Hardik, spinners help India seal T20I series vs England

Visitors seemed on course to level series until a late collapse saw them lose their last six wickets for only 38 runs in Pune

- Somshuvra Laha

KOLKATA: Conviction finds strange ways of making itself felt. Hardik Pandya knows, flipping from the low of a 35-ball 40 in Rajkot to muscling a 30-ball 53 in Pune. Shivam Dube hasn't played a T20I in six months, but you wouldn't know that from the way he wove 53 from 34 balls.

His concussion allowed for the somewhat controversial debut of Harshit Rana as a substitute, removing Liam Livingstone and Jacob Bethell before knocking over Jamie Overton in a brilliant penultimate over to ensure a 15-run win for India that sealed the five-match series in their favour.