ENG vs IND 4th T20I Live Commentary - Bristol (09 July 2026)

Fuller one, darted in at the toes, Iyer clips it behind square leg and rotates strike.

Back of a length and slower, angled across the off stump. Iyer jams the pull towards mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Full-pitched delivery on off, seems like a back-of-the-hand delivery. Dube drives it down to long off for one more.

Looking for two, but won't get it.

1 run.

Slower one, full and on the pads. Iyer fails to tuck it away and gets it off the pads, wide of the keeper, and picks up a leg bye.

Hammered in on a shorter length, outside off, Shivam Dube stands tall and smacks it down to cover-point.

Back of a length again, around off, Dube stays put again and just eases it past point for a single.

Another slower one from Archer, full and down leg. The ball just brushes the pads on its way to the keeper as Iyer fails to flick it away.

Archer hits a hard length, bowling it over off and middle at 146 kph. Iyer blocks it from inside the crease.

SIX! Shreyas Iyer has seen enough of Jofra and decides to play a cheeky shot here. A quick bumper, right at the batter, Iyer squats down and just ramps it fine of deep third for a six.

Bowled from the front of the hand, on off, worked away down to long on for one.

A bit slower now, drifted on the pads. Iyer waits well before tucking it into the vacant space at mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Flatter now, a bit full and on off, punched off the back foot to long off for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! That's a very, very fine take from Adil Rashid. Rashid drags the length back and angles it across the left-hander. Abhishek Sharma tries to drag it to the leg side but miscues the pull badly and gets a top edge towards the vacant mid-wicket region. The bowler and the keeper both run after it, but Rashid does well to commit to it and scampers across the turf to pouch it safely. India are 48/3.

Tossed up a bit fuller on middle, Shivam Dube leans on and smothers it behind square leg for a single.

Nicely flighted, outside off, Iyer leans across and strokes it to deep cover for one more. 50 up for India.

Curran comes into the attack now. He starts with a full ball on the pads, Abhishek Sharma clips it wide of mid on for a single.

Good-length delivery, on off and middle, Shreyas Iyer stays put and blocks it off.

A touch fuller than the last one, on off, punched away to cover. Abhishek Sharma sets off for the single at the bowler's end before Iyer sends him back. The throw comes in and as Sharma puts in the dive, he gets hit on the body with the ball.

FOUR! The call is for two but Shreyas has timed that to perfection. Just back of a length, in and around off, Iyer shuffles in the crease before punching it through covers for a boundary.

Good length, around middle, tucked away in front of mid-wicket for a quick single.

A single to end the over, and India are 44/2 at the end of the Powerplay. Back of a length and outside off, Sharma stays back and scythes it in front of point for a single.

At the hips, Abhishek walks inside the line and picks it behind square leg for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! The change of ends brings about success for Josh Tongue. Bowled into the wicket by Tongue, outside off. Kishan attempts to drag the pull away on the leg side but there is that extra bit of bounce from the surface. Ishan fails to get on top of it, and a top edge is found. Sam Curran at short third gets under it and pouches it safely. 

Hits the good length, in and around the off stump. Iyer dabs it to point.

FOUR! The Indian skipper is up and running. A little too straight, sprayed at the hips. Iyer tickles it fine of the man at short fine leg and picks up a boundary to get himself going.

Just outside the off stump, on a back of a length. Iyer angles it behind point, where Rehan Ahmed is quick to his left and prevents the single.

An early move towards the leg side by Iyer before returning to his normal standing position. Tongue holds his length as he dishes it on off, on a back of a length. Shreyas taps it to cover-point.

Flighted delivery, full and on middle. Kishan drives it back to Jacks.

Drifting in at the pads. Ishan reaches out in front and clips it to the left of mid on for a quick single.

FOUR! Gets it through. On a good length, slower and on off. Abhishek does not try to overhit this tone and just checks his drive after pressing forward. Threads the gap at cover and it races away.

Flatter and shorter, on off. Abhishek steps out and punches it to long off for one.

Fired in at the pads, Ishan stays back to a full ball and works it to the left of mid on. Jofra Archer overruns the ball there and gets into a bit of a tangle with his feet. That allows the batters to come back for the second run.

Nice and full, attacking the stumps, that is defended solidly off the front foot.

Hurls it on a length, around off. Abhishek pushes out in front of his body with hard hands. It squirts off an inside edge wide of mid-wicket and the battes sneak in a quick single.

In the air... but it lands safely. Archer bashes the hard length and gets a good lift off the deck, on middle. Sooryavanshi pivots to play the pull off the front foot. Gets it from the upper half of the bat and it is skied to deep square leg, where neither the deep fielder nor the fielder converging from the inner ring can get to the ball before it drops to the ground. A couple for Vaibhav.

Sooryavanshi gives himself a bit of room and Archer responds by spearing in the yorker, on middle.Vaibhav jams it out to mid off.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! For the second game in a row, Jofra Archer dismisses his IPL teammate. Archer hits the hard length and pushes it across the left-hander. Sooryavanshi stays back and swings at it, looking to go down the ground. There is a bit of extra lift off the surface, and Vaibhav ends up slicing it high in the air towards mid on, where Sam Curran settles under it and does the rest.

At 144 kph, on a back of a length, outside off. Kishan hops to get on top of the bounce and punches it behind point for a single.

Even quicker now at 148 kph and fuller as well, on off. A confident drive by Abhishek and the ball pings off his blade but he picks out the man at cover. End of a successful over from Archer.

FOUR! One bounce and over the ropes. Angled away, on a length. Abhishek hangs back in the crease and opens up the front hip to go inside out over cover for the first four of the contest.

Drags the length back and the line is tighter as well, on the off stump. Abhishek angles it off the back foot to backward point.

Fuller in length, across off. Sharma does not move his feet at all and throws his hands at the ball. It goes off the inner half in front of square on the leg side. They cross.

Around off, on a short of a length. Sooryavanshi stands tall and punches it wide of point, where Sam Curran mops it up. A bit of yes and no between the two batters but they eventually decide against the single.

FOUR! Hit with real authority. Tongue bangs it into the wicket but fails to get it high enough and also offers width. Sooryavanshi stands tall on top of the bounce and spanks it uppishly between cover and mid off for his first boundary.

SIX! Clever, very clever! Cross-seam ball by Tongue, on a shortish length, on off. Sooryavanshi arches back and gets under the ball. Uses the pace as well as the angle to play the upper cut over the man at short third for a six. Tongue goes for 15 runs in his first over.

Wide! India are away with this extra. Archer spots Sooryavanshi backing away and he tries to follow him with a hard-length ball. Vaibhav swings at it but fails to connect.

At 144 kph, dug in short, aimed at the ribs, Sooryavanshi swivels for the pull but mistimes it square on the leg side for a single to get off the mark.

Archer bashes the surface again and tucks the batter up for room. Abhishek hops and awkwardly fends it beside the strip on the leg side.

On a back of a length, on middle. Sharma nudges it from the crease to the left of mid-wicket and takes a single to open his account.

Into the wicket, on middle and leg. Sooryavanshi gives himself a bit of room and swings across for the pull. Gets it high on the bat but manages to clear mid-wicket. Adil Rashid goes after it and hauls it in. Two runs taken.

Pushed across the left-hander, more on the fuller side. Sooryavanshi goes a bit too hard at the ball, trying to force it through the off side. Miscues it off the inner half to mid-wicket.

Nails the yorker and cranks it up at 148 kph, outside off. Vaibhav fails to squeeze it out.