England slide to a 15-run defeat in a gripping fourth T20 against India as their hosts take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series.

Concussion substitute Harshit Rana has taken 3-33 on debut and India has beaten England by 15 runs to win the Twenty20 series with a match to spare in Pune.

Both Shivam Dube and his concussion sub Harshit Rana ended up making significant contributions at crucial junctures in either innings, leaving Jos Buttler's England 15 runs short in a 182-run case on Friday.

India overcame setbacks multiple times in Pune and beat England by 15 runs on Friday, thus taking an unassailable lead of 3-1 in the series. All-rounders Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube`s blitz knocks helped India climb to 181/9 against England in the fourth T20I match of the series at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Friday.

India on Friday defeated England by 15 runs in the fourth T20I of the five match series in Pune to take an unassailable 3-1 lead.

India dug themselves out of a hole multiple times in Pune and beat England by 15 runs. They have thus taken an unassailable lead of 3-1 in the series. | Crickit

Batting all-rounder Shivam Dube struck 53 off 34 balls before going off the field with a concussion; pace bowler Harshit Rana took his place and claimed three wickets to fire India to victory over England in fourth T20;

India extended their unbeaten T20 series record to 17 at home since 2019. But Rana dominated TV discussion between commentators when he took the field for Dube, who was hit on the helmet by Jamie Overton in the penultimate ball of the Indian batting innings.

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,