Check out the top 3 standout England performers in the 5th T20I against India. England suffered a 150-run defeat against India in the fifth and last T20I of the five-match series. The tourists’ skipper, Jos Buttler, won the toss and asked India to bat first. The English bowlers failed to find any way to tackle the Indian batters in the first innings of the game.
Eventually, the men in blue posted a big total of 247 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Young Indian opener Abhishek Sharma smashed the English bowlers in all corners of the ground, scoring 135 runs off just 54 balls, hitting seven fours and 13 sixes. While chasing the target, England were all out at the score of just 97 runs in 10.3 overs and lost the game to lose the series by 1-4. However, here we’ll look at the top three England performers despite the team’s loss against India in the fifth T20I of the series.
The top three England Performers vs India in the 5th T20I:
1. Brydon Carse

The star English bowling all-rounder Brydon Carse was quite a relief for the English camp amidst a bad day for all the other English pacers. Carse scalped 3 crucial wickets at 38 runs in his four-over stint. Carse was also the leading wicket-taker for his side in the first innings.
Carse’s 3-wicket haul included the top Indian batters, including the likes of Tilak Varma, skipper Suryakumar Yadav, and star all-rounder Shivam Dube. Carse was one of the top three performers amidst an unexpected ‘day at the office’ for England.
2. Mark Wood

Apart from Brydon Carse’s 3-wicket haul, the star pacer Mark Wood also scalped 2 crucial wickets to dent India’s hopes of a 300+ total. Wood scalped 2 wickets at 32 runs in his spell over 4 overs. The pacer was only the second bowler for the visitors to scalp two or more wickets.
However, Wood hasn’t been very impressive with the ball in his overall appearances in the just concluded five-match T20I series against India. But still, he was one of the top performers for England in the last T20I of the series in Mumbai.
3. Phil Salt

Star England opener and wicketkeeper-batter, Phil Salt was the only batter to show a positive intent with the bat amidst a batting collapse of his side during the run-chase. He smashed a quick and fiery half-century, scoring 55 runs off just 23 balls, with seven fours and three sixes.
Salt’s knock came for England in the situation when none of the other English batters managed to survive against the Indian bowling attack in the second innings of the game. In England’s short total of 97 runs in 10.3 overs, Salt happened to be the leading run-scorer for the tourists in the fifth T20I against the defending World T20 Champions.
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