🏏England tour of India 2025: 5thT20I: 2/2/2025 at 7:00 PM IST🏏 - Page 4

Jov: "Shame that Saqib Mahmood has made way. He was amazing in the Windies series and performed in the one match in this series, we could've rested Archer for him instead."

Tiago : "I think the winning the toss gives England the slight edge in this match but it will come down to the dew factor in the second innings and whether the Indian spinners get any purchase off the surface."

SMS: "Make or break match for Samson here!! He has had a poor series so far and another failure will mark the end of the road for a long time considering the competition!! " -- People really have short memories. He made three hundreds in his last five T20I innings before this series!

Samson opened the innings with a six!! What a shot it is!!!

India Innings

0.1 Archer to Samson, SIX runs

What a start! Length delivery, top of off, but Sanju is right the way across his stumps and pulls that flat in front of square! Bowser's!

Another six, he is so aggressive against Archer!

0.3

Jofra Archer to Samson, no run, banged in short by Jofra Archer, the ball shapes back in as Samson gets hit on the glove. He has called for the physio as that smashed into his finger. It's bleeding, hence the batsman is getting some treatment out in the middle..

0.4

Jofra Archer to Samson, no run, walks across in the crease and looks to whip this across the line, gets hit on the pads though. Appeal for an lbw, but the impact was outside off

India Innings

0.5 Archer to Samson, SIX runs

Pulled behind square! Neither of these two ceding any ground, as Archer bumps Sanju again, who once more shifts inside the line and uses the pace to swing this bouncer into the stands

1st over--16 runs, one injury, 2 sixes and 1 four!

Both bowler and batter were determined to settle scores!!

India Innings

0.6 Archer to Samson, FOUR runs

Sanju wins round one! Width on offer from a length, Sanju leaps into a cut, flaying over the cordon for a once-bounce four