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WATCH: Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell engage in mock street cricket in Mumbai ahead of final T20I

England cricket stars Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell play mock street cricket in Mumbai ahead of the final t20I match against India at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

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Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell engage in mock street cricket in Mumbai

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England cricket team are set to play the final T20I match of the five-match series in Mumbai on Sunday. The visitors have already lost the series after losing the fourth T20I by 15 runs in Pune on Friday. However, England will hope to end the series on a high with a win and take some confidence ahead of the three-match ODI series against India. 

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Meanwhile, England batter Ben Duckett posted a short clip on X before the final game on Sunday. Duckett was seen engaging in mock street cricket with Jacob Bethell in Mumbai. Bethell could be seen bowling to Duckett and the batter played a shot much to the amazement of others around. 

Watch the video here:

Meanwhile, former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has backed Sanju Samson and asked the selectors to show patience. Samson has been in woeful form with the bat in the recent series. The 30-year-old was out for just one run in the previous encounter after being dismissed by Saqib Mahmood. 

Sanjay Manjrekar backs Sanju Samson to come good

During his chat with ESPN CRICINFO, Sanjay Manjrekar said “When you are looking at a T20I talent, batting talent, you have got to see when they are playing well what kind of impact they can make, what contribution they can make. And you see with Sanju Samson, when he plays well, he gets an incredible hundred and puts your team in a winning position.”

“So, such people are allowed failures and maybe a long patch of failures as well because that’s the nature of these as a T20 cricketer, where you can’t play yourself, where you have to keep taking those risks that they take, and hopefully there’s one innings that just propels him back into form.” Further added Sanjay Manjrekar. 

The former India batter also said “So, with Sanju Samson, I think you should just make sure that he gets as many innings as possible purely because when he gets into form and plays well, he makes it all worth it. If that was another guy who was failing in this fashion and when he got into form just got you 40 or 50, then maybe you would offer him a shorter rope. But I will have a lot of patience with this current version of Sanju Samson,”

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