ENG VS IND - 1st T20I, India tour of England, 2022

Before the start of this game no one expected India to breeze through this way. It was a dominant performance but England are the team to beat in white-ball cricket and they will be itching to hit back in Birmingham. Virat, Pant, Bumrah, Jadeja are likely to slot into the XI. Will be interesting to see who makes way for them. It's a day game starting at 14:30 local time. You wouldn't want to miss out on the electrifying atmosphere at Edgbaston. Do get to the ground if you can. We will see you on Saturday. Goodnight!

Hardik Pandya | Player of the Match: The last time I played a T20 in England, I think I took 4 wickets and scored some 30. So I kind of knew I was the first Indian to score fifty and take 4 wickets. I am enjoying my cricket right now. For me a lot of time goes into the preparation to get my body ready. The kind of break I took before this run of play I want to capitalize on the opportunities. I felt I needed that break. It is about giving your 100% and when you don't do that, there is no point playing. So I needed that break and now I am happy to be in this place right now.

Rohit Sharma: Great performance from ball one. All batters showed intent. Although the pitch was good, we played good shots and never got ahead of the game. You got to make use of those six overs in the powerplay. There is a certain approach we want to take in the powerplay. You got to back yourself in this game, sometimes it comes off, sometimes it doesn't. The whole batting unit needs to understand the direction the team is taking and the guys were spot on today. I was impressed with his (Hardik) bowling. He wants to do that a lot more in the future, bowled quick and used his variations too. Of course his batting is there for us to see. That's the reason we wanted to bat (ball swinging under lights). Sometimes it does swing in the evenings and we wanted to utilize that. Both the new ball bowlers used the swing and stopped their batters. We were sloppy on the field. Those catches should have been taken. Pretty sure we will field pretty well in the coming games.

Jos Buttler: They bowled well with the new ball and put us under pressure. We couldn't get away from that point. We came back really well in the second half with the ball. Probably a bit above par and they swung the ball consistently. Bhuvneshwar Kumar can swing it in any conditions. Certainly the ball swung longer than I can remember in a T20 game. Maybe we needed to hit one in the stands and stop that swing. We know the boys have the talent and we want to see them on the big stage.

But India's success with the ball was was mainly possible because of those first two overs. Bhuvi had Roy all at sea to outswingers, then shocked Buttler with an inswinger for a golden duck. Arshdeep followed it up with one of the best first overs on debut in international cricket. And it was heartening to see him swing the new ball both ways. India's opening bowlers made Roy look like a club batter who would not move his feet, play with fear like oopsy this is swinging into me, away from me. One of Roy's forgettable days with the bat. India did win the game but they would not be happy about six dropped chances.

21:35 Local Time, 20:35 GMT, 02:05 IST: Big smile on the faces on the Indian players. Rohit, Hooda and SKY set the tone during and after powerplay. Hardik ensured that start wasn't wasted. The key for India's success today was them not taking their foot off the pedal for most parts of the innings. They did feel the absence of extra batting muscle towards the end as England finished strong to keep it under 200. But in the process, Hardik picked up an important lesson. He saw the likes of Topley, Jordan bowl hard length and trouble the batters. Used the same theory when he got the ball in hand. Bowled seam-up. Even Shami will be proud of the way the seam landed upright and he had four wickets to rattle England's batting completely.

Arshdeep Singh to Parkinson, out Caught by Hooda!! Sliced away to backward point. Low grab and Hooda claims it and they are shaking hands. India win by a whopping 50 runs. Rohit Sharma becomes the first captain to record 13 successive wins in T20Is. Was a fullish delivery, Parkinson stayed leg-side and swung hard. Picked out the fielder. Parkinson c Hooda b Arshdeep Singh 0(3)

Arshdeep Singh to Parkinson, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Arshdeep Singh to Parkinson, wide, short and into the wicket, Parkinson lets it go. Ump doesn't like the height on that one

Arshdeep Singh to Jordan, 1 run, misses the yorker, Jordan nails the lofted drive. Hardik stops this just inside the rope

Arshdeep Singh to Jordan, no run, very full and down leg, Jordan misses the flick, hits the pad

Harshal Patel to Parkinson, no run, excellent dipping slower delivery, Parkinson digs it out

Harshal Patel to Parkinson, no run, good length delivery angling in, Parkinson misses the flick, the ball this the pad, going down leg

Harshal Patel to Jordan, 1 run, change of pace, Jordan mistimes the loft to long-off

Harshal Patel to Jordan, no run, slower delivery, Jordan pushes towards cover

Harshal Patel to Jordan, SIX, short delivery, Jordan swings hard and gets a thick top edge. Flies all the way over fine leg and the man in the crowd puts it down. He isn't happy with his effort

Harshal Patel to Jordan, FOUR, low full toss, Jordan drives through mid-off, in the gap for four

Harshal Patel [2.0-0-13-1] is back into the attack

Matthew Parkinson, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Arshdeep Singh to Topley, out Caught by Karthik!! And that's a deserved first international wicket for Arshdeep Singh. Short slower delivery into the wicket, Topley swings and gets a thick edge. Easy catch for DK. Arshdeep Singh has a smile on his face. Important day for him. Topley c Karthik b Arshdeep Singh 9(8) [4s-1]