Phil Salt was the top scorer for England earlier having smashed 70 in 44 balls while Sam Curran finished unbeaten on 41 off 24 as England closed their innings with a score of 201/7. However, the real story was India’s utter capitulation with the bat. The visitors lost as many as four wickets in the powerplay and India were tottering on a score of 54/5 at the end of the first six overs.

England’s fast bowlers Josh Tongue and Jofra Archer led the charge from the hosts in this period. Tongue got the first wicket in the form of Abhishek Sharma in the second over and the latter’s opening partner Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell to Archer in the next over. Ishan Kishan fell to Tongue in the fourth after which Archer dismissed India captain Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel in the fifth. The sixth over pretty much turned out to be just the second over of the powerplay in which India didn’t lose a wicket.

However, the collapse resumed shortly after that. Tilak Varma fell to Will Jacks first ball of the eighth over and Shivam Dube, curiously sent out behind Harshit Rana, became Tongue’s third wicket of the match. Tongue went on to dismiss Rana himself to finish with figures of 4/28 in four overs, while Archer returned 3/29 in three. Tongue’s fourth wicket was sandwiched by two strikes for Adil Rashid, with Varun Chakravarthy’s fall in the 12th over sealing the deal for England.