Sataptan ∙ Hardik Pandya led India from the front in batting and bowling in the 1st Twenty20 against England despite being removed from the captaincy. Hardik scored a half-century (51 off 33 balls) and took 4 wickets as India won by 50 runs in the first Twenty20.
Hardik destroyed England by dismissing 3 leading batsmen in his 7 balls. Score: India – 198 for 8 in 20 overs. England – All out for 148 in 19.3 overs. Malayalam player Sanju Samson, who shone in the series against Ireland, did not get a chance yesterday.
India chased down the target of 199 runs with England’s brilliant bowling. The dangerous Jos Buttler returned for a golden duck in Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s first over. Hardik Pandya, who came to Panthers in the fifth over, dismissed David Malan (21) and Liam Livingston (0).
Hardik took the wicket of Jason Roy (4) in the first ball of the seventh over and pushed England into a big slump. Harry Brook (28) and Moeen Ali (36) attempted a fifth-wicket comeback but Yuzvendra Chehal dismissed both within an over to bring India close to victory. Pacer Arshdeep Singh, who played his debut match, also shone with 2 wickets.
India, who won the toss and went into bat, lost 2 openers within five overs. Rohit, who scored 24 runs off 14 balls, could not hold on for long when Ishan Kishan disappointed. Deepak Hooda (33 off 17 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (39 off 19 balls) continued the scoring in the middle overs.
After both of them got out, Hardik single-handedly shouldered the Indian batting which was in crisis. The player hit 6 fours and a six and got out after the team score reached 180. After scoring 150 runs in 14 overs, India managed to score only 48 runs in the last 6 overs.
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