good start, but could not maintain this momentum. There was a 62-run partnership for the first wicket between Phil Salt and Ben Duckett, which is the first 50+ run opening partnership in the last 11 international matches. It was broken by Ravi Bishnoi on the last ball of the last over of the powerplay. He made Ben Duckett his victim. He returned after scoring 39 runs in 19 balls while Akshar Patel dismissed Phil Salt. He was able to score 23 runs.

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