England were led by a new captain, Jos Buttler, in their first T20I match against India, but it was not the best of debuts as the captain for Buttler, who who dismissed for a golden duck off the bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The bowler took his wicket with a brilliant inswing that flummoxed the batter completely. Buttler is now the only batter from England to be dismissed for two golden ducks in T20I against India. Ironically, he was last dismissed for a golden duck by the same bowler!
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Buttler came out to open the batting for India with the side needing 199 runs for the win. He opened the batting alongside Jason Roy, while Bhuvneshwar opened the bowling for India. The deadly in-swinger also made Buttler the first full-time England captain in T20I cricket to be dismissed for a golden duck.
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England batters who were dismissed for a golden duck against India in T20Is:
Sam Billings - 2017 Bengaluru
Jos Buttler - 2021 Ahmedabad
Jos Butler - 2022 Southampton
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Hardik Pandya led both departments with 50 and 4 wickets
To recap, following England's poor start, Rohit Sharma then handed the ball to Pandya in the fifth over. He displayed his bowling prowess after coming on and sent David Malan back to the pavilion, his next wicket saw the dismissal of power hitter Liam Livingstone, who came to bat at number four, on the last ball of the same over.
With three wickets for 29 runs, India began cruising to a win. He added the scalps of Sam Curran (4) and opener Jason Roy (4) Â as we. England's highest run-getter was Moeen Ali, who could score only 36 runs. Apart from Pandya, debutant Arshdeep Singh also bagged two wickets.
Earlier in the match, India batted first and scored 198 runs for eight wickets, helped by Pandya's 51 runs in 33 balls. He shared a 37-run stand for the fourth wicket with Suryakumar Yadav (39) and 45 runs for the fifth wicket with Axar Patel (17). Suryakumar himself scored 43 runs for the third wicket with Deepak Hooda (33). For the England bowlers, Moeen Ali and Chris Jordan took the maximum two wickets each for England.
