After losing the test match, team India came back strongly in the T20 Series against England and registered an incredible victory over the host. The regular captain Rohit Sharma back to the side and guided the team well to the victory. Hardik Pandya’s performance was crucial as he shine with bat as well as ball. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the first T20 match between India versus England.
India batted first in the match and the start was not good as the inform batsman Ishan Kishan was dismissed for just 8 while his partner and the captain of the side Rohit Sharma smashed 24 runs in his account. Having said that, Rohit Sharma scored 1000 runs in his account as a captain and he touched this milestone in just 29 innings and he overtook Virat Kohli who did the same in 30 innings.
Deepak Hooda came out in the third position and he smashed 33 from justice 17 deliveries while Suryakumar Yadav scored 39 from 19. Having said that, Hardik Pandya was the highest run scorer in the Indian batting lineup as he smashed 51 from just 33 deliveries.
After that, Axar Patel and Dinesh Karthik added 17 and 11 respectively which helped team India to reach a massive 198/8 after 20 overs on the board.
In the reply, the host had very disappointing start as the sensational batsman Jason Roy was dismissed by Hardik Pandya for just 4 while the inform player and the captain of the side Jos Buttler went back to the Indian without scoring a single run and he was clean bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Dawid Malan added only 21 in his account and he was also clean bowled by Hardik Pandya while the dangerous all-rounder Liam Livingstone went back to the pavilion without opening his account and he was also dismissed in the over of Hardik Pandya.
Harry Brook and Moeen Ali added 28 and 36 respectively as well as Chris Jordan who scored 26 and remained not out. But that was not enough for England to beat the team India as they finished the innings at 148.
India registered 50 runs victory over England and leading the series. There are two more matches in the T20 Series.
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