
First Twenty20, Ageas Bowl |
India 198-8 (20 overs) Pandya 51 (33), Suryakumar 39 (19); Jordan 2-23; Moeen 2-26 |
England 148 (19.3 overs) Moeen 36 (20); Hardik 4-33 |
India win by 50 runs |
Scorecard |
England misplaced their first match underneath new captain Jos Buttler as Hardik Pandya impressed India to a dominant 50-run victory within the first Twenty20 on the Ageas Bowl.
After his facet had been set a difficult goal of 199, Buttler was out for a first-ball duck, bowled by a Bhuvneshwar Kumar inswinger.
Hardik then eliminated Dawid Malan for 21, Liam Livingstone for one more duck and Jason Roy for a tortured 4 from 16 balls, all in his first seven deliveries.
England had been 33-4 after 6.1 overs and couldn’t recuperate as they had been bowled out within the closing over for 148.
All-rounder Hardik completed with 4-33 so as to add to his 51 from 33 balls – the very best rating in India’s 198-8.
The vacationers had appeared on the right track for a complete nicely in extra of 200 solely to be pegged again by good loss of life bowling, Chris Jordan the choose of England’s assault with 2-23.
Yet India’s spectacular efficiency with the ball ensured they took a 1-0 lead within the three-match collection, their white-ball facet hitting again after England’s beautiful Test victory on Tuesday.
(*50*) outfit can degree the collection with victory within the second match at Edgbaston on Saturday earlier than the finale 24 hours later at Trent Bridge.
More to comply with