India clinch T20 series v England amid substitute drama

PUNE: Harshit Rana claimed three wickets in his debatable appearance as a concussion substitute to help India to a series-clinching 15-run victory against England in the fourth T20 International on Friday.

Put into bat, India overcame Saqib Mahmood’s three-wicket burst to post a competitive 181-9 following half-centuries by Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube.

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England were 166 all out with two deliveries left in their innings as India grabbed an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

All-rounder Dube was hit on the helmet by a Jamie Overton bouncer and seamer Rana replaced him despite it not being a like-for-like replacement as concussion substitute rules mandate.