England in India: Brendon McCullum’s side thrashed in first T20 of new era
England’s new era of white-ball cricket under Brendon McCullum begins with a humiliating defeat to world champions India as familiar spin weaknesses resurface in the first T20 match in Kolkata .
The middle order spins in India after Arshdeep Singh dismissed Phil Salt with a three-wicket duck and Ben Duckett in the first two games The team was eliminated miserably in the match and England was eliminated with 132 runs.
Captain Jos Buttler scored 68 off 44 balls alone, while Harry Brook was second with 17 balls.
Brooke was dismissed by the excellent Varun Chakaravarthy in the eighth over, and then, as England’s scoring stalled, the wickets fell and Liam Livingstone Liam Livingstone was sent off two goals later.
Jacob Bethell scored just seven of 14 goals, Jamie Overton added just his seventh, and Gus Atkinson Atkinson scored just 2 goals from 12 goals, losing to England’s old rival Axar Patel.
In the 17th over, Chakravarthy came back to beat Buttler with a score of 3-23, ending England’s hopes of a resounding victory.
Jofra Archer impressed with figures of 2-21 in India’s chase but the home side still managed to win by seven 43 balls – just It was England’s heaviest defeat in T20s in terms of overs remaining.
Gus Atkinson conceded 23 balls in the second over while Abhishek Sharma smashed 79 from 34 balls in relief of pressure.
The second T20 match of the five-match series will be played in Chennai on Saturday at 13:30 GMT.
