England won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first T20I of the five-match series against India, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Indian team seems full of confidence for the first T20.
On Thursday, Indian captain Virat Kohli had announced that the hitmen Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul would be opening. But India surprised everyone by choosing Shikhar Dhawan as the opener alongside KL Rahul.
KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal
England defeated India in the first match of the five-match series being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. India suffered the brunt of irresponsible batting by eight wickets. The Indian team, who came for batting first after losing the toss, could only score 124 runs after losing seven wickets. In response, England won the match unilaterally losing two wickets with 27 balls to spare. Come find out what records were made in this match.
India suffered a setback in the second over of the match. Opener KL Rahul was dismissed by just one run. In the fifth over, the second opener Shikhar Dhawan also went on to walk and India’s score was reduced to 20 for the loss of three wickets. Virat Kohli was the second batsman to be dismissed. However, both the openers were dismissed in the same manner.