Suryakumar-led India triumph over England

India made one change to their playing eleven – Ramandeep Singh made way for Nitish Kumar Reddy.

England made five changes to their playing eleven – Mooen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, and Reece Topley made way for Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, and Mark Wood.

On winning the toss, Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of England’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 46, and lost a couple of wickets.

England’s openers did not get off the mark. Phil Salt, who faced three balls, did not open his account. Three balls into the match, he was caught by Sanju Samson off the bowling of Arshdeep Singh.

Duckett, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Rinku Singh. Arshdeep broke the 17-run stand.

Five overs into the match, India sought a bowling review, challenging the decision for a wicket. Harry Brook was the batsman. It was struck down by umpire J Madanagopal.

England scored 50 off 6.2 overs (38 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Brook eventually scored 17 off 14 balls, which included two fours and a six. Twenty-eight balls after Duckett’s dismissal, Chakravarthy, the player of the match, broke the 48-(Va)run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair, who faced two balls, did not get off the mark. Liam Livingstone, who faced both the balls, did not open his account. He was dismissed by Chakravarthy.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. England had scored 74 for four at that point. While Jos Buttler, their skipper, was batting on 47, Bethell had scored three.

Buttler’s half-century – which included six fours and a six – came off 34 balls.

Bethell, who faced 14 balls, eventually scored seven. Twenty-four balls after Livingstone’s dismissal, he was caught by Abhishek Sharma. Hardik Pandya broke the 18-run stand.

Overton, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Ten balls later, he was caught by Reddy. Axar Patel broke the 12-run stand.

England scored 100 off 15.5 overs (95 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

Atkinson, who faced 13 balls, scored just a couple. Fifteen balls after Overton’s dismissal he was stumped by Samson. Axar broke the eight-run stand.

Buttler eventually scored 68 off 44 balls, which included eight fours and a couple of sixes. Two balls later, he was caught by Reddy. Chakravarthy broke the six-run stand.

A hundred and thirteen balls (18.5 overs) into the match, India sought a bowling review, challenging the decision for a wicket. Jofra Archer was the batsman. It was struck down by umpire J Madanagopal.

Archer, whose 10-ball innings included a four, eventually scored a dozen. Twenty balls after Buttler’s dismissal, he was caught by Suryakumar. Hardik broke the 21-run stand.

Adil Rashid, whose 11-ball innings included a four, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

The last-wicket pair put on a couple. Wood, who faced a ball, scored a run. Two balls later, Samson ran him out.

India eventually conceded 11 extras. England were dismissed for 132 off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Bishnoi, who conceded 22, was wicketless.

Hardik, Axar (whose spell included a maiden), and Arshdeep picked up a couple of wickets apiece. They conceded 42, 22, and 17, respectively.

Chakravarthy, who conceded 23, picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 63, and lost a couple of wickets.

Samson, whose 20-ball innings included four fours and a six, scored 26. Twenty-six balls into the chase, he was caught by Atkinson. Archer broke the 41-run stand.

The second-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Suryakumar, who faced three balls, did not open his account. Three balls later, he was caught by Salt off the bowling of Archer.

India scored 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). England had conceded five extras at that point.

Abhishek’s half-century – which included three fours and six sixes – came off 20 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 22 balls. While Abhishek’s contribution to the partnership was 43, Tilak Varma’s contribution to it was eight. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

India scored 100 off 10 overs (60 balls). England had conceded five extras at that point.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. India had scored 100 for two at that point. While Abhishek was batting on 60, Varma had scored nine.

Abhishek eventually scored 79 off 34 balls, which included five fours and eight sixes. Forty-two balls after Suryakumar’s dismissal, he was caught by Brook. Rashid broke the 84-run partnership.

Varma, whose 16-ball innings included three fours, eventually scored 19. He was unbeaten, as was Hardik, who faced four balls, scoring three.

England eventually conceded six extras. India, who scored 133 for the loss of three wickets off 12.5 overs, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – they won with 43 balls to spare.

Overton and Livingstone bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded 10, the latter conceded seven.

Atkinson bowled two wicketless overs, conceding 38.

Wood bowled 2.5 wicketless overs, conceding 25.

Rashid conceded two overs, conceding 27. He picked up a wicket.

Archer, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up two scalps.

India led the five-match 1-0.