India vs England 5th T20I, Live Score: ENG wins toss, elects to bowl first; Sanju Samson falls early

Welcome to Sportstar’s Live Blog of the fifth T20I between India and England happening in Mumbai on Sunday. 

IND 39/1 in 3 overs

Archer goes full and Abhishek whacks it over covers for a four. Back of a length now from Archer and Abhishek slices it over point for a six. He isn’t done for the over. Makes room on the leg side and creams it over covers for another six.

Samson falls

Mark Wood from the other end. Abhishek Sharma on strike. Couple of doubles to get the over going. Wood is constantly touching 150s. Short and into the body by Wood to Samson. Pulled right into the hands of Archer. Sanju Samson c Archer b Wood 16 (7b 1×4 2×6). IND 21/1 in 2 overs

IND 16/0 in 1 over

Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma continue to open for India. Jofra Archer with the ball. Short to start with and Sanju Samson smokes it for a six with a pull shot. Archer goes short again. This time it pings off Samson’s gloves. He needs medical attention. Archer with another bouncer. Hooked by Samson for a six. Width now from Archer. Clipped over slips for a four. Fiery start to the game.

Playing XIs

India: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy

England: Philip Salt(w), Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Toss

England wins the toss and elects to bowl first.

PREVIEW

A series without real context. Sealed with a game to spare. Sounds like a familiar tale for Men in Blue, although the format has changed from shorter to the shortest with every passing year over the last decade, isn’t it?

Despite most of these boxes ticked, India’s last T20I game of the season at the Wankhede Stadium will be far from being a meaningless affair. After all, the game will be Mohammed Shami’s major litmus test in a bid to prove his fitness in time for the Champions Trophy, that starts in less than three weeks.

FULL PREVIEW

India vs England 5th T20I Live Streaming Info

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Squads

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Dhruv Jurel, Harshit Rana

England: Ben Duckett, Philip Salt(w), Jos Buttler(c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood, Brydon Carse, Jamie Smith, Rehan Ahmed