Despite rain washing out the opening T20I against India, England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler achieved a significant personal milestone by completing 100 dismissals in T20 Internationals. Buttler achieved a landmark when he took a lightning strike to dismiss Harshit Rana off the bowling of Adil Rashid during India’s innings. The former England captain was quick to catch Rashid’s googly after Rana raced down the pitch looking for a big hit. Defeated by the reverse, the Indian batsman failed to get back in time as Buttler took the bails off in a flash, registering his 100th T20I dismissal behind the stumps.With this feat, Buttler became only the second wicket-keeper in T20I history and the first for England to complete 100 dismissals, joining South Africa’s Quinton de Kock, who leads the list with 117 dismissals.
The match is suspended
India’s first T20I against England at Chester-le-Street ended scoreless after persistent rain prevented England from starting their chase of 190. After electing to bat, India recovered from 6/2 thanks to a brilliant 59 off 24 balls from Abhishek Sharma and a collected 68 off 47 from captain Shreyas Iyer, who also crossed the 5,000 international runs mark. Shivam Dube’s unbeaten 42 off 21 provided the finishing touch as India posted 189/7, while Saqib Mahmood starred with the ball for England, taking 3/33. However, heavy rain after the innings break forced the match to be abandoned without a ball being bowled in England’s innings.
India vs England 1st T20I – Playing XI
England: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood.India: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (ie), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy.
