England win by 8 wickets! That's an easy win for England. A comprehensive one. Bowlers delivered earlier and restricted India to a paltry score. The chase was never going to be that difficult. Jason Roy provided England a solid start in this small chase. England now go one up in the five-game series.
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India vs England Highlights 1st T20I, 2021: ENG Beat IND by 8 Wickets
Catch India vs England live score updates. After winning the first Test, England lost three on the trot and will be eager to register a win on this tour. With change in leadership (Eoin Morgan leads the limited-overs side), the visitors will look to start afresh. Both the sides will have limited-overs specialists who didn’t feature in the longer format.
12 Mar, 22:11 (IST)
England win by 8 wickets! That's an easy win for England. A comprehensive one. Bowlers delivered earlier and restricted India to a paltry score. The chase was never going to be that difficult. Jason Roy provided England a solid start in this small chase. England now go one up in the five-game series.
12 Mar, 21:55 (IST)
Jason Roy Misses Out on Half-Century! Washington Sundar strikes with his first ball. Jason Roy is trapped in front of the wickets, he opts for DRS but all in vain as umpire's call stays. J Roy lbw b Washington Sundar 49(32)
12 Mar, 21:33 (IST)
Jos Buttler Departs! Finally a wicket comes India's way. Yuzvendra Chahal traps Jos Buttler in front of the wickets. Consolation wicket this for India. J Buttler lbw b Chahal 28(24)
12 Mar, 21:22 (IST)
End of Powerplay overs and this is an excellent start for England. Jason Roy and Jos Buttler making good use of the fielding restrictions. India at this stage were 22/3. England now need just 75 more runs to win.
12 Mar, 21:10 (IST)
Turning out to be a good start this for England. Jason Roy has been the aggressive of the two openers and has smashed two fours and a six. Three bowlers used by India early on.
12 Mar, 21:03 (IST)
Good start this for England. With no scoreboard pressure, Jason Roy looking to score freely. Axar Patel and Bhuvneshwar Kumar open the proceedings for India.
12 Mar, 20:43 (IST)
That's the end of India's innings. England will be pleased with their bowling effort. India will feel they are 20-25 runs short. Shreyas Iyer was the stand out performer with the bat for the home side as he scored 67 off just 48 balls.
12 Mar, 20:30 (IST)
Double Blow for India! Two wickets in this over for Jofra Archer. He first had Hardik Pandya caught at mid-off and then accounted for Shardul Thakur who was caught at deep backward square leg.
12 Mar, 20:20 (IST)
Good comeback in the over by Jofra Archer. He conceded two fours on first two balls and then gave away just one run from next four balls. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer is nearing his half-century.
12 Mar, 20:15 (IST)
Hardik Pandya gets into the action. Good over this for India as 12 runs come from this. Pandya smashed Stokes for a six and a four as India look for final onslaught.
12 Mar, 20:10 (IST)
India need some big overs here. The current partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya is now worth 23 off 24 balls. Iyer is looking in good touch and is batting on 39 off 30 balls.
12 Mar, 19:54 (IST)
Rishabh Pant Caught! That's Rishabh Pant's end, he was looking good. Big wicket this. England not letting India off the hook. Pant is caught at deep square leg. R Pant c Bairstow b Stokes 21(23)
12 Mar, 19:40 (IST)
Five bowlers used by England thus far with Ben Stokes as the latest addition. Five runs from Stokes' opening over. India's scoring rate is just under five runs per over and that's understood as they lost three early wickets.
12 Mar, 19:32 (IST)
End of Powerplay overs and it is England who are in control as of now. India lost top three cheaply and now it is up to Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer to bail them out of the trouble.
12 Mar, 19:27 (IST)
Shikhar Dhawan Departs! Poor shot this by Dhawan. Just when India started to attack, a wicket falls. The left-hander was looking to play a slog shot and misses the ball. S Dhawan b Mark Wood 4(12)
12 Mar, 19:23 (IST)
Good over this for India. Rishabh Pant smashed Jofra Archer for a six and a four. 11 runs from this over. India needs a good partnership here and looks like they are on course for that.
12 Mar, 19:15 (IST)
Duck for Virat Kohli! Another wicket goes down. Adil Rashid gets rid of Kohli. Poor shot selection this from the Indian captain. He was looking to go over the mid-off but hits it straight to the fielder. Kohli c Jordan b Adil Rashid 0(5)
12 Mar, 19:11 (IST)
KL Rahul Perishes Early! Early blow for India. Jofra Archer strikes in his first over. KL Rahul departs as he chops one back on to the stumps. India one down early. KL Rahul b Jofra Archer 1(4)
12 Mar, 19:05 (IST)
Adil Rashid opens the bowling for England. Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul are the Indian openers. Good start this for Rashid and England, just two runs from the opening over as Indian openers start cautiously.
A five-match T20I series makes more sense in 2021. The T20 World Cup will take place in the later half of the year, so teams won’t shy away from playing more of a T20 cricket. After the Test series, India and England face-off in the five-match T20I series. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all five matches will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The stadium hosted two Tests as well and England lost those badly, first one in two days and second in three days. Meanwhile, stay on this page for IND vs ENG 1st T20I live score updates. India vs England Live Streaming Online 1st T20I 2021 on Star Sports and Disney+Hotstar: Get Free Live Telecast of IND vs ENG on TV, Online and Listen to Live Radio Commentary.
After winning the first Test, England lost three on the trot and will be eager to register a win on this tour. With change in leadership (Eoin Morgan leads the limited-overs side), the visitors will look to start afresh. Both the sides will have limited-overs specialists who didn’t feature in the longer format.
The pitch at the Motera stadium in Tests made the headlines after batsmen, particularly English, found it tough against spin. However, for the shorter format the pitch is expected to be a batting friendly one and high scoring game is one cards. In last five meetings between these two sides, India have won four and they will no doubt start as favourites.
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