Mumbai boys came to the fore during India&rsquo;s close, eight-run win over England in the fourth T20I on Thursday at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Suryakumar Yadav hogged the limelight with his knock of 57 that started with a spectacular first-ball six but ended with a controversial decision, triggering a debate on the need for a soft signal before referring the decision to the third umpire.
Suryakumar&rsquo;s Mumbai teammate Shardul Thakur was the game-changer with two key wickets of Ben Stokes (46) and skipper Eoin Morgan (4) in successive balls to derail England&rsquo;s chase of 186. Shreyas Iyer, another Indian batsman from the Mumbai school of batting, scored a quickfire 18-ball 37 during his 34-run stand with Rishabh Pant.
Suryakumar&rsquo;s Mumbai Indians teammates&mdash;Hardik Pandya (4-0-16-2) and Rahul Chahar (4-0-35-2)&mdash;contributed with the ball.
&lsquo;Had my plans against Jofra&rsquo; The flamboyant Suryakumar had his plans chalked out having faced Jofra Archer in the last three IPLs and watched his international matches. &ldquo;I [have] watched all his games...whenever a new batter comes in, what plans he has. Obviously, I had my plans as well,&rdquo; Suryakumar said during a post-match virtual media interaction.
&ldquo;I just followed the same process which I do while playing for my franchise. I knew this situation really well, I wanted to do the same things. I did not do anything different, I just expressed myself,&rdquo; he said about his match-winning knock. About his fine leg six on just one leg, Suryakumar in a chat with bcci.tv, said: &ldquo;I have been playing this shot for a long time in local cricket or domestic cricket or wherever I started my cricket be it rubber ball, tennis ball, playing on cement pitch.&rdquo;
Controversial decision Suryakumar&rsquo;s fine knock ended with a controversial decision. Although third umpire Virender Sharma ruled him out due to inconclusive evidence to overturn K Ananthapadmanabhan&rsquo;s soft signal, experts were convinced that Dawid Malan&rsquo;s fingers were not completely under the ball. The compulsion of a soft signal has come under the scanner after the dismissal.
Suryakumar, though, was not disappointed with the decision. &ldquo;Regarding my dismissal, I am not really disappointed because few things are not in my control. Things that are in my control, I try to control those,&rdquo; he said.
Today&rsquo;s fifth and final match is expected to be a cracker of a game where both India and England won&rsquo;t give an inch. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a final because if we don&rsquo;t win then we lose the series, and we don&rsquo;t want to lose the series,&rdquo; Ben Stokes said.&nbsp;

Mumbai man Suryakumar Yadav says he didn’t try anything different during his maiden hit as India take T20I series in the decider against England at Ahmedabad

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