England vs India 1st T20I at Ahmedabad, 12 Mar, 2021

Toss: England, who chose to bowl
India 124/7 (20)
England 130/2 (15.3)
England won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: Jofra Archer

    Over 5.4 Chris Jordan bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer, no run, leans across into a checked punch-drive, straight to cover.

    Over 5.5 Chris Jordan bowls a slower one to Shreyas Iyer, no run, gets forward and looks to drive and this goes off the bat-splice, uppish but well short of the man at mid-off.

    Over 5.6 Chris Jordan bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, stays deep inside the crease and steers this down to third man

    Over 6.2 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Rishabh Pant, no run, shuffles across on the back foot and tucks it down the leg side and picks up a quick single.

    Over 6.3 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer, no run, gets forward and plays it straight to the man at point.

    Over 6.4 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and clips it down to the fine leg fence for four.

    Over 7.1 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets forward and punches it past the bowler and picks up an easy single.

    Over 7.2 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Rishabh Pant,1 run, gets across the line and clips it down to the deep square leg.

    Over 7.5 Ben Stokes bowls a slower one to Rishabh Pant,1 run, gets waits and dabs it towards mid-wicket.

    Over 7.6 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, comes forward and plays a well-timed on-drive to long-on

    Over 8.1 Sam Curran bowls a slower one to Shreyas Iyer, no run, gets forward and mistime drive back to the bowler.

    Over 8.2 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, comes across and flicks it down to the deep square leg and gets a single.

    Over 8.6 Sam Curran bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer, Boundary! Goes well across the stumps and glances it down to the fine leg fence for four.

    Over 9.3 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it beautifully through point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

    Over 9.4 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer, 2 runs, moves across in the crease and clips it through square leg and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 9.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets forward and defends it to cover and picks up a single.

    Over 9.6 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Rishabh Pant, out Caught by Bairstow!! Pant wristed this sweetly and uppishly but not in the gap at all. It's straight down the throat of Bairstow at deep square leg.

    Over 10.1 Adil Rashid tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer, no run, gets forward and driven straight back to the bowler.

    Over 10.2 Adil Rashid tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer, 2 runs, gets forward and heaves it through mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 10.3 Adil Rashid bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer, no run, makes room and cuts it hard but straight to the man at point.

    Over 10.4 Adil Rashid tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer, Boundary! Gets a big stride forward and driven beautifully through the covers and the ball beats the man in the deep and went to the fence.

    Over 10.5 Adil Rashid tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets forward and punches it down to long-off for a single.

    Over 11.1 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets back in the crease and punches it to mid-off and picks up a quick single.

    Over 11.4 Mark Wood bowls a back of length delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, punches sweetly off the back foot towards backward point where the fielder puts in a fine half-stop.

    Over 12.1 Chris Jordan bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets forward and drives it to deep mid-off and picks up a single.

    Over 12.3 Chris Jordan bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets wait for the ball on the back foot and plays it down to the third man.

    Over 12.5 Chris Jordan bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer, no run, backs away in the crease and tries to slashes it hard but gets beaten.

    Over 12.6 Chris Jordan bowls a back of length delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, stays deep inside the crease and steers it down to the third man.

    Over 13.1 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer, no run, arching back on the upper-cut and is beaten.

    Over 13.2 Mark Wood bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer, Boundary! Gets the edge as he looked to slog it over mid-wicket, went flying towards the third man and beat the diving fielder.

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