India beat England by 50 runs in the first T20I of the three-match series here.
Opting to bat, India posted 198 for 8 riding on Hardik Pandya's 33-ball 51. Suryakumar Yadav (39), Deepak hooda (33) and Rohit Sharma (24) were the other contributors.
The visitors then returned to dismiss England for 148 in 19.3 overs with Hardik (4/33) taking four wickets.
Yuzvendra Chahal (2/32), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/10) and Harshal Patel (1/24) were the other wicket-takers. Arshdeep Singh (2/18) also got two wickets on his international debut.
For England, Chris Jordon (2/23) and Mooen Ali (2/26 in 2 overs) picked up two wickets each. Reece Topley (1/34), Tymal Mills (1/35) and Matthew Parkinson (1/44) also scalped one each.
Scoreboard
India innings:
Rohit Sharma c Jos Buttler b Moeen 24 Ishan Kishan c Matthew Parkinson b Moeen 8 Deepak Hooda c Tymal Mills b Chris Jordan 33 Suryakumar Yadav c Jos Buttler b Chris Jordan 39 Hardik Pandya c Harry Brook b R Topley 51 Axar Patel c Roy b Matthew Parkinson 17 Dinesh Karthik c Sam Curran b Tymal Mills 11 Harshal Patel run out 3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar not out 1 Arshdeep Singh not out 2
Extras: (b-1, lb-2, w-6) 9
Total: 198/8 in 20 overs
Fall of wickets: 29-1, 46-2, 89-3, 126-4, 171-5, 180-6, 195-7, 195-8
Bowling: Sam Curran 2-0-18-0, Reece Topley 4-0-34-1, Moeen Ali 2-0-26-2, Tymal Mills 3-0-35-1, Matthew Parkinson 4-0-44-1, Chris Jordan 4-0-23-2, Liam Livingstone 1-0-15-0.
England innings:
Jason Roy c Harshal Patel b Hardik Pandya 4 Jos Buttler b Bhuvneshwar 0 Dawid Malan b Hardik Pandya 21 Liam Livingstone c Karthik b Hardik Pandya 0 Harry Brook c Suryakumar Yadav b Chahal 28 Moeen Ali st Karthik b Chahal 36 Sam Curran c Karthik b Hardik Pandya 4 Chris Jordan not out 26 Tymal Mills c and b Harshal Patel 7 Reece Topley c Karthik b Arshdeep Singh 9 Matthew Parkinson c Deepak Hooda b Arshdeep Singh 0
Extras: (lb-8, w-5) 13
Total: 148 all out in 19.3 overs
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 27-2, 29-3, 33-4, 94-5, 100-6, 106-7, 120-8, 135-9
Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3-0-10-1, Arshdeep Singh 3.3-1-18-2, Hardik Pandya 4-0-33-4, Harshal Patel 3-0-24-1, Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-32-2, Axar Patel 2-0-23-0.
