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.

Even though Ramandeep Singh, a batting all-rounder like Dube, was on the bench, Harshit Rana was the name India proposed to Javagal Srinath, the match referee.

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.

Former captain Alastair Cook was stumped by Harshit Rana's inclusion as a concussio substitute for Shivam Dube in the fourth T20I in Pune on Saturday.

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,

Michael Vaughan surprisingly conceded that England would've followed India in making a similar concussion substitute if they were in a similar position.

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.

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;