Fifth T20, Southampton
England win by 56 runs to seal 4-0 series win and replace India at top of world rankings
Eng 257-3 (20 overs): Buttler 131 (64), Brook 95* (45); Dube 2-22
England's third highest T20 international total and highest against India
India 201-8 (20 overs): Kishan 56 (35), Varma 53 (25); Curran 3-36
Watch highlights on BBC Two from 01:45 BST Sunday
Henry Moeran
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It went so quickly and just sailed away. The reaction was pretty much delayed by pretty much everyone in the venue. It was flat, hard and went fizzing into the stands. The timing was immaculate.
Axar Patel curtails the runfest with some tidy left-arm spin from his first five balls - just three runs from them.
However, Brook smears a flat six over extra cover.
Mesmerising strokeplay.
Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst
Good thinking from Jus Buttler to scoop early against Prasidh Krishna. In the powerplay, 66% of Prasidh's deliveries were bowled on back of length, he is one of the safest bowlers to play the scoop shot. Once Buttler played it, Prasidh overcorrected by going fuller and got hit for another six in the over.
Spin for India as Axar Patel is brought into the attack following Harry Brook's assault on the fences.
Michael Carberry
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That is one of the biggest hits I've seen here in a long time.
Harry Brook with a couple of monster sixes off Prince Yadav
The England skipper hammers the first absolute miles into the stands over deep mid-wicket.
Brook then hoicks the Indian seamer behind square for another maximum.
Henry Moeran
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
The legs were going all over the place. It doesn't look good. It's not particularly dignified. It will certianly not provide an opportunity for Shivam Dube to go on Strictly Come Dancing anytime soon. I dread to think what Craig Revel Horwood would have made of that.
Prince Yadav is tossed the ball as India bid to temper this aggression from England.
Harry Brook slices his second delivery high down behind short third.
Shiva Dube ends up swirling around in a circle but fails to get a hand on what was a good catching chance.
Brook survives as Dube runs under the ball
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator
The hotel is around six miles away so it must have been some remarkable traffic to delay them by that much.
It's one of those days where six miles can take an hour.
A yorker from Arshdeep Singh as he attempts to stem the flow of runs from the bat of Jos Buttler but the England opener digs it out.
Buttler clips the final ball of the over for a single to pinch the strike again.
In this form, you can't blame him.
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator
He came to meet that fractionally and made it a length ball. The umpires are checking the ball hasn't been damaged. If he carries on like this, it will be damaged.
Wowzers!
A reverse ramp from Jos Buttler lifts Arshdeep Singh over the vacant third region for four.
Incredible innovation.
Buttler follows it up with a six back over long on after a little skip down the pitch.
Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst
Jos Buttler last scored a T20I fifty in September 2025 against South Africa. Since then, he has now gone 18 innings without a fifty. If he fails to score a fifty today, it will mark five consecutive series without a fifty, including this year's T20 World Cup.
After the early loss of Phil Salt, England have started to get a momentum.
Still a few empty seats in Southampton.
Jos Buttler swats a pull down to deep square but the sweeper cuts it off.
Michael Carberry
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That is trademark Jos Buttler. He has such an awareness of where the fielders are. He plays it so well. To any length, to any bowler and on any pitch.
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator
It's a lovely sound off the bat. He knew he got hold of that one.
Fetch that! Prasidh Krishna is effortlessly plinked over long-on for six by Jos Buttler.
Classic strong wrists from the England opener.
It's a lovely sunny Saturday afternoon and Jos Buttler pulls out the ramp shot.
The England batter casually strolls across his stumps to Prasidh Krishna and helps it on its way over fine leg for four.
Buttler smirks to himself like the cat who got the cream.
Michael Carberry
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Good game awareness from Jos Buttler. You feel he needs to get 10 or 15 runs and get himself going in this series.
Arshdeep Singh continues. Jos Buttler manages to work his third delivery for fine for a single to bring Harry Brook on strike.
Still swinging for Arshdeep and Brook clips it off his heels for a single.
Buttler then punishes one dropped shot by the India left-arm quick by pulling it for four in front of square before pinching the strike.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salt,caught Shedge, bowled Krishna Salt, caught Shedge, bowled Krishna | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 66.67 |
Buttler,caught Iyer, bowled Dube Buttler, caught Iyer, bowled Dube | 131 | 64 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 101 | 204.69 |
Brook,not out Brook, not out | 95 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 100 | 211.11 |
Bethell,caught Tilak, bowled Dube Bethell, caught Tilak, bowled Dube | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Jacks,not out Jacks, not out | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 350.00 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 15, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 18 Extras, no balls 1, wides 15, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 18 | |||||||
Total,257 for 3 20.0 overs Total,257 for 3 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arshdeep | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8.25 |
Krishna | 4.0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9.50 |
P Yadav | 4.0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15.00 |
Patel | 4.0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15.75 |
Shedge | 3.0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13.00 |
Dube | 1.0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
8 for 1 (1.4 overs) | Salt |
241 for 2 (18.4 overs) | Buttler |
241 for 3 (18.5 overs) | Bethell |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samson,caught Bethell, bowled Curran Samson, caught Bethell, bowled Curran | 27 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 192.86 |
Abhishek,caught Buttler, bowled Archer Abhishek, caught Buttler, bowled Archer | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 60.00 |
Kishan,caught Salt, bowled Rashid Kishan, caught Salt, bowled Rashid | 56 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 160.00 |
Iyer,caught Curran, bowled Dawson Iyer, caught Curran, bowled Dawson | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 175.00 |
Tilak,caught Buttler, bowled Tongue Tilak, caught Buttler, bowled Tongue | 53 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 212.00 |
Dube,caught Archer, bowled Curran Dube, caught Archer, bowled Curran | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 140.00 |
Shedge,caught Buttler, bowled Curran Shedge, caught Buttler, bowled Curran | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 116.67 |
Patel,caught Jacks, bowled Rashid Patel, caught Jacks, bowled Rashid | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 75.00 |
Arshdeep,not out Arshdeep, not out | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 80.00 |
Krishna,not out Krishna, not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.00 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 5 Extras, no balls 1, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 5 | |||||||
Total,201 for 8 20.0 overs Total,201 for 8 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archer | 4.0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10.25 |
Tongue | 4.0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13.25 |
Jacks | 3.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10.66 |
Curran | 4.0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9.00 |
Dawson | 2.0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.00 |
Rashid | 3.0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
25 for 1 (2.3 overs) | Abhishek |
55 for 2 (5.1 overs) | Samson |
110 for 3 (10.1 overs) | Iyer |
131 for 4 (12.4 overs) | Kishan |
162 for 5 (15.3 overs) | Dube |
189 for 6 (17.6 overs) | Tilak |
193 for 7 (18.2 overs) | Shedge |
199 for 8 (19.3 overs) | Patel |
