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England
India
England and India will meet in the fifth and final T20I of the series at The Rose Bowl in Southampton. England will enter the match with a 3-0 lead after winning the second, third and fourth games, while the opening T20I ended without a result due to rain.
The hosts will now aim to complete a series whitewash, while India will look to finish the tour with a consolation victory.
England will take confidence from their consistent performances with both bat and ball throughout the series. They chased 159 with more than 6 overs to spare in the fourth T20I and have looked in control in most of the series.
India will need a much better performance after struggling while both chasing and defending targets. Recent head-to-head numbers will also favour England, with 3 wins in the last 5 meetings, while India have won only once and one match ended in a no result.
Josh Tongue has taken 6 wickets in his last 2 T20Is, and with India's batting struggling against England's bowling attack, he has a strong chance of picking up at least two wickets again.
The betting tip is...
Josh Tongue - Over 1.5 wickets
61 %
39 %
EnglandIndiaEngland's batting unit delivered throughout the series. Phil Salt scored 70 off 44 balls in the third T20I and followed it with 59 off 42 in the fourth match.
Harry Brook played a match-winning unbeaten 79 off 35 balls in the fourth T20I and earned the Player of the Match award. Jos Buttler and Sam Curran also remained important batters in the middle order and added depth to the lineup.
England's bowlers continued their strong form in the fourth T20I. Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue picked up two wickets each, while Tongue finished with six wickets in the last two matches. Archer claimed five wickets across his last two games. England used only five bowlers in the previous match and controlled the chase effectively.
Salt, Brook and Tongue are the key players in the team.
Predicted Lineup: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Will Jacks, Sam Curran, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Josh Tongue.
India made changes to their bowling attack during the series, but the move did not produce the desired results. They used six bowlers in the fourth T20I, but only Arshdeep Singh managed to take a wicket by dismissing Jos Buttler.
The other five bowlers went wicketless. In the third T20I, Harshit Rana and Prince Yadav picked up two wickets each, while Axar Patel claimed one wicket.
India's batting relied heavily on a few players. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi opened again ahead of Sanju Samson but failed to make an impact. Shreyas Iyer top-scored with 80 off 59 balls in the fourth T20I, while Shivam Dube's 22 was the next highest score.
Abhishek Sharma remained one of India's most consistent batters, scoring 59 off 24 balls in the first T20I and 43 off 24 in the second. Iyer had also scored 68 off 47 balls in the opening match.
Abhishek, Iyer and Arshdeep are the key players.
Predicted Lineup: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Harshit Rana, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakaravarthy.
England will start as favourites because they have adapted much better to home conditions and have already sealed the series. Both teams have enough batting quality to produce at least one big individual score, but England's bowling has been the difference.
India's batters have struggled against the new ball, and their bowling attack has not taken wickets consistently. Josh Tongue has been in excellent form, taking six wickets in his last two matches and making good use of the conditions.
If he maintains the same rhythm with the new ball, he has a strong chance of making another important impact. England should be well placed to finish the series with a 4-0 scoreline.
