Abhishek Sharma's blistering 79 and a combined five wickets from Varun Chakravarthy and Arshdeep Singh propelled India to a dominant seven-wicket victory over England in the first T20 international. India bowled England out for 132 before Sharma's explosive innings guided them to victory in 12.5 overs.
Thunder fail to appeal clear wicket?! | 00:26Inspired bowling and a 34-ball 79 by opener Abhishek Sharma helped India to a crushing seven-wicket win over England in the first T20 international on Wednesday.Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer.
The T20 series, followed by three ODIs, between the two teams serve as a warm-up for the 50-over Champions Trophy next month.“The energy, the way we started, that set the benchmark,” India skipper Suryakumar Yadav said. “All the bowlers had their own plans and executed.”England opener Phil Salt fell for a duck on the third ball of the match, with a leading edge off his bat sending the ball high and into the gloves of wicketkeeper Sanju Samson.
Chakravarthy bowled Brook with a googly and sent back Liam Livingstone for a duck as the ball darted into the stumps once again.Buttler reached his fifty in 34 balls but wickets kept tumbling and in an attempt to push the scoring the skipper finally fell to Chakravarthy, who returned figures of 3-23, the ball after hitting the bowler for six.
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