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The player of the match is Varun Chakravarthy, who took 5 for 24. He’s the first Indian player to win the award in a losing cause.

I’m sad that we didn’t make it but that’s the nature of the game and you have to move on.

I’m mentally ready for whatever the captain needs (whether it’s a four-over spell or four spells of one over). I’ve been working on a flipper and it’s coming out well.

[Is this the best you’ve ever bowled?] Maybe on this stage, yes, but as I said after the last game I can definitely get better. [What would you give yourself out of 10 today?] Maybe 7.2…

Jos Buttler’s reaction

The guys bowled really well, it was nice for them to show off their skills: not just how fast they bowl but how they can adapt to the wicket.

[On Adil Rashid] I’ve said so many times, he’s the most important player in our team. He bowled fantastically. He’s got many variations, so many different styles of bowling. We’re very fortunate to have him in our team.

[On Jofra Archer] You don’t need to talk much to Jofra. He’s a super star, incredibly consistent. It’s not often he goes for 60 so you know that if he does he’ll come back well.

[On Ben Duckett] He played beautifully. That’s why we feel he can bat at the top – he’s got so many options and with only two men out he’s a very difficult guy. From ball on the wicket played a bit differently to how everyone had read it and he played beautifully on what was a little bit of a sticky pitch.

You could look at the fact we lost wickets in clumps and be disappointed but actually we had 170 on the board which I thought was a really good score. I love the way that we kept taking the game on. If you can be disappointed with the way you play and score 170, that’s a great effort. And actually, credit to Adil and Mark Wood putting on 20 at the end. That was a vital partnership.

Time for the presentation. First up, India captain Suryakumar Yadav

With a bit of dew around I felt we still had the game in our hands, even with 64 needed from 24 balls.

Credit goes to Adil who bowled really well in the middle overs. We wanted to rotate strike and he didn’t let us; that’s why he’s a world-class bowler. It’s something to learn and take forward.

We always learn something from a T20 game. We let them get too many after they were around 127 for 8. It was good to see (Mohammed) Shami bowl like that.

[On Varun Chakravarthy] He’s been working really hard during all the practice sessions. He’s got good discipline and he’s getting the results.

Adil Rashid’s verdict

[On the wicket of Tilak Varma] It gripped, spun nicely and went through the gate. But as a unit I thought we bowled exceptionally well.

As you play more and get more experience you start developing certain things; I think one of my strengths is being able to mix it up and react to the pitch. I work hard in the nets and in the last couple of games it’s gone my way.

When we were batting the pitch looked fairly slow and low. We all varied our pace well and we got the rewards.

Me and Woody tried to bat through the overs and get the extra 15-20 runs. Overall we’re quite happy.

England win by 26 runs

WICKET! India 140-9 (Jurel c Salt b Carse 2)

19th over: India 140-8 (Jurel 2, Bishnoi 0) That was the last ball of a superb spell from Overton of 4-0-23-3. That takes a lot of mental strength when you’ve had such a poor first half of the series with bat and ball. Or so I’d imagine.

WICKET! India 140-8 (Shami c Brook b Overton 7)

WICKET! India 131-7 (Hardik c Buttler b Overton 40)

18th over: India 131-6 (Hardik 40, Jurel 1) Hardik demonstrates his power with a stunning drive for six off Archer. Brook was on the boundary but couldn’t stop it, never mind catch it.

Archer has had a good night: 4-0-33-2 and a stunning catch to dismiss the dangerous Abhishek.

WICKET! India 123-6 (Axar c Rashid b Archer 15)

17th over: India 122-5 (Hardik 32, Axar 15) Wood starts with a wide to Hardik, who then whips the first legitimate delivery over wide long-on for an awesome six. Is this the Brobdingnagian over India need?

Not quite. Wood recovers admirably, pounding the ball into the pitch to concede only three from the next four deliveries. And though Axar crashes the last ball for four, a 14-run over still increases the required rate. India need 50 from 18 balls.

16th over: India 108-5 (Hardik 23, Axar 11) Axar slugs Carse’s final ball to cow corner for four, a superbly placed shot. Even with that it’s a good over for England – eight from it, which is exactly half the required rate. But T20 matches have been won from worse positions and England aren’t home yet.

Livingstone’s three sixes in four balls look pretty valuable now, as does the last-wicket partnership of 24 between Rashid and Wood

15th over: India 100-5 (Hardik 22, Axar 5) Pandya muscles Overton down the ground for the first boundary in eight overs. The substitute Bethell denies him another with a superb diving stop at deep backward square. A better over for India, 10 from it, but they are still well behind the rate. They need 72 from 30 balls.

“I estimate that the spectacular Suryakumar orbital edge went up nearly 45 metres in the air,” writes Brian Cox Withington. “Ignoring air resistance and lateral displacement for simplicity, and assuming a hang time measured at nearly 6 seconds (3 up 3 down) and approximating acceleration due to gravity g as 10 m/s/s:

“The formula for (vertical) distance travelled on the way down is s = ut + 0.5xgt^2 where initial velocity u at apex is zero.

“Note that there is no need to know initial ball speed off bat but I estimate it at 30 metres per second. Full working and preliminary sketches available at usual address.”

14th over: India 90-5 (Hardik 14, Axar 3) Even now, with the asking rate above two a ball, India take no risks in Rashid’s final over. Theer are four singles and a huge appeal for LBW when Axar is beaten by another delicious legbreak.

Buttler decides to risk England’s last review. It’s close but Axar might be outside the line. In fact it was doing too much and would have missed leg stump. Axar is not out and Rashid one of his finest T20 spells with 4-0-15-1. The wicket of Tilak Varma changed the game; since then India have scored only 22 in six overs.

13th over: India 86-5 (Hardik 12, Axar 1) Overton is struggling with the bat but England will accept golden ducks for the rest of his career if he keeps producing figures of 2-0-5-1.

Hardik is not out Yep, missing leg by a distance. Not England’s finest review.

12.5 overs: India 86-5 (Hardik 12, Axar 1) England review for LBW when Hardik is hit on the pad by a yorker from Overton. It was beautifully bowled but I suspect it’s missing leg.

WICKET! India 85-5 (Washington c Buttler b Overton 6)

12th over: India 85-4 (Hardik 12, Washington 6) Washington is really struggling against Rashid. He survives a stumping referral after missing a slog sweep, but that’s one of three dot balls in the over.

Rashid has outstanding figures of 3-0-11-1. Washington, 6 from 14 balls, will surely have to attack one of the quick bowlers.

11th over: India 82-4 (Hardik 11, Washington 4) England are in a terrific position but will take nothing for granted, especially with Dhruv Jurel and Axar Patel still to come.

Jamie Overton tightens England’s grip with a fine first over. Only four singles from it; India need 90 from 54 balls.

10th over: India 78-4 (Hardik 9, Washington 2) Washington drives Rashid fractionally short of Overton running in from long off. Later in the over a gorgeous delivery bounces through the gate for four byes. Rashid appeals for LBW but England decide against a review. Good decision: it hit the pocket and would have bounced over the stumps.

That was another delightful over from Rashid; if only his shoulder was up to an Ashes tour.

“Another reason to give Rehan Ahmed a few games: we need to get him and Rashid working together so Rash can pass on some of his wisdom,” says Phil Harrison. “I agree with you – he’s one of England’s greatest ever white ball cricketers (surely England’s greatest ever white ball bowler?) and he’s going to leave an enormous hole.”

I’m sure Rehan is still learning loads in the nets, but nothing beats chatting in the middle. The good thing is that Rehan has time on his side. He’s still only 20; Rashid was 27 when his white-ball career got going in 2015.

9th over: India 72-4 (Hardik 8, Washington 1) India play low-risk cricket throughout Carse’s second over, allowing them to get their bearings before they push for the finishing line. They need 100 from 66 balls.

8th over: India 68-4 (Hardik 5, Washington 0) My word, that was a sensational piece of bowling from one of the greatest white-ball cricketers England have ever had. Even now, almost 10 years on from his recall under Eoin Morgan, he doesn’t quite the credit he deserves. He will when he’s gone.

WICKET! India 68-4 (Tilak b Rashid 18)

7th over: India 62-3 (Tilak 14, Hardik 3) Liam Livingstone comes on for Archer (3-0-24-1). It takes two balls before Varma skips down to drive a flat, straight six.

Here’s a stat for you, and it’s insane. Since his last dismissal in a T20 international, Varma has scored 332 runs from 184 balls: 107*, 120*, 19*, 72*, 14*. Unsurprisingly, that’s a record among Test-playing nations.

6th over: India 51-3 (Tilak 5, Hardik 1) Suryakumar has captained beautifully all series but he remains short of runs, with 26 in three innings now. That’s a good Powerplay for England, who were 52 for 1 at the same stage; but then India don’t have to face Varun Chakravarthy.

WICKET! India 48-3 (Suryakumar c Salt b Wood 14)

5th over: India 48-2 (Suryakumar 14, Tilak 4) Suryakumar sees that shot and raises it, lifting Archer’s first ball off middle stump and over short fine leg for six. That’s a preposterous shot. He uppercuts four more, both feet off the ground, and is denied another boundary by a fine stop from Rashid at mid-on. India need 124 from 90 balls.

4th over: India 35-2 (Suryakumar 1, Tilak 4) Tilak Varma, the matchwinner on Saturday, gets off the mark with a spectacular shot, charging Carse to flat-bat four through the covers.

Jamie Smith has gone off the field, with Jacob Bethell replacing him and Phil Salt taking the gloves. England said before the game that Smith had a calf niggle so presumably he’s compounded that.

WICKET! India 31-2 (Abhishek c Archer b Carse 24)

3rd over: India 23-1 (Abhishek 16, Suryakumar 1) A good delivery from Archer is driven majestically over extra cover for four by Abhishek. He has looked frighteningly good at times in this series.

WICKET! India 16-1 (Samson c Rashid b Archer 3)

2nd over: India 15-0 (Samson 3, Abhishek 10) Abhishek larrups successive boundaries off Mark Wood, a lusty drive over cover and a pull over mid-on. There are a couple of wides in the over as well, both to the right-handed Samson. Not the start Wood wanted, though he did look dangerous when he bowled a tighter line.

1st over: India 3-0 (Samson 2, Abhishek 1) Jofra Archer, who took some hammer in Chennai on Saturday, starts well here. He bowls wicket to wicket, a tactic that worked well for the Indian quicks, and concedes three singles.

In other news

“In other news,” begins Gary Naylor, “Farhan Ahmed (16), Rehan’s brother, is taking wickets with his off-breaks and made 90 in the U-19s Test in South Africa. It’s not if, it’s when, he plays for England and, given these travails in white ball, it has to be sooner rather than later. Remember the name!”

Remember the age!

India need 172 to win the series

20th over: England 171-9 (Rashid 10, Wood 10) England manage to bat out the overs, taking six singles, a two and a wide from Pandya’s last over. The last ball would have led to a run-out had the throw from long on not hit Wood on the back.

19th over: England 162-9 (Rashid 8, Wood 5) A clever little touch from Rashid, who uses his wrists to glide Shami through the slips for four. Wood sways out of the way of accidental beamer, which means a no-ball and a warning for Shami.

England ran a bye off that ball and Rashid fresh-aired the free hit. Even so, 11 runs from the over is a good effort for the last pair.

18th over: England 151-9 (Rashid 2, Wood 2) “Given that there’s a couple of matches left in what will be a dead rubber, should England rotate a few batters?” wonders John Starbuck. “Overton and Salt could be put out of their misery, but who would come in?”

They could experiment with Smith opening and Bethell at No6 but that’s not really McCullum’s style. Ultimately Salt is in their best XI so unless he is shot mentally (which I doubt, it’s only three innings) I’d keep him in. An alternative is Bethell at No7, though that is risky as well because it leaves you a bit short with the ball.

I’d like to see Rehan Ahmed play, more with the future in mind than the present. In the medium term they should think hard about picking Joe Root as a specialist for the 2026 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.

WICKET! England 147-9 (Livingstone c Jurel b Hardik 43)

17th over: England 146-8 (Livingstone 43, Rashid 0) Livingstone releases some frustration by slog-sweeping Bishnoi’s first two balls for six.

Then he turns down a single – which allows him to pull a rancid long hop for six more. Livingstone does take a single of the penultimate ball; Rashid knows what time it is and defends the final delivery.

16th over: England 127-8 (Livingstone 24, Rashid 0) What a delightful spell that was: 4-0-24-5.

WICKET! England 127-8 (Archer b Chakravarthy 0)