England crushed by India in first T20I as Jos Buttler’s captaincy begins in defeat

Jos Buttler in search of golden duck as England slump to 148, chasing 199 to beat India; Hardik Pandya with four wickets for India after firing 51 from 33 – watch the second T20l live on Sky Sports Cricket on Saturday (broadcast 2pm, first ball 2.30pm)

Jos Buttler’s tenure as England’s official white-ball captain began with a first-ball duck and a 50-point defeat as his side were beaten by a Hardik Pandya-inspired India in the first T20 international at the Ageas Bowl.

Buttler was cleaned up by a crushing first-round delivery from Bhuvneshwar Kumar in England’s midfield which fell to 33-4 in 6.1 overs and was fired for 148 in 19.3 as they tried to beat the India 198-8.

Pandya followed a 33-ball 51 in India’s kick with four wickets in England, knocking out Dawid Malan (21 of 14), Liam Livingstone (0) and Jason Roy (4 of 16) early in the collapse then that the hosts struggled against the moving ball. .

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England captain Jos Buttler was beaten by Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a golden duck in England’s loss at Southampton

Moeen Ali (36 from 20) and Harry Brook (28 from 23) rallied England with a fifth-wicket stand of 61 from 36, but both then fell to the same Yuzvendra Chahal, while Hardik clinched his fourth wicket when he had Sam. Curran (4) caught by wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik.

India were sloppy on the pitch – Karthik wasted at least twice – but it didn’t cost the tourists, who can now wrap up a series win at Edgbaston on Saturday ahead of the final game at Trent Bridge on Sunday.

India will have Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja available for this weekend’s games in the Midlands, as the quintet missed the opening T20 in Southampton after contesting the Test defeat of this week against England at Edgbaston.

First wickets are key as India race to victory

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Pandya fired Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone in the same end and Jason Roy in the next as England fell to 33-4 early in the chase.

Buttler – who took over from Eoin Morgan as limited overs captain – was casted on the fifth ball of the chase as Bhuvneshwar launched a devilish swinger before Pandya tallied Malan, Livingstone and Roy.

Hardik knocked down Malan on an inside edge and caught Livingstone on the scoop in the fifth before an out of form Roy hit the setter in Harshal Patel in the third man of the seventh.

Moeen and Brook’s quick fifty-shot stand gave England hope, but leg spinner Chahal then took them both out in the space of five balls – Brook caught deep and Moeen puzzled ungracefully by Karthik – and when Pandya ousted Curran, England’s chances were all but over.

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England captain Jos Buttler speaks to Sky Sports after his side lost to India in Southampton

There was still time for Indian debutant Arshdeep Singh to take two wickets, the setter suppressing tailenders Reece Topley (9) and Matt Parkinson (0) as Rohit Sharma’s charges claimed a comprehensive victory.

That left Chris Jordan stuck on an unbeaten 26 from 17 balls – Jordan hit two fours and a six after being the choice of England’s bowling attack with 2-23 from four overs.

India fuels its way just below 200

India had run 86-2 in eight overs after Rohit – back in the squad after missing the test match in Birmingham with Covid-19 – opted to strike.

Chris Jordan was the choice of England bowlers, taking 2-23 from his four overs

Moeen (2-26) picked up the first two wickets, taking off Rohit (24 from 14) in the third after his previous two balls were swept for four and then forcing Ishan Kishan (8) to dominate a sweep. to a short, thin leg in a fifth in which the spinner was crushed for successive sixes on a wide long by Deepak Hooda (33 from 17).

Hooda and Suryakumar Yadav (39 of 19) also beat leg spinner Parkinson (1-44) and left arm seamstresses Topley (1-34) and Tymal Mills (1-35) – only for Jordan to break the stand from the third wicket when Hooda carried a short off-cut to Mills at the back square court.

Jordan also fired Suryakumar – the hitter showed he gave Buttler a bumper after a successful England review – but Hardik kept the scoreboard behind the wheel, with Livingstone (1-15) and Curran (0-18) among the bowlers he sent.

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England won two wickets in the final as India made it 198-8 after opting to beat

Hardik, who would have been puzzled on 35 off Parkinson if Buttler had been able to pick up the ball cleanly behind the stumps, powered India 178-5 after 17 overs.

However, the tourists were only able to muster 20 runs from the final three overs, played by Topley, Jordan and Mills, during which Hardik dressed Topley at the deep point, Karthik (11) fell to Mills after a superb catch diving from Curran and Harshal (3) was knocked out by a direct hit from Buttler.

It didn’t matter to India in the end, with Buttler soon rushing for a golden duck and the visitors then taking a 1-0 series lead.

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The T20 International Series concludes with games in the Midlands over the weekend. The teams will play each other first at Edgbaston on Saturday and then again at Trent Bridge on Sunday. Both matches start at 2.30pm with a build-up beginning on Sky Sports Cricket at 2pm each day.

England will then host India for three one-day internationals next week, at The Kia Oval (Tuesday July 12), Lord’s (Thursday July 14) and then Emirates Old Trafford (Sunday July 17). Again, all matches are live on Sky Sports.

Watch the second T20 international match between England and India, from Edgbaston, live on Sky Sports Cricket on Saturday afternoon. Coverage begins at 2 p.m. with the first ball at 2:30 p.m.