Team India won by 7 wickets( Team India ) 

India vs England: The first match of the 5-match T20 series between India and England was played on 22 January at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. In this match, Indian team  ( Team India )   captain Suryakumar Yadav decided to bowl first after winning the toss, which was proved completely right by the Indian team bowlers. England’s team was all out for 132 runs in 20 overs, in which captain Jos Buttler played an innings of 68 runs from their side, apart from this no other batsman could even cross the 20-run mark. While Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets in bowling for the Indian team, Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel took 2-2 wickets each.

The opening pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma came on the field to chase the target of 133 runs from Team India, in which a fast partnership of 41 runs was seen between the two for the first wicket. While Samson was out after scoring 26 runs, Abhishek did not give any chance to England to come back by scoring runs at a fast pace while handling the innings from one end. A brilliant innings of 79 runs was seen from Abhishek’s bat, while the Indian team achieved this target in 12.5 overs at the loss of 3 wickets. Team India won the match in 12.5 overs. The Indian team has taken a 1-0 lead in the series by winning the first match of the 5-match T20 series against England by 7 wickets. Team India was given a target of 133 runs by England, which they chased in just 12.5 overs at the loss of 3 wickets. Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant innings of 79 runs for the Indian team. Now the second match of the series between the two teams will be played in Chennai on January 25.