Sun Feb 02 13:02:22 UTC 2025: ## India Eye Series Win Against England in Decisive T20 Match

**Mumbai, February 1, 2025** – India will face England in the fifth and final T20I match at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, February 2nd, 2025. India currently leads the five-match series 3-1 after a thrilling 15-run victory in the fourth T20. A win for the Men in Blue would secure the series.

The match will see Shivam Dube, Player of the Match in the last game for his match-winning 53 runs, continue in the side after replacing the injured Nitish Kumar Reddy. Harshith Rana is listed as a concussion substitute for Dube.

England, led by Jos Buttler, will be aiming for a comeback victory. While they started strongly in the chase in Pune, their middle order faltered, despite strong performances from their bowlers. Saqib Mahmood, in particular, had a standout performance, taking the wickets of Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, and Suryakumar Yadav in a triple-wicket maiden – a first for an England bowler against Suryakumar Yadav’s team in the shortest format.

**Playing XI:**

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

**England:** Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (wk), 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.

**(Separate, unrelated news):** Ten MLAs have reportedly rebelled within the Telangana Congress party. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has taken steps to quell the dissent, which primarily involves legislators who joined the Congress from the BRS last year. While the Congress claims the gathering was merely a dinner meeting, opposition parties are attempting to capitalize on the situation.

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