Team India defeated England on the basis of these players, won the first T20I in 12.5 overs.

India vs England 1st T20I Match Highlights: On the basis of brilliant performance by the bowlers and a stormy half-century by Abhishek Sharma, the Indian cricket team defeated England by 7 wickets in the first T20 International played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Wednesday (January 22). Defeated. simultaneously Indian team Has taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

The Indian team, which came to chase the target, did not have a special start and on the total score of 41 runs, Sanju Samson (26) and captain Suryakumar Yadav (0) got out and returned to the pavilion. After this, Abhishek Sharma took over the innings with Tilak Verma (19 not out) and added 84 runs for the third wicket.

Abhishek played a stormy inning of 79 runs in 34 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes. During this, he completed his half-century in 20 balls. Abhishek is the first player to hit 8 or more sixes in an innings against England in this format. Due to which the Indian team won by losing 3 wickets in 12.5 overs.

For England, Joffra Archer took 2 wickets and Adil Rashid took 1 wicket.

Earlier, after being invited to bat, England scored 132 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. In which captain Jos Buttler batted brilliantly and scored 68 runs in 44 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. But no other batsman could stay at the crease for long. 8 players of the team could not reach double figures.

For India, Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets, Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel took 2 wickets each.

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