India defeated England by 8 runs in the 4th T20I to level the five-match series 2-2. Shardul Thakur had to defend 23 runs in the final over with Jofra Archer and Chris Jordan at the crease. 

After defending the runs, Thakur revealed said that Rohit Sharma told him to back his instincts after being hit for a six by Archer. 

"Hardik had some plans but Rohit just wanted me to back my instinct. He mentioned one side of the ground is shorter and just asked me to keep it in mind and asked me to apply myself," Thakur said. 

The fast bowler admitted that it was tough to grip the ball with the dew coming in heavily. 

"There was a lot of dew in this match, which wasn't true of the last three matches. They were swinging hard in the last over, and it was important to bowl a couple of dot balls and then the game was sealed. The dry ball worked for them, and when I tried a slow bouncer it was in the slot and it went for six. If we bowled the slow ones on the stumps it would've been easy to hit, so the target was to keep it away from their power zone. If the ball is drier, it's easier to grip for the knuckle ball."