IND vs ENG 1st T20 Match: India has got the target of 133 runs in the first T20 match being played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Batting first, England scored 132 runs losing 9 wickets. The highest score for England was made by captain Jos Buttler, who scored 68 runs off 44 balls. Varun Chakraborty took maximum 3 wickets for Team India. Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel also took two wickets each.
In this match, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to bowl first. The decision to bowl first was effective as both England’s opening batsmen (Phil Salt and Ben Duckett) returned to the pavilion after the score was 17 runs. Captain Jos Buttler did not give up and played an inning of 68 runs to take his team to a respectable score. In the last overs, Adil Rashid and Joffra Archer together scored 21 runs and took England’s score beyond 130 runs.
India’s deadly bowling
Indian bowlers put pressure on England’s batsmen from the very beginning. Arshdeep Singh dismissed Phil Salt for a duck in the very first over and also dismissed Ben Duckett in the next over of his spell. The condition of the England team was so bad that they lost 6 wickets within 100 runs. Apart from Jos Buttler, Harry Brook and Joffra Archer, the remaining 8 batsmen of England could not even touch double figures in terms of runs.
This inning was special for Jos Buttler who hit 8 fours and 2 sixes while scoring 68 runs. Let us tell you that he has crossed the mark of 500 runs against India in International T20 matches. This was his fifth half-century innings against Team India in T20 matches.
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