India thrash England in fifth men’s T20 match to win series 4-1 - as it happened

1h ago 17.00 GMT James Wallace Righto, that’s it for today. I need a lie down/to go and ice my knuckles. Taha Hashim’s report will be along very shortly and we’ll be back to bring you the three match ODI series that starts on Thursday in Nagpur. Thanks for your company – goodbye! Share Updated at 17.04 GMT

1h ago 16.57 GMT With 14 wickets and the ball on a string throughout – Varun Chakravarthy is the Player of the Series: I’m happy that the fielding also drew some applause and the team has been emphasising improving fielding standards. I’ve been working hard with the fielding coach Mr. Dilip. This is the best I’ve bowled but there’s a lot of scope to improve. There were a few bad balls, I should not have bowled them! It was just a matter of bowling the right ball at the right time, that’s what I was working on. This is very special, I would like to dedicate it to my son and my wife and my parents. I’d like to thank Surya (Yadav) and GG (Gambir, Head Coach) for backing me as well.” Share Updated at 16.57 GMT

1h ago 16.54 GMT SHOCK NEWS: Abhishek Sharma is the Player of the Match: It’s a special one… a great feeling. When I see it’s my day, I always try to go from the first ball. The way the coach and the captain have treated me from the first day, they’ve always wanted this intent and always backed me. When the opponents are bowling 140 KPH, 150 KPH-plus, you have to be ready a little earlier. I Just react to the ball and play my shots. When you’re hitting a world-class bowler over the covers it is aways great but I really liked the shots against Adil Rashid as well.” Share

1h ago 16.51 GMT Here’s Jos Buttler, he does well to accentuate the positives: We’re disappointed to lose the series but we’ve done some things well and there are some things we want to improve on. We want to keep committing to this style of cricket and execute better. India are a fantastic side - especially at home – and we’re better for the experience, especially in front of great crowds like this at the Wankhede. Some of the guys’ bowling performances - even today, Brydon Carse and Mark Wood were outstanding. I’ve seen a lot of cricket and I thought Abhishek’s innings today was one of the best.” Share

1h ago 16.39 GMT That is indeed England’s heaviest T20I defeat and the quickest they’ve ever been bowled out. Brendon McCullum mentioned when he took the reins that things sometimes wouldn’t be pretty and that absolute shellacking really wasn’t. Jos Buttler is not smiling. With good reason, his side made 38 less runs than Abhishek Sharma made on his own. Share Updated at 16.41 GMT

2h ago 16.30 GMT England 97 all out (India win by 150 runs) Crikes. India wrap up the win and take the series 4-1. There’ll be no griping about this result. Shami picks up Mark Wood for a golden duck to end the England misery inside eleven oves. India chalk up their second biggest T20I victory in terms of margin of runs. View image in fullscreen India’s players shake hands with their opponents after the match. Photograph: Surjeet Yadav/MB Media/Getty Images Share Updated at 16.39 GMT

2h ago 16.28 GMT WICKET! Rashid c Jurel b Mohammed Shami 6 (England 97-9) Shami comes back on and finds Rashid’s top edge, Jurel does the rest. England on the brink. Share

2h ago 16.26 GMT 10th over: England 96-8 (Archer 0, Rashid 6) Rashid flat bats back over Dube’s head for four. But… Share

2h ago 16.24 GMT WICKET! Jacob Bethell b Dube 10 (England 90-8) A swing, a miss and a hit. Bethell is cleaned up and on his way. Share

2h ago 16.16 GMT 9th over: England 90-7 (Bethell 10, Archer 0) Abhishek picks up two in the over and England are nearly cooked. The 2024 hundred yard stare flickers in Jos Buttler’s eyes in the England dugout. This has been a right old mauling. Share Updated at 16.18 GMT

2h ago 16.14 GMT WICKET! Overton c Yadav b Abhishek Sharma 1 (England 90-7) Another one gone! A fantastic catch over his shoulder from Captain Sky Yadav sees the end of Jamie Overton. England are imploding at the Wankhede. Share

2h ago 16.12 GMT WICKET! Carse c Varun b Abhishek Sharma 3 (England 87-6) Abhishek Sharma can do no wrong! He gets a wicket with his first ball as Carse flat bats straight to Varun on the straight boundary. Share Updated at 16.18 GMT

2h ago 16.11 GMT 8th over: England 87-5 (Bethell 9, Carse 3) Brydon Carse joins Bethell in the middle. The crowd are in full voice, they know their side have crushed this game. Share

2h ago 16.08 GMT WICKET! Salt c Jurel b Dube 55 (England 82-5) That man Shivam Dube gets the big wicket and that’s gonna be the game barring something incomprehensible. Salt chases a wide ball and gets a big ol’ snick through to the keeper. View image in fullscreen Shivam Dube of India celebrates with teammate Suryakumar Yadav after dismissing Phil Salt of England. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images Share Updated at 16.18 GMT

2h ago 16.05 GMT 7th over: England 82-4 (Salt 55, Bethell 7) Phil Salt has crushed his way to fifty off 21 balls. A six over midwicket sees him get to a half century and Jacob Bethell joins him in the act with a swipe over the leg-side for another biggie. Share Updated at 16.10 GMT

2h ago 16.02 GMT WICKET! Livingstone c Singh b Varun 9 (England 68-4) A tale as old as time. Caught in the deep. England spluttering in Mumbai. View image in fullscreen India's players celebrates the wicket of England's Liam Livingstone, right. Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP Share Updated at 16.19 GMT

2h ago 15.58 GMT 6th over: England 68-3 (Salt 48, Bethell 9) Liam Livingstone square drives his first ball for four with a real crack of the wrists. He follows up with a tracer bullet drive down the ground that nearly takes Bishnoi’s wig off. England have no option but to keep hitting out. Share Updated at 16.09 GMT

2h ago 15.55 GMT WICKET! Brook c Varun b Ravi Bishnoi 2 (England 59-3) Brilliant tumbling catch in the deep by Varun and Brook is gone! England will keep hitting but they are coming off second best at the minute. Share

2h ago 15.54 GMT 5th over: England 59-2 (Salt 48, Brook 2) Salt continues on his merry way, muscling two consecutive fours off the final two balls of the over from Varun. Fifty up for England. Bishnoi is going to bowl the next. Share

2h ago 15.52 GMT WICKET! Jos Buttler c Tilak Varma b Varun 7 (India 48-2) Varun into the action and strikes immediately – Buttler is gone! He tried to launch down the ground but couldn’t clear the fielder in the deep. England up against it even more now. Harry Brook joins Phil Salt, buckle up knuckleheads. Share

2h ago 15.48 GMT 4th over: England 48-1 (Salt 39, Buttler 7) England needed a shot in the arm/run rate and they get one – seventeen runs off the over, Salt smashes a full toss for SIX and both men drive through the off side for four more apiece. Share

2h ago 15.46 GMT 3rd over: England 31-1 (Salt 28, Buttler 2) Shami is pinged for four by Salt but it’s the only boundary of the over to go with the wicket of the dangerous Duckett. One of these two needs to get a whole lotta runs. Share

2h ago 15.41 GMT Here comes Jos Buttler for an early swing. Share

2h ago 15.41 GMT WICKET! Duckett c Abhishek b Shami 0 (England 23-1) Gone first ball! Duckett plinks the first ball he does get to that man Abhishek at short cover and he makes no mistake with the catch. Share Updated at 16.19 GMT

2h ago 15.39 GMT 2nd over: England 23-0 (Salt 23, Duckett 0) Salt has had all the strike so far, Duckett hasn’t had a sniff. Hardik Pandya shares the new ball and bowls a decent first effort. England are now behind the rate! Share

3h ago 15.35 GMT 1st over: England 17-0 (Salt 17, Duckett 0) Bish, bash and bosh. Phil Salt drives down the ground and through the covers for a couple of fours and then hoicks Shami high and long over midwicket for SIX. I’m genuinely not sure I have the adjectives or minerals in me for another twenty overs of ridiculous hitting*. Come off it snowflake. As my old man would say of this live-blogging lark - “It’s hardly like being down t’pit lad.” View image in fullscreen Phil Salt of England plays a shot. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images Share Updated at 15.53 GMT

3h ago 15.29 GMT Right then, Mohammed Shami has the ball and Phil Salt is on strike. England need the small matter of twelve runs an over, every over. Share

3h ago 15.22 GMT India finish on 247-9 That’s a record T20I score at the Wankhede. Axar was run out and Bishnoi held in the deep in the final over from JOverton but the lasting damage was done a long time ago by Abhishek Sharma. England’s players are greeted by a smiling Brendon McCullum as they trudge off the field, he’ll have enjoyed that Abhishek blitzkrieg and be pumping up his side to go out and match it. England have the talent, they’ve got a few minutes to slurp down some electrolytes and get focused on the sizeable task in hand. Phil Salt is due a score and Harry Brook has shown signs of getting back to his best. Can they fire after a punishing two hours in the field. Back soon, time for a slurp of something less luminous a this end. Share Updated at 16.19 GMT

3h ago 15.14 GMT Felix Wood is being a tinker… “Afternoon James. What an amazing, astonishing, genius innings by Abhishek. But I must say he looked a bit concussed when he came off, might be worth subbing Bumrah in just as a precaution?” What larks! Share Updated at 16.19 GMT

3h ago 15.12 GMT 19th over: India 240-7 (Patel 8, Shami 0) Wood finishes strongly, just three singles off his final over, he finishes with 2-32 off his four overs. Jamie Overton is going to bowl the final one and then we can all go and lie down for FIVE MINUTES before England come out all guns bruised and blazing. Share

3h ago 15.10 GMT 18th over: India 237-7 (Patel 5, Shami 0) Axar is joined by Shami. Mark Wood is coming on to bowl his final over. Share

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