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IND vs Eng, 5th T20i: The last and 5th match of the 5 -match T20I series between India and England is being played at the historic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav, who had taken an unassailable 3–1 lead in the T20I series, lost the toss in the last match. Surya was invited by England captain Jose Butler to win the toss in the fifth T20I match and bat first. England made a change and included Mark Wood in the playing XI in place of Saqib Mahmood. Mohammed Shami returned to the Indian team in place of Arshdeep Singh. Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson’s Dhakad opening pair came to the ground to start the innings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on behalf of Team India.

Sanju Samson’s entry in special club

The Indian opening pair landed on the field with the intention of attacking, which was cleared with the first ball. Sanju Samson took a strike to play the first ball of the innings and started the bowling by Jofra Archer. Archer scored the first ball short, on which Sanju Samson hit a six over the deep square leg. Sanju hit a 70 meter long six and thus he made a big feat. Sanju joined Rohit Sharma’s special club with a sixes in the innings.

Sanju is the third such batsman of India who has done wonders to hit a six on the first ball of the match. Earlier, only Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal did this big charisma from India. Sanju may hit a six on the first ball but he was dismissed cheaply. Sanju became a victim of Mark Wood in the second over. He scored 16 runs off 7 balls. In this innings, a four and six came from his bat.

Indian batsman to hit a six on the first ball of T20i match

  • Rohit Sharma off Adil Rashid- Ahmedabad, 2021
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal off Alexander Raza – Harare, 2024
  • Sanju Samson off Jofra Archer- Wankhede Stadium, 2025

Playing XI of both teams

India’s playing XI: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty.

England’s playing XI: Philip Salt (wicketkeeper), Ben Docket, Jose Butler (Captain), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethle, Bridan Cars, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

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