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India vs England HIGHLIGHTS, 1st T20: Abhishek, bowlers shine as India go 1-0 in the series
India vs England 1st T20 highlights: Jos Buttler (68) was the only English batter who put some fight in England's batting order before Indian openers secures an easy win for India
India thrash England by seven wickets in the first T20 at Eden Gardens to take 1-0 lead in the five match series and keep their purple patch in T20 cricket intract. Indian batters game all guns blazing in the chase before bowlers ripped apart English batting order, to outclass the visitorts in all departments for an easy win. Earlier, England, after being invited to bat first by Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav who won the toss, lost their first wicket in the very first over as Arshdeep Singh removed Phil Salt on (0). They lost their second opener Ben Duckett (4) soon after as Arshdeep strikes again to surpass Yuzvendra Chahal as India’s highest wicket taker in T20Is.
Jos Buttler and Harry Brook (17) added 48 runs for the third wicket to England past the 50 runs mark, but Varun Chakravarthy removed Brook and Liam Livingstone 0 in the span of three balls to reduce England to 65 for 4.
Hardik Pandya then got the better of Jacob Bethell (7), before Axar removed Jamie Overton (2) and Gus Atkinson (2), to add misery for England. Jos Buttler (68) completes his half century before Varun removes him with a brilliant assist from Nitish Reddy’s catch to kill visitors’ hopes of a big total in the match.
Jofra Archer (12) along with Adil Rashid (8 not out) added some important runs for the ninth wicket before getting dismissed by Hardik in the final over. Mark Wood (1) was the last English player to depart. He was run out on the final ball of the innings, as England finished with 132 all-out after 20 overs.
In reply, India got off to a great start as Sanju Samson (26) along with Abhishek Sharma added 41 runs for the first wicket in just 26 balls. England with the help of double over wicket from Archer, where he removed Samson and skipper Suryakumar Yadav (0), but Abhishek Sharma (79) then added 84 runs for the third wicket to almost seal the match for India before being dismissed by Adil Rashid.
Tilak Varma (19 not out) and Hardik Pandya (3 not out), then finished off the chase as India finished with required 133 for 3 in just 12.5 overs to win the match by 7 wickets and go 1-0 up in the five match series.
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