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WICKET! England 67-3 (Buttler c sub b Bishnoi 2)

England are in trouble now! Buttler has gone, slicing Bishnoi straight to the substitute Harshit Rana at short third man. It was the bounce that did for him. England have lost three wickets for five runs in 10 balls.

7th over: England 65-2 (Buttler 1, Brook 0) A fine over from Axar – three runs, one wicket.

WICKET! England 65-2 (Salt b Axar 23)

India are fighting back. Salt tries to slap Axar inside out through the off side, misses and is cleaned up. The atmosphere has changed in Pune and England have been thrust into another trial by spin.

India are trying to get a concussion sub for Shivam Dube, who is off the field. I’m not sure what happened there but so far the umpires haven’t allowed it.

6th over: England 62-1 (Salt 22, Buttler 0) England need 120 from 84 balls. Should.

WICKET! England 62-1 (Duckett c Suryakumar b Bishnoi 39)

Duckett falls to the last ball of the Powerplay, slicing Bishnoi high to extra cover. He played quite brilliantly to make 39 from only 19 balls, but when you live by the slog…

5th over: England 53-0 (Salt 15, Duckett 37) This is a sweeping masterclass from Ben Duckett. He dumps Axar Patel’s first ball over midwicket for four, then reverse sweeps four and six from successive deliveries. That brings up the fifty partnership in 4.5 overs. Duckett has scored 32 of the last 33 runs off the bat; we probably don’t appreciate just how good he is.

4th over: England 37-0 (Salt 14, Duckett 23) It’s time for the main man, Varun Chakravarthy. After a couple of sighters, Duckett dumps a reverse sweep over point for four. He tries another later in the over but doesn’t connect properly and only gets a single. Even so it’s been another jet-propelled start from Duckett, who has 23 from 12 balls.

3rd over: England 32-0 (Salt 14, Duckett 18) Lovely batting from Duckett, who hits Arshdeep for three successive boundaries on the leg side: square leg, midwicket and backward square. Arshdeep, who was far too good for England in the first two games, has figures of 2-0-22-0.

2nd over: England 19-0 (Salt 14, Duckett 5) England have made a strong start. Duckett edges his first ball wide of short third man for four; Salt clouts his third boundary over wide mid-off and pulls two more through square leg. It looks like the ball is coming on nicely.

1st over: England 8-0 (Salt 8, Duckett 0) A pretty decent start for Salt, who hits successive boundaries through mid-off and then mid-on. England are off and running.

Right, here we go. Arshdeep Singh has been all over Phil Salt so far in this series; their battle will resume at the start of the innings.

England need 182 to win

20th over: India 181-9 (Bishnoi 0) That was a terrific finish from Overton, who conceded only three from the last over. But England took some hammer in the second half of the innings, including 87 runs between overs 12 and 19. This should be a really intriguing runchase.

Oh, and Saqib Mahmood took a triple-bloody-wicket maiden at the start of the innings.

WICKET! India 181-9 (Dube run out 53)

Dube turns down a single, is hit on the helmet and cloths the last ball to long on. He tries to come back for a second and is beaten by a sensational direct hit; I’m not sure who the fielder was.

WICKET! India 180-7 (Arshdeep run out 0)

Arshdeep is run out first ball but he did his job by getting Dube on strike for the last three deliveries.

WICKET! India 180-7 (Axar c Bethell b Overton 5)

Axar, dropped off the previous ball by Livingstone at long off, whirls Overton straight into the safe hands of Bethell at deep midwicket. Four balls to go.

19th over: India 178-6 (Dube 51, Axar 0) Carse’s penultimate delivery is a leg-stump full toss that Dube puts away for four. He lashes the last ball to the fence as well to bring up a punishing fifty from 31 balls. Don’t forget he was dropped first ball by Jos Buttler.

18th over: India 166-6 (Dube 43, Axar 0) Overton’s third over disappeared for 20, but that wicket could be really important. Hardik had smashed 39 off the previous 12 balls.

WICKET! India 166-6 (Hardik c Buttler b Overton 53)

Hardik’s spectacular assault ends when he slices a slower ball high to Buttler in the covers. England desperately needed that.

17.2 overs: India 159-5 (Dube 38, Hardik 51) This is getting really messy for England. A high full toss from Overton is steered brilliantly for four by Hardik. It’s a no-ball, which means a free hit, which means a stunning, almost posey six down the ground. That takes Hardik to a coruscating 27-ball fifty, including 36 off the last 10 deliveries.

There’s a problem with the ball so the players are going to have an impromptu drinks break.

17th over: India 146-5 (Dube 38, Hardik 40) A rampant Hardik wallops 10 from the first balls of Archer’s final over. A moment ago he was 14 not out from 17 balls; now he has 40 from 25.

This is getting messy for England. Dube clumps an attempted yorker over mid-off for four more. Archer finishes with 4-0-36-0; the next five overs have disappeared for 59 runs.

16th over: India 129-5 (Dube 33, Hardik 28) Saqib returns for his final over. Hardik ensures it won’t a triple-wicket maiden, like the first, by driving a marvellous six over long off. He gets lucky when the next ball hits high on the bat and lands short of the fielders. Hardik pulls six more, just clearing Brook at cow corner, and Saqib finishes with 4-1-35-3.

Since that triple-wicket maiden India have scored 117 for 2 in 14 overs, a brilliant effort in the circumstances.

15th over: India 113-5 (Dube 32, Hardik 14) A terrific over from Overton costs only three. One of the runs came from a debatable wide, which almost led to a wicket off the extra delivery when Dube fenced one just short of Phil Salt.

14th over: India 110-5 (Dube 31, Hardik 13) Tremendous batting from Shivam Dube, who pulls Rashid for four and smokes the next ball downtown for six. He was put down first ball by Buttler, a drop that is proving costly. Rashid finishes a pretty good spell with unflattering figures of 4-0-35-1.

13th over: India 98-5 (Dube 20, Hardik 12) A short ball from Carse is pulled contemptuously for four by Pandya; that’s such a good shot. He rifles the next to the cover boundary as well. Despite the clatter of wickets, India are still right in this game.

12th over: India 87-5 (Dube 19, Hardik 2) Rashid concedes only four singles from his first five balls, but Dube makes it a decent over for India by smashing the final delivery to long on for a one-bounce four.

11th over: India 79-5 (Dube 13, Hardik 0) India bat very deep, with Hardik at No7 and Axar Patel at No8, so they can keep attacking for now.

WICKET! India 79-5 (Rinku c Rashid b Carse 30)

Brydon Carse strikes. Rinku charged down the track, tried to flat-bat the ball over the off side but was beaten for pace and sliced it all the way to Adil Rashid at third man.

10th over: India 72-4 (Rinku 29, Dube 8) No wicket but a terrific over from Rashid – just three from it – ends with a googly that beats Dube. He is bowling exquisitely right now.

Rinku is not out! He missed a reverse sweep off Rashid, with the ball ending up in the hands of Buttler slip. England thought it had brushed the glove but in fact it was his side.

England review against Rinku

9th over: India 69-4 (Rinku 27, Dube 7) Archer returns, presumably with Dube in mind. A superb lifter takes the shoulder – of the body, not the bat – and loops to slip. Dube doesn’t look at all comfortable against Archer and there are only four runs, three of them extras, from the over.

8th over: India 65-4 (Rinku 26, Dube 7) Dube is dropped first ball! It was a sharp chance for Buttler, diving to his left at slip, and he couldn’t hang on. Dube takes advantage to slog-sweep a humongous six off the last ball of the over. This is great entertainment.

WICKET! India 57-4 (Abhishek c Bethell b Rashid 29)

The wizard strikes second ball! Abhishek drove Rashid’s first ball beautifully for four, but it was a false statement of intent because he slog-swept the next straight to deep midwicket. It was nice bowling from Rashid, much slower than the first delivery.

7th over: India 53-3 (Abhishek 25, Rinku 25) Jamie Overton, an unsung hero of England’s win in Rajkot, comes into the attack. Abhishek cloths a pull that teases Brook at long-on before dropping short; then Rinku, who is playing superbly, drives the last ball of the over to the cover boundary.

Both players have 25 from 17 balls.

6th over: India 47-3 (Abhishek 24, Rinku 20) Rinku Singh plays an extraordinary shot off Saqib, a kind of helicopter pull over backward square for six. India have responded terrifically to the shock of Saqib’s triple-wicket maiden, with Abhishek and Rinku adding 35 in the last four overs of the Powerplay.

5th over: India 37-3 (Abhishek 21, Rinku 13) Carse comes on for Archer. Rinku hacks a boundary over the keeper’s head, then muscles another through midwicket. The first was fortunate, the second a terrific shot.

4th over: India 28-3 (Abhishek 20, Rinku 5) Abhishek times Saqib through extra cover for two boundaries in three balls, one off each foot. Exquisite batting. Even by the standards of young Indian batters, Abhishek is amazingly talented.

3rd over: India 19-3 (Abhishek 11, Rinku 5) Rinku Singh charges Archer, turning a full ball into a half-volley that he can blaze to the cover boundary. Cracking shot.

2nd over: India 12-3 (Abhishek 10, Rinku 0) Since the start of the T20 series in the Caribbean last year Saqib has taken 12 wickets at an average of 7.93, with a strike rate – and you’ll like this – of a wicket every eight balls.

WICKET! India 12-3 (Suryakumar c Carse b Saqib 0)

Saqib Mahmood has bowled a triple-wicket maiden! Suryakumar survived the hat-trick ball but flicked his fourth straight to short mid-on. Astonishing.

India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav (centre) looks dejected after losing his wicket to England’s Saqib Mahmood who is congratulated by his teammates. Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

WICKET! India 12-2 (Varma c Archer b Saqib 0)

Tilak Varma is the new batter, which is a deviation from their coach Gautam Gambhir’s preference for a left/right combination.

He’s the old batter, too, because he’s gone first ball! Varma charged Saqib and sliced the ball down to third man, where Archer took an excellent low catch. Saqib Mahmood has figures of 0.2-0-0-2!

England’s Saqib Mahmood (left) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India’s Tilak Varma. Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Samson’s series has been a story of diminishing returns: 26, 5, 3 and now 1.

WICKET! India 12-1 (Samson c Carse b Saqib 1)

Saqib Mahmood strikes first ball! Samson, who is having a miserable series, flick-pulls straight into the hands of Carse at backward square.

1st over: India 12-0 (Samson 1, Abhishek 10) Archer’s first ball is a sharp nipbacker that hits Samson in the stomach. A fierce cut is brilliantly stopped by Duckett at backward point, saving three runs in the process.

Abhishek takes the fielders out of the equation by slapping a mighty cut for six to get off the mark. To get off the mark. He flat bats four more wide of mid-off to make it 10 from the last two balls of the over.

It’s been a fruitful first over for India’s Abhishek Sharma. Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

Jofra Archer will open the bowling to Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma.

The square boundaries are relatively short in Pune, so it’ll be interesting to see whether England stick with the heavy length they bowled so successfully in Rajkot.

Team news

Jacob Bethell and Saqib Mahmood come into the England team in place of Jamie Smith and Mark Wood.

India make three changes: Arshdeep Singh, who was rested in the third T20I, Rinku Singh and Shivam Dube are preferred to Mohammed Shami, Dhruv Jurel and Washington Sundar.

India Samson (wk), Abhishek, Varma, Suryakumar (c), Hardik, Dube, Rinku, Axar, Arshdeep, Bishnoi, Chakravarthy.

England Salt (wk), Duckett, Buttler (c), Brook, Livingstone, Bethell, Overton, Carse, Archer, Rashid, Saqib.

Those are the players that these fans, who are making their way to the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, will be cheering/jeering. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

England win the toss and bowl

Jos Buttler has called correctly for the first time on tour, which means England will chase for the first time in the series.

England captain Jos Buttler speaks with commentator Ravi Shastri as Suryakumar Yadav looks on at the toss. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images

Ben Duckett on England’s win in Rajkot

It’s a big moment for this team because it could have gone a different way. Credit to the guys for doing exactly what [Brendon McCullum] wants us to go and do. It’s to entertain. At times it’s not going to work, and that’s fine. But we could easily be 2-1 up in the series if things had gone a little bit better for us at the back end of the second game.

Preamble

Hello and welcome to episode four of Bazball Nights, England’s new white-ball spin-off. So far it’s been great fun, with episodes devoted to mystery spin, raw pace and tediously extended metaphors and canny left-arm seam.

England won superbly in Rajkot to keep the series alive, when their counter-intuitive decision to pick four genuinely quick bowlers paid off; another win today would set up a series decider at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. And even if they lose, the cricket will never, ever be dull.

The match starts at 1.30pm

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