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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.
Harry Brook was out in the 8th over. He was bowled by Varun Chakraborty. From here the team lost the last 7 wickets in scoring 67 runs.
Match analysis in 5 points
1. Player of the Match
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.
2. Hero of victory
3. 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.
4. Turning Point
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.
Varun Chakraborty pushed England on the backfoot by taking 2 wickets in just one over.
5. Match Report
Only 3 players from England scored 10+ runs
England batted first and scored 132 runs. Team captain Jos Buttler scored 68 runs. Harry Brook could score 17 runs and Joffra Archer could score 12 runs, the rest of the batsmen could not even touch the 10 run mark.
3 spinners from India took 5 wickets for just 67 runs in 12 overs. Varun Chakraborty got 3 wickets and Axar Patel got 2 wickets. Ravi Bishnoi gave only 22 runs in 4 overs, but did not get any wicket. Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh took 2-2 wickets, one batsman was also run out.
Arshdeep Singh has become India's top wicket taker in T-20.
India won with Abhishek's fifty
Team India made a fast start 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 rapidly.
Abhishek Sharma played an inning 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 finally scored 19 runs and gave the team victory by hitting a four in the 13th over. From England, Joffra Archer took 2 wickets and Adil Rashid took 1 wicket.
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