The fifth ODI between India U-19 and their English counterparts ended in a spectacular tie after the hosts lost their final wicket on the last ball of the match at the Wankhede stadium here on Wednesday.
Chasing a modest 227, India needed one run off the last ball with just one wicket in hand but pacer Ishan Porel faltered at the last moment and was caught by Max Holden off liam White as the match ended in a tie.
India U-19 team, however, clinched the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series 3-1. It was a patient 65 by S Radhakrishnan and a quickfire 40 off 38 balls by Ayush Jamwal and Yash Thakur's 30 off 52 balls which brought the hosts near the target.
India colts had a poor start after pacer Jack Blatherwick picked up opener Priyam Garg (O) in the first over and then dismissed skipper Abhishek Sharma (4).
Other opener Manoj Karla (21) too fell cheaply. India were left struggling at 54-4. Then Radhakrishnan and keeper Het Patel steadied the innings and conjured a 47-run stand for the fifth wicket. However, Patel and Shiva Singh were dismissed with the team score reading 137-6.
Unlike the last game, it was an impressive show by English bowlers with Henry Brookes (3-30) emerging as the most successful one.
Earlier, put into bat, both the English openers Hary Brook (14) and Tom Banton (16) fell cheaply. One down George Bartlett scored 47, before being trapped in front of the wicket by left-arm spinner Shiva Singh but the English side was reduced to 121-5. Wicket keeper Ollie Pope and Will Jacks then rallied the innings by sharing a 55-run stand in 66 balls. In the 41st over, Jamwal cleaned up Pope (47) with England now at 182-7. However, a 14-run last over helped the visitors reach 226/9. For the hosts, Jamwal was the most successful bowler with figures of 3-40.