🏅England outplayed India to register a comfortable eight-wicket win in the first T20 International of the ꧑five-match series in Ahmedabad on Friday.
After opting to field first, England bowlers never allowed India to get off the blocks. India lost KL Rahul for one, captain Virat Kohli for a duck, and before they could resist these two blows, Shikhar Dhawan too fell cheaply.
Rishabh Pant played some stunning shots, but once he got out for 21, India’s hopes of setting a big total were gone.
If Shreyas Iyer hadn’t played a superb inning of 67, India might not have crossed the three-figure mark.
In reply, England chased 125 runs riding on a 49-run knock from opener Jason Roy. They reached the target𓄧 in 15.3 over🔯s with eight wickets in hand.
Brief scores:
India 124/7 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 21, 𝓀Shreyas Iyer 67; Jofra Archer 3-23) lost to England 130/2 in (Jason Roy 49, Jos Buttler 28, Jonny Bairstow 26 not out) by eight wickets.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Brilliant England! 🏴 Great team performance.
Hard to look past this as the highlight of the day tho… 🤝— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8)
Superb win, . Dominated from start to finish.
👏👏👏— Ian Bell (@Ian_Bell)
A real team performance 💪
🇮🇳 🏴
— England Cricket (@englandcricket)
The are a better T20 team than !!!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
has enough ducks this season to open a zoo
— Abhi (@abtweet19)
A lot of love for this guy tonight ❤️
Heart of a lion 🦁 👏
— England Cricket (@englandcricket)
World Number 1 T20 team starts with a win – beat India by 8 wickets and take 1-0 lead in the five match T20 series – chase down 125 runs from 15.3 overs – Terrific all round performance from England.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Credit to England for winning so easily. Mark Wood & Jofra Archer bowled at searing pace to peg India back considerably. Jason Roy-Buttler took the game away from India. England is ⛄the team to beat. Top effort. India have their work cut out in the upcoming T20s
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Player of the Match: Jofra Archer
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
As per recent two series..
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB)
One T20I down, four to go𓂃. England win comfortably. But it’s still anyone’s series. And Hitman’s being rested for a ‘couple matches’.. wonder if we’ll see him in the next one though. 🇮🇳🏴
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
Successfully lost the first game of the series.
Now the trophy is ours.
Let's go, boys! 💪🏻— Manya (@CSKian716)
When you go 0-1 down, but you🌌 know what happens next.
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
