India all-rounder Hardik Pandya shined with both bat and ball as the tourists defeated hosts England by 50 runs in first T20I of the three-match series at the Rose 𒁏Bowl in Southamptꦕon on Friday, July 7.
Cha🎀sing a massive target of 199, England were bowled out f🐠or just 148 in 19.3 overs. Hardik was the pick of the bowlers for India with 4 wickets.
Earlier, India posted a total of 198 for eight after opting to bat first. Hardik registered his maiden T20I half-century (51 off 33) after Deepak Hooda and Suryakumar Yadav played handy knocks of 33 (17) and 39 (19). For England, Chris Jordan picked up two wickets in his quota of 4 overs.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma, who returned to the field after his recovery from Covid-19, also played a brisk knock of 24 (14) beforeꦓ losing ⛄his wicket to the English off-spinner Moeen Ali.
Brief scores: India 198/8 in 20 overs (Hardik Pandya 51, Suryakumar Yadav 39; Chris Jordan 2-23) beat England148 in 19.3 overs (Moeen Ali 36; Hardik Pandya 4-33) by 50 runs.
Here’s how Harbhajan Singh, VVS Laxman and others reacted to India’s thumping win:
Great win Team india in 1st T20 spacial performance with ba🌠t and ball ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Fabulous win last night! Proud of the way the boys approached the match righ♎t from the start and cam෴e out on top of it. Batters were fearless and bowlers very clinical. Special mention to for a brilliant all-round performance. 👏🏻🇮🇳
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Aggressive approach 🍰in batting, bowling. Top win by Team India 🇮🇳
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Well done team ! ♔A complete team performance 👏👏
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8)
Terrific start by team India in the T20 series. Set the ground running and didn't stop till the job was done. Liked the intensity and approach. And what a star! Great achievement getting a fifty and fourfer in a T20I.
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
This is so much better from the I♒ndian batters .. Been too timid for 🐟too long in T20 cricket .. they have the talent & games to attack all attacks ..
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
When he’s at 100% Hardik really is a 🎀pretty amazing cricketer☂.
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh)
Congratulations India who take the 1st T20 👊
Onto Brum on Saturday!
— England's Barmy Army 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy)
🚨 Milestone Alert 🚨
First captain to win 1⃣3⃣ successive T20Is – Congratulations, . 👏 👏 |
— BCCI (@BCCI)
A fifty with the bat, and four wickets with🌜 the ball!
Hardik Pandya's day out handed India a 1-0 T20I series lead 🙌
— ICC (@ICC)