Shreyas Iyer's India loses series 0-4, England no. 1 side now

Rashid comes on for the last over of the innings, of the series, and he gets the wicket of Axar Patel. What a horrendous show from the Indians, right from the Ireland series. Just no single positive that has come out from this series for the Indians. And all over. England win by 56 runs.

Josh Tongue comes up with a nasty height no ball and Tilak has a free hit. But he misses it completely. That has been the story of the Indian team in this entire series. He does get a six in the over. And 24 ball 50 comes up for Tilak. He is not celebrating. Oh and he is out the very last ball of the over.

Shivam Dube tries to pull Sam Curran.. Doesn't get enough elevation and is caught in the deep. India are staring at a big defeat.

The match is already out of India's grip, but it is all about reaching close to the total. Tilak plays a straight shot over Archer's head for a six. If only India had bowled a little better in this match.

Sixes are just not coming for India, or let us just say, they are not coming at the rate they would want them to come. Fours and singles-doubles won't help India at all. And Ishan is caught at mid wicket. Phil Salt takes an excellent catch.

Dawson bowls it close to Iyer's legs, and the ball turns from there. Iyer tries to hit through the leg side, but instead is caught at point. He is out for 28 from 16. And Tilak Varma walks into the middle. And 27 ball 50 comes up for Ishan. Work only half done here.

50 partnership up between Ishan and Iyer. Another target achieved and that is how they will have to go. Just 8 runs come from Will Jacks over and that is an excellent one from the all-rounder.

Sam Curran comes back for another over and he would be hoping for another wicket. Sixes needed by India, boundaries alone would not help. And a six does come towards backward square leg. Doesn't matter how they come, as long as they come. Add a four down to fine leg, and 100 is up for India.

Kishan uses his feet to Adil Rashid and gets a four to release the pressure. The boundaries just can't stop in this chase, and follows it up with one towards mid wicket. India ahead of the required rate for now. 12 runs from the over.

Sam Curran comes into the attack and removes Sanju on very first delivery. The problem is the high risk shots are too many, and just one failure could be the end.. and that is what happened with Sanju, who is out for brisk 27. Shreyas still manages to get two fours in the over. Powerplay done.

Ishan Kishan has looked in punishing mood and India bring up their 50 in only 4.4 overs. That is first target out of the way. A six and a four to end the Tongue over and India want to avenge their defeats. England bowlers have to keep the pressure up.

As the number 1 batter in the world, Ishan Kishan does have some responsibility. He needs to play innings of a lifetime here. Sanju will have to be patient as well. Jacks is hit for a couple of fours as well.

Archer has crammed Abhishek for room, the way he tackled Sooryavanshi. And the southpaw batter is caught behind for 3. England have drawn first blood. Ishan Kishan shows some positive intent and gets two back-to-back boundaries.

Sanju Samson rocks back into the crease and he pulls Tongue for a six. He needs to start well here and if he stays there until the PP, rest assured, India will be in contention to chase this total down. And similar ball, and the result is the same.

India need 258 to bat, and this is not the IPL, where they can score those runs easily. All eyes on Sanju Samson here. Abhishek Sharma will have to fire as well. India is little light on batting. Sanju Samson starts with a boundary. Edged and four by Sanju. India are off.

India need a record chase, as England end up with a record total of 257/3. Jos Buttler smashed 131 of 64, while Harry Brook remained unbeaten on 95 off 45. Indian bowlers looked clueless, even more so the fielders. Brook survived two dropped chances on 3 and 91 off Prince Yadav's delivery as they humiliated the world champions once again.

Highest totals in T20I vs India

• England: 257/3, Southampton, 11 Jul 2026
• England: 246/7, Wankhede, 5 Mar 2026
• West Indies: 245/6, Lauderhill, 27 Aug 2016

India drop their 3rd catch, and the second of Harry Brook. And Prince Yadav is the bowler again. Shivam Dube dropped Brook on 3, and now, Ishan Kishan has dropped him on 91.

Shivam Dube now has two wickets in two balls after going for 6, 6 and 4 in the first three balls. Jacob Bethell comes and goes for a golden duck.

India finally take a catch after dropping two. Jos Buttler departs for 131 off 64 balls. Shivam Dube gets the wicket after getting hit for 6, 6 and 4. And with that, the 233-run stand is broken.

Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna stopped the run flow in the 17th and 18th overs. But Shivam Dube opened the floodgates again, conceding two sixes on the first two balls of his first over of the match.

Jos Buttler and Harry Brook bring up a 200-run stand for the 2nd wicket. This is England's highest and the highest partnership against India for any wicket. 

Highest partnerships for England in T20Is

• 201* J Buttler – H Brook vs Ind Southampton 2026
• 182 D Malan – E Morgan vs NZ Napier 2019
• 170* J Buttler – A Hales vs Ind Adelaide 2022
• 167* J Buttler – D Malan vs SA Cape Town 2020

Jos Buttler is back in form, and what a way to be back. He hits Axar Patel for a six to bring up his 2nd T20I century off 51 balls. His other century came in T20 World Cup 2021 against Sri Lanka in Sharjah. And immediately after scoring the century, he survives a dropped catch, India's second today.

England smashed 82 runs in the last five overs before 15th over. Now, the 15th over from Prince Yadav goes for another 21 runs. Jos Buttler took a particular liking, as he hammered Prince for 4, 6, 6, 4. Buttler moves to 93, and he is eying his 2nd T20I century.

Ball 1: 4
Ball 2: 6
Ball 3: 6
Ball 4: 4
Ball 5: 1
Ball 6: 0

Runs keep flowing and they have flown at over 16 runs an over in the last five overs. Jos Buttler and Harry Brook also bring up a 150-run stand off 78 balls. The two have been relentless, with Suryansh Shedge going for 24 runs.

Jos Buttler gets a half-century in T20I after 18 innings. He gets to the mark off 34 balls. Before today, his last fifty was back in September 2025 against South Africa in Manchester.

Harry Brook brings up his second consecutive 50. After an unbeaten 79 in Bristol, he has smashed 50 off 19 balls to keep India at bay. The 50 also helps him bring up a 100-run stand with Jos Buttler off just 50 balls.

Fastest T20I 50s vs India (by balls)

• 16 Marco Jansen Centurion 2024
• 19 Cameron Green Hyderabad 2022
• 19 Jacob Bethell Wankhede 2026
• 19 Harry Brook Southampton 2026 

England are 100-up and it's Harry Brook who is in assault mode on Axar Patel. He hit Axar for 6, 6, 4, with the 4th ball going for a four, wide. Axar ended up conceding 25 runs from the 10th over, helping Brook and Jos Buttler to bring up 111/1 in 10 overs. This is Brook's fastest T20I fifty.

Ball 1: 6
Ball 2: 6
Ball 3: 4
Ball 4: 5 wide
Ball 5: 1
Ball 6: 2

Harry Brook has gone after Prince Yadav today after he was dropped on 3 by Shivam Dube. Since then, Brook has smashed him for two sixes. Jos Buttler also did not spare the youngster with two fours. After 9 overs, England are 86/1, with the partnership now stretching to 78.

Axar Patel's first over is sploit with a six on the last ball by Brook. After that, Shreyas Iyer decides to try Suryansh Shedge ahead of Dube. The move works wonders as the medium pacers goes for 3 runs.

England has dominated the powerplay. Once again, India got off a great start but lost momentum. Buttler and Brook both look dangerous. This looks like a belter of a pitch.

Shivam Dube has made a royal mess. Brook edges the ball while going for a pull against Prince Yadav. Dube runs back from the slips but doesn't even get a hand to the ball. He falls over while tracking back and has hurt his face as well. Brook smacks Prince for 2 sixes after that.

Buttler's opening here. That's not great news for India. He hits a reverse ramp off a bouncer. Yes, you read that right. Then, stepped down and hit Arshdeep over midwicket for a six.

For 2 games in a row, Arshdeep starts well in the first over and then goes for runs in the next two.

Buttler looks much better today. He did score 36 off 21 in Nottingham but hasn't gone that well overall. He took Prasidh on and smashed 2 boundaries in the 4th over.

Jos Buttler is short of runs and he needs to take charge here today. So far, he has got two boundaries, but hasn't looked very comfortable. Harry Brook, who is the man in form, is also on the crease, and India will aim to get his wicket as soon as possible.

Prasidh Krishna has struck in his first over, and he has the big wicket of Phil Salt, who tried to flick but did not get enough timing. Abhishek Sharma was stationed there and he took a regulation catch. He departs for 6 off 9. England 8/1 in 1.4 overs.

Exactly the start India wanted! 🇮🇳

Prasidh Krishna removes Phil Salt early as Team India make an immediate impact with the ball. 💪#ENGvIND 5th T20I 👉 Streaming LIVE on JioHotstar! pic.twitter.com/QUBWoFwpt2

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) July 11, 2026

Jos Buttler and Phil Salt begin for England. Salt has hit two consecutive fifties, and will look to continue his good run. Sanju Samson is back with the big gloves behind the stumps.

England have made one change to their line-up. Liam Dawson is back in place of Reham Ahmed. 

Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Harry Brook(c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue

Sanju Samson is back in place of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, while Suryansh Shedge replaces Washington Sundar. 

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Prasidh Krishna

India captain Shreyas Iyer and England skipper Harry Brook are in the middle for the toss after a 45-minute delay. Brook flips the coin, and Shreyas calls it correctly for the seventh consecutive time. India opt to bowl in Southampton.

Most consecutive toss wins by India captain (T20Is)

• 7 MS Dhoni (2010-12)
• 7 Shreyas Iyer (2026)
• 6 Virat Kohli (2019)
• 5 MS Dhoni (2007)
• 5 Rohit Sharma (2020-22)

Suryansh Shedge is marking his line-up, and Sanju Samson is also warming up. As per Varun Aaron, Sanju and Shedge are set to return to the XI. Who will go out? Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is not warming up, and it looks like he is the one who is dropped.

The toss has been delayed to 7:15 PM, with the match set to start at 7:30 PM IST. Team India begin their warm-up after they were stuck in traffic for 45 minutes.

The team has just reached the ground, as one can see on the live TV.

Team India are stuck on the road in traffic, and as a result, the toss is delayed.

So England are here, but India are not.

Delayed start as the tourists stuck in traffic.

The 3.8 mile shuttle bus from the station took 57 minutes. One road services a whole stadium. Ashes Test here next year. pic.twitter.com/kl3SaDcz5j

— Cameron Ponsonby (@cameronponsonby) July 11, 2026

England have no reason to tinker with a side that has won three on the trot. Phil Salt has back-to-back fifties, Brook is in the form of his life as captain, and Buttler looked more fluent in Bristol. A settled, confident side chasing a 4-0 sweep and top ranking is a difficult prospect for an India team low on confidence.

India's batting has been the story of this series, and not in a good way. Outside of Shreyas Iyer, who has two of the three fifties India's batters have managed across the whole series, nobody has offered sustained resistance to England's pace. Iyer's unbeaten 80 in Bristol was another lone effort, and by now the whole batting order leans on him more than any team would want. 

The Sanju Samson question that dominated the build-up to Bristol is likely to resurface here. But with the series lost, India may equally decide to keep looking at younger options like Vaibhav Sooryavanshi rather than reverting to experience.

The bigger problem is that India simply have not been able to handle Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue with the new ball. The pair have shared wickets in every completed match, using pace and bounce that India's top order has had no answer to. With Varun Chakaravarthy and Harshit Rana ruled out of the 5th T20I, India do not have a lot of options to pick from. Hence, they may stick to the same combination regardless.

The Rose Bowl, also known as the Utilita Bowl or Ageas Bowl, is one of England's better batting surfaces in the shortest format. It is a true pitch with pace and bounce, and the straight boundaries are inviting for batters who get through the powerplay. Fast bowlers do get some early movement, so the new ball matters, but once the ball is old this becomes a strong ground for stroke play.

The numbers back that reputation. The average first-innings score in men's T20Is here is around 176, and the ground has produced totals as high as 248, a mark both Australia and England have reached. A first-innings score in the 185 to 195 range should be competitive on Saturday, and if either top order gets going, something close to 200 is on. Teams batting first have won nine of the 13 men's T20Is played at this venue, which gives a clear, if not overwhelming, edge to setting a total.

Given the hot, dry conditions forecast, expect the surface to play true and fast, which favours the batters and points toward a high-scoring finale. Winning the toss and batting first would be the likely choice. History at the Rose Bowl and the conditions both favour posting a big score.

India have played just one men's T20I at The Rose Bowl, and it was a good day. On the 2022 tour, Rohit Sharma won the toss, chose to bat, and India posted 198 for 8, built around Hardik Pandya's maiden T20I fifty and quickfire contributions from Suryakumar Yadav and Deepak Hooda. Pandya then took 4 for 33 as India bowled England out for 148 to win by 50 runs. That was also Arshdeep Singh's T20I debut, and he is one of the few players from that night still in the current side.

So India's T20I record at this ground reads played one, won one, with no defeats. The wider picture is more mixed. India have played ODIs and Tests here too, and their Test memories at the Rose Bowl are grim, including heavy defeats in 2014 and 2018. But in the shortest format specifically, India have nothing but a positive result to look back on in Southampton, which is a small crumb of comfort at the end of a difficult tour.

Format	Result	Margin	Toss	Opposition	Date
ODI	Won	98 runs	lost	ODI v Kenya	11 Sep 2004
ODI	Lost	104 runs	won	ODI v England	21 Aug 2007
ODI	Lost	7 wickets	lost	ODI v England	6 Sep 2011
Test	Lost	266 runs	lost	Test v England	27 Jul 2014
Test	Lost	60 runs	lost	Test v England	30 Aug 2018
ODI	Won	6 wickets	lost	ODI v South Africa	5 Jun 2019
ODI	Won	11 runs	won	ODI v Afghanistan	22 Jun 2019
Test	Lost	8 wickets	lost	Test v New Zealand	18 Jun 2021
T20I	Won	50 runs	won	T20I v England	7 Jul 2022