India 133 for 3 wickets (Abhishek 79, Samson 26, Archer 2-21) defeated England 132 (Buttler 68, Varun 3-23, Arshdeep 2-17) by seven wickets
By the time Buttler was out in the 17th over, he had 68 out of 109 on the board, with Harry Brook being the only batsman to reach double figures, before Jofra Archer scored 12 from number 9.
Brook’s 17 runs were part of a 48-run stand with Buttler, the vice-captain and skipper Varun preparing to rebuild with googlies. The 33-year-old turned it back into rubble by bowling out Brook and Liam Livingstone in the space of three balls. His third Buttler was out at deep square leg.
Whatever little threat there was in the chase was limited to only the fifth over, when Archer dismissed both. Sanju Samson – who had scored the initial runs – and Suryakumar were out for a duck in four balls. Archer, who opened the innings and bowled his four overs with bounce, led the England bowlers with figures of 2 for 21.
Due to this the responsibility fell on Abhishek, he was dismissed by Adil Rashid for 29 runs out of 16. The left-handed batsman completed his half-century after just four balls.
Although Rashid eventually got his man, India took a 1-0 lead in this five-match series. An excellent four by Tilak Verma on the bouncer of Mark Wood on the last ball of the 13th over confirmed this.
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