India vs England, 1st T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

India have taken a 1-0 lead in this 5-match series. A one-sided encounter today, something that most of us didn't expect. 12 overs | 67 runs | 5 wickets - that's how England's batters fared against the Indian spinners. That will be the major battle that'll grab a lot of eyeballs in this series. That's it for today. The teams will travel southwards to Chennai for the second T20I. Until then, goodbye...

Varun Chakravarthy | Player of the Match: I am used to seeing such pitches in the IPL. I know that it is for the seamers but I know there are certain lengths which is helpful for me. I am trying to keep it away from their arc, it was holding a bit. Every over, bowling in Eden is challenging. To bowl to batsmen like Jos and other guys is definitely challenging. The last over was very tricky and challenging, but by God's grace I was successful. What I realised was, I can't beat batsmen with side-spin. the only way I can beat the batsmen is through bounce. I'm still 7 on 10, still more work to do.

Suryakumar Yadav: The energy, the way we started after winning the toss, that set the benchmark. We took it from there. All the bowlers having their own plans, executing that, having good energy on the ground and the way we batted was the icing on the cake. (On picking three spinners) We wanted to stick to our strengths, we did the same thing when we played in South Africa. Hardik took the responsibility of bowling with the new ball. So I had a little bit of cushion to play that extra spinner and all those three are doing a wonderful job. (On Varun) He's keeping things very simple, he's clear in his mind and most importantly, his preparations are on point. That's what makes him different from the others. (On Arshdeep) With experience, he's learning a lot, taking the extra responsibility. He knew he was the only bowler who could bowl with the new ball today and then it was Hardik. He took that responsibility and he's been doing it regularly. There's a lot of freedom being given by Gauti bhai. We just want to play a little bit different from what we did in the 2024 T20 World Cup. We have our plans, we are batting the same way and very happy with the way we are going. We've been working really hard with the fielding coach in all the sessions. There's only one demand from him that we have good energy, take the half-chances and make a difference and that's what everyone is doing.

Jos Buttler: There was a little bit in the wicket early on, probably didn't expect that. It looked like a really good wicket, they found a little bit of movement and we lost a couple of wickets. But if you come through that phase, it's a pretty good pitch and obviously a fast-scoring ground. Some really good players in there, we wanted to enforce the game that we want to play and we weren't quite capable of doing that today against some good bowlers but we're better for the run-out and we're looking forward to the next one. He (Jofra Archer) always looks good, he's a superstar, he looked threatening. Thought he could have had a few more wickets there. Mark Wood was bowling fast as well. To see two of them operate in tandem is exciting. We want to be aggressive, we want to be watchable. We are up against a team who are ultra-aggressive as well, so it's really exciting. Venue to venue, you got to assess the conditions and play well. I am really enjoying the environment. I am a big McCullum fan, I always was when he was playing, so great to be working with him in the dressing room now.

Abhishek Sharma: I just wanted to express myself. A special mention to the captain and coach. They have given us a lot of freedom. The way they talk to youngsters, it's tremendous. It was a double-paced wicket. Our bowlers bowled well, they were really good. I thought we would chase something around 160-170, but the bowlers bowled really well. We (other batters) were always talking to each other. I enjoy from the other end when Sanju is batting. It's about expressing myself. The plan was simple. IPL has helped me a lot. I haven't seen a team environment like this. When it's coming from the captain and coach, to play freely, it's special. The way they (England pacers) bowled, I was ready for it. I knew they were going to bowl short.

Most consecutive wins at a venue in T20Is (Full member teams)
8 England - Cardiff (2010-21)
7 Pakistan - Karachi (2008-21)
7 India - Kolkata (2016-25) *

21:59 Local Time, 16:29 GMT, 21:59 IST: A thumping win for India! Almost everything went right for them. Won the toss, picked three frontline spinners unlike their opponents and skittled England out for 132. Arshdeep accounted for the openers, Varun Chakaravarthy removed Brook and Livingstone in the middle overs, Bishnoi bowled a tight spell, Axar came back well with a couple of wickets after an expensive first over. Jos Buttler top-scored with a 44-ball 68 but none of his team-mates supported him with the bat. In reply, India came out all guns blazing as England tried to attack with pace. Samson got off the blocks quickly and so did his opening partner Abhishek Sharma. The former was nipped out by Archer who also dismissed SKY in the same over. Post that, it was the Abhishek Sharma show! The left-handed opener hit sixes for fun and 68 out of his 79 runs came in boundaries (8 sixes and 5 fours). England were below-par with the bat and their bowlers were blown away.

Mark Wood to Tilak Varma, FOUR, India win by 7 wickets and with 43 balls to spare! In-angling short of length ball, Tilak Varma looks to swing it over fine leg and gets a top-edge that flies over the keeper's head

Mark Wood to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, 144kph, back of a length, the line is too straight and Pandya flicks it to deep backward square leg

Mark Wood to Hardik Pandya, no run, 150.2kph, back of a length outside off, Hardik Pandya throws his arms to slash it away, misses

Mark Wood to Hardik Pandya, no run, that's a snorter from Wood! A pacy bouncer that keeps coming with the angle, Hardik Pandya does well to sway away from the line of the delivery

Stat: 86.07% of Abhishek Sharma's runs have come in boundaries - 68 out of 79. Only Rohit Sharma's 91.53% (108/118) against SL in Indore in 2017 have had a higher share of boundaries (75+ runs).

Mark Wood to Tilak Varma, leg byes, 1 run, 144.2kph, Tilak Varma misses the flick and the ball rolls towards short fine off his pad. Wood appeals for lbw but that pitched outside leg!

Mark Wood [2.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack

India are one hit away winning this match

Adil Rashid to Hardik Pandya, 2 runs, tossed up delivery, Hardik Pandya clears his front leg and throws the kitchen sink to slice it over extra cover for a couple of runs

Hardik Pandya, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Adil Rashid to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by Brook!! End of a fantastic knock! Perishes as he tries to hit another maximum. Comes down the track to loft downtown. The googly spins away a bit and the bat turns at the point of impact. The timing goes awry and Brook comes in from long-off to catch it safely. Abhishek Sharma c Brook b Adil Rashid 79(34) [4s-5 6s-8]

Adil Rashid to Abhishek Sharma, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Adil Rashid to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, dropped! 92kph, Abhishek Sharma gets more height than distance as he looks to whip-slog over the on-side. Bethell runs in from deep midwicket but only manages to get fingertips on it