India vs England 1st T20I 2025 Highlights

Watch the highlights of India vs England 1st T20I 2025 - England tour of India 5-match Twenty20 international series of the 1st T20I match played between England and India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 22nd January 2025.

Abhishek Sharma celebrates his 20-ball fastest fifty © BCCI

Pace bowler Arshdeep Singh's early two wickets, Spinners Varun Chakravarthy and Axar Patel's combined 5-wickets before A scintillating batting display by Abhishek Sharma's 34-ball 79 helped to India comfortable seven-wicket victory over England and take a 1-0 lead in the first T20I.

Match Stats :

India chased 133 was their lowest successful run-chase against England in T20Is, previous lowest chase was 158 at Pune in 2012. India's 43-ball spare win was their sixth largest victory by terms of balls remaining in T20 international and It is their biggest win against England in T20Is, previous biggest win by 13-balls spare jointly win at Pune in 2012 and at Ahmedabad in 2021. England's 46 for 2 was their joint tenth lowest powerplay total against India in T20 internationals (powerplay of 6-overs). 97 : Arshdeep Singh became the leading wicket-taker for India in T20 international cricket history, beating Yuzvendra Chahal's 96-wickets. 48 : Jos Buttler and Harry Brook equalled a joint fifth highest third-wicket partnership for England against India in T20Is, jointly 48-run stand held by between Alex Hales and Joe Root at Birmingham in 2014. England's 132 was their fifth lowest score in a completed innings against India in T20 international, It is their third lowest-score in India in T20Is and It is their lowest total at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in T20Is, previous lowest was 155 against West Indies in the 2016 World Twenty20 final. India's 63 for 2 was their third highest powerplay total against England in T20 internationals (powerplay of 6-overs). Abhishek Sharma equalled a joint sixth fastest fifty for India in T20 international, jointly with Yuvraj Singh and Axar Patel and the second fastest fifty by an Indian batsman against England in T20Is after Yuvraj Singh's 12-ball half-century at Durban in the inaugural 2007 World Twenty20. India's 100 for 2 was their joint third most runs after ten overs against England in T20Is. 84 : Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma set up the second highest third-wicket partnership for India against England in T20 international, The highest is 89-run stand between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli at Bristol in 2018. Abhishek Sharma's 79 was his second highest score for India in T20 international and the fifth highest-score by an Indian batsman against India in T20Is. Abhishek Sharma equalled a his joint most sixes hit in an innings for India in T20 international and the most-sixes hit by an Indian batsman against England in an innings in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 7-sixes hit by Yuvraj Singh at Durban in the inaugural 2007 World Twenty20.

England bowled out for 132 in exact 20 overs with top scorer by Jos Buttler blasted a 68 off 44-balls including 8-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 154.54.

Harry Brook hit 17 off 14-balls including 2-fours & a six, Jofra Archer cracked a 12 off 10-balls included a four, Adil Rashid hit a unbeaten 8 off 11-balls contained a four and Jacob Bethell scored 7 off 14-balls without a boundary.

India best bowler by Varun Chakravarthy picked up 3-wickets, Arshdeep Singh captured 2-wickets for 17-runs in 4-overs with economy rate of 4.25.

Axar Patel strikes 2-wickets for 22-runs in 4-overs with economy rate of 5.50 and Hardik Pandya took 2-wickets.

India chased 133-3 in 12.5 overs with top scorer by Abhishek Sharma hammered a 79 off 34-balls including 8-sixes & 5-fours with strike rate of 232.35.

Sanju Samson blasted a 26 off 20-balls including 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 130 and Tilak Varma hit a unbeaten 19 off 16-balls contained three boundaries.

England best bowler by Jofra Archer took 2-wickets for 21-runs in 4-overs with economy rate of 5.25.

Varun Chakravarthy named Player of the match for his brilliant spin bowling performance to picked up 3-wickets for 23-runs in 4-overs with economy rate of 5.75.

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