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Français (Afrique)The fourth T20I match between Team India and England is scheduled to be played on Thursday at the Bristol County Ground in the district of Ashley Down.
The fourth match will act as a series-deciding clash of the series. Currently, the "Three Lions" are leading the five-match T20I series by 2-0. On the other hand, the "Men in Blue" will look to bounce back and secure a win to keep the series alive.
Ahead of the match, former Team India cricketer Parthiv Patel revealed his playing XI. Despite two poor outings, the former cricketer would not like to shuffle Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's batting position.
"Sooryavanshi still opens for me. Then, I feel numbers 3, 4 and 5 should be Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer. Having six left-handers in the top seven makes it very difficult for the batters to play the way they want to, because the bowlers also get used to bowling to one type of batter," he said on JioStar.
The former cricketer feels wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson should play in the team and wants Shivam Dube to make way for Tilak Varma.
"The ground dimensions also demand variety in the batting line-up. So, yes, Sanju Samson has to come in. Then Tilak Varma, purely because he is the vice-captain, which means Shivam Dube will have to make way, followed by Axar Patel at No. 7. Among the bowlers, I wouldn't make any changes," said Patel.
It will be interesting to see if Sooryavanshi manages to step up to the occasion. On the other hand, skipper Shreyas Iyer has also found himself at the centre of criticism after facing consecutive defeats since his appointment for the captaincy role.
IND vs ENG 4th T20I: Full squads
India: Sanju Samson (WK), Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Abhishek Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Suryansh Shedge, Harshit Rana, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
England: Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Jos Buttler (WK), Jofra Archer, Luke Wood, Saqib Mahmood, Sam Curran, Phil Salt (WK), Josh Tongue, Harry Brook (C), Tom Banton, Will Jacks, Jordan Cox (WK), James Coles, Jacob Bethell, Rehan Ahmed, Sonny Baker.