England fell to a seven-wicket defeat in the first T20I against India at Eden Gardens after Abhishek Sharma hit a 20-ball fifty.
England’s new white-ball era under Brendon McCullum began in defeat as the tourists fell to a heavy seven-wicket defeat against a rampant India side in the opening T20I at Eden Gardens on Wednesday. England were bowled out for just 132 after being put into bat in Kolkata having slipped to 65-4 early on. Captain Jos Buttler's 68 from 44 balls was the only score of note as wickets consistently fell around him.
Adil Rashid earned the prized scalp of Sharma in the 12th over, who struck five fours and eight sixes before he fell with only eight more runs required for victory. McCullum’s white-ball era begins in lossSalt was dismissed for a duck in the first over while Duckett was caught by Rinku Singh at midwicket as Arshdeep became India’s leading wicket-taker in the short format.
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