IND VS ENG Highlights: India won the first T20 match against England by 7 wickets. England batted first at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. The team could score only 132 runs. India achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in just 12.5 overs. Abhishek Sharma from India played an inning of 79 runs on 34 balls. Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets, he was also the player of the match. Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel got 2-2 wickets. From England, Jos Buttler scored 68 runs, Jofra Archer took 2 wickets.
Maths highlights
Mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets for just 23 runs for India. He bowled Harry Brook and Liam Livingston in the 8th over of the innings. Then in the last over of his spell, English captain Jos Buttler was also caught out. Due to their tight bowling the English team could not make a big score.
Arshdeep Singh gave India a great start with the bowling in the powerplay. He sent Phil Salt and Ben Duckett to the pavilion in the first two overs. He also became India’s top wicket taker in T-20 history.
Akshar spent 15 runs in the first over of his spell. He again made a comeback and gave only 7 runs in the last 3 overs and also took 2 wickets. He also bowled a maiden over.
Indian opener Abhishek batted fast. He scored 79 runs in just 34 balls and kept the team’s scoring rate at 10 runs per over. Abhishek hit 5 fours and 8 sixes.
Fighter of the match
England captain Jos Buttler was seen fighting with the team. Despite coming to bat in the very first over, he scored runs quickly. Wickets started falling continuously in front of him, from here he batted carefully and scored a fifty. Butler was out after scoring 68 runs and took the team to a respectable score.
England had lost only 2 wickets in 7 overs, here Harry Brook and captain Butler survived. In the next over, Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets, he bowled Harry Brook on the third ball and Liam Livingston on the fifth ball. Within no time the team lost 4 wickets. From here the team started slipping on the backfoot and could not score big.
Match report
England batted first and scored 132 runs. Captain Jos Butler scored 68 runs from the team. Harry Brook scored 17 runs and Jofra Archer scored 12 runs, the rest of the batsmen could not even reach the 10 run mark.
India’s 3 spinners took 5 wickets for just 67 runs in 12 overs. Varun Chakravarthy got 3 wickets and Axar Patel got 2 wickets. Ravi Bishnoi gave only 22 runs in 4 overs, but he did not get any wicket. Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh took 2-2 wickets, one batsman was also run out.
Team India started fast in front of the target of 133 runs. Sanju Samson was out after scoring 26 runs, yet the team scored 63 runs in the powerplay. Suryakumar Yadav was out without opening the account, despite this the team scored runs fast.
Abhishek Sharma played an innings of 79 runs in 34 balls and took the team to 100 runs in just 10 overs. He hit 5 fours and 8 sixes in the innings. Tilak Verma scored 19 runs in the end and gave the team victory by hitting a four in the 13th over. From England, Jofra Archer took 2 wickets and Adil Rashid took 1 wicket.
