England suffered a seven-wicket defeat in first of five T20Is in series vs India; tourists were bowled out for 132 with Jos Buttlers 68 the highest score; white-ball assignments for England include tour of India,
Read about what Jos Buttler had to say on England's overall performance in the first T20I of the five-match series against India, only on.
However, England's powerful T20I squad will be a tough hurdle for India. The likes of Buttler, Phil Salt and Liam Livingstone with the bat, and a bowling attack led by Jofra Archer, is expected to give India a good run for their money.
Jos Buttler completed 12,000 T20 runs in the first T20I against India at Eden Gardens in Kolkata The England captain led by example, scoring 68 runs off 44 deliveries. However, the other batters struggled to get going as England posted 132 runs in the first innings.
England's cricket captain Jos Buttler has made history by equalling a major world record in the first T20I of the five-match series against India. Though England lost at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Buttler was the star performer. He scored 68 runs off 44 balls in the first innings, registering his fifth T20I half-century against India.
England captain Jos Buttler attributed the crushing seven-wicket defeat against India in the first T20 International here to his batters' inability to "impose the game" when faced with quality spin bowling.
Skipper Jos Buttler was lone warrior for England in the 1st T20I against India at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Buttler's half-century kept England afloat after they were down to 83/5 at one stage. While Buttler was the only Englishman to score 20-plus runs, only two other batters scored in double-figures.
India has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series-opening T20 against England's cricketers in Kolkata.
Harry Brook admitted he is a work in progress against spin in T20s but he believes the Kolkata “smog” was partly to blame for England’s lacklustre batting display in a heavy defeat by India.
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