This is the new Team India… No Shami, no Bumrah, still the bowlers thrashed England, Abhishek Sharma made his mark

Kolkata: Kolkata’s Eden Gardens ground, date 22 January, the ground where the Indian team is undefeated in T20 since 2016. Yesterday (22 January) once again Team India’s dominance was felt on this historic ground and Surya Brigade thrashed England by 7 wickets. This was India’s seventh consecutive T20 win on this ground. The Indian team’s bowlers, who played without Shami and Bumrah, bundled out England for 132 runs. Then Abhishek Sharma wreaked havoc with his bat. Overall, in this match, the new brigade of Team India continued its brilliant and strong form in this format.

In the match, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to bowl first. From England, only captain Jos Buttler was seen saving the crumbling fort of his team. Buttler played a brilliant innings of 68 runs in 44 balls, which included 8 fours and 2 sixes. Harry Brook (17) and Jofra Archer (12) were the only batsmen in the England team who could reach the double digit score.

Arshdeep broke the early back
Arshdeep Singh was the only specialist fast bowler of Team India for the Kolkata T20. He dismissed Phil Salt (0) and Ben Duckett (4) in his first two overs. With this, Arshdeep also became the player to take the most wickets (97) from India in T20.

Varun Chakraborty’s mystery spin
Arshdeep gave India the early success in the match, but after this there was a partnership of 48 runs between Buttler and Brook. But then, on the score of 65 runs, Varun Chakravarthy first dismissed Brook (17) and then the dashing batsman Liam Livingstone (0). Varun also dismissed Jos Buttler.

Axar and Ravi Bishnoi put a check on them
Team India’s T20 vice-captain Axar Patel also dismissed England’s lower-down batsmen in this match and added 2 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs to his quota. On the other hand, Ravi Bishnoi, who played in this match after giving preference over Shami, may not have got a wicket in this match, but he gave away just 22 runs in his 4 overs. In the Kolkata T20, only Hardik Pandya proved to be a bit expensive with 42 runs and 2 wickets in 4 overs.

Abhishek Sharma made a mark with the bat
Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma played an important role in India’s victory. Both of them made an opening partnership of 41 runs for the first wicket. Sanju hit 26 runs in 20 balls. Abhishek scored a fifty in 20 balls in this match. After this, he played a fiery innings of 79 runs in 34 balls. During this, Abhishek hit 8 sixes and 5 fours. His strike rate was also 232.35. Now the second match of the series between the two teams will be held in Chennai on January 25.