IND vs ENG 1st T20 Match: India has defeated England by 7 wickets in the first T20 match. Team India first performed strongly in bowling and restricted the English team to a score of 132 runs. Then, with the help of Abhishek Sharma’s half-century, India achieved the target of 133 runs in the 13th over itself. There were many aspects due to which Team India proved victorious in this match. Let us look at the 3 big reasons for the victory of the Indian team in Kolkata.
1. Abhishek Sharma back in form
Abhishek Sharma has made a name for himself as a explosive batsman. Before the first T20 against England, he had scored 256 runs in 11 innings playing at a stormy strike rate of 171.81. But his average of less than 24 remained worrying. Now he has created a ruckus in Kolkata by playing an inning of 79 runs in just 34 balls. He completed fifty in the first 20 balls and also hit 5 fours and 8 skyscraper sixes in his innings. His return to form was a major reason for India’s victory.
2. Prevented England from making big partnerships
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to bowl first. Indian bowlers started putting pressure on England’s batsmen from the very beginning. Arshdeep Singh gave two blows to England in the beginning, the rest was done by Varun Chakraborty and Akshar Patel in the middle overs. In fact, the biggest partnership for England was 48 runs, which was added by Jos Buttler and Harry Brook. Apart from that, due to lack of any big partnership, England failed to score a big score.
3. Varun Chakraborty’s deadly spell
Varun Chakraborty’s deadly spell also contributed a lot to the victory of the Indian team. He took three important wickets giving just 23 runs in his 4 over spell. First, he gave a double blow to England by dismissing Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone in the same over. After that he also took the wicket of captain Jos Buttler. Chakraborty is in such amazing form that he has taken 20 wickets in the last 8 matches.
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